By Chris Handasyde
The sun was shining and it was great to see cricket matches being played on the first weekend of October, the season has kicked off!
Seniors 1st XI – Healesville 7/226 defeated Warranwood 5/179 (One day game)
There were 2 new caps presented before the game to Liam English and Mitch Tampaline who were playing their first games in our 1st XI, congratulations to both. Healesville won the toss and elected to bat on what looked to be a fast Warranwood ground. Healesville lost both opening batsmen and were 2/27 but Luke “Changa” Chandler (81 off 79 balls) displayed his talents with some clean powerful ball striking and was well supported by Ben Wallace (27) and Brenton “Damaz” Damrow (31). The cherry on top was a six on the final ball of our innings from Mitch Tampaline (16* of 9 balls) that landed us on 7-226 from our 40 overs.
Mitch Tampaline (1/28) and the evergreen Allan Pearce (1/23) opened the bowling and proved difficult to score from and Warranwood were soon 4-52 and struggling. Liam English and Luke Chandler also bowled tightly. A good partnership from B Ryan 52* and D Huges 40* later in the innings boosted the Warranwood score to 5/179. It was a great first game for Healesville with all players contributing to get the victory.
Junior Under 14 – Healesville 3/149 defeated Launching Place/Woori Yallock 6/53 (One day game)
A solid team performance with Darcy English 41 not out and Elijah Prentice 19 not out set up an imposing score
Our bowling was excellent with contributions by all, with a stand out of 3/8 from young under 12 Louis Keith.
Junior Under 16 – Healesville 4/64 (declared) defeated South Croydon 6/62 (One day game)
Riley Cameron 16 not out and Ethan Nikcevich 22 not out were the highlights with the bat.
Sam Drummond was the highlight with the ball capturing 2/1 off one over and will be on hat trick next week.
New and Past Players Welcome
Weather permitting the Healesville Under 10, Under 12, Senior 2nd XI, Senior 3rd XI and Senior 4th XI all kick off this upcoming weekend. All new and past players are welcome.
Junior Enquires please contact Grant Drummond 0428 175 389
Senior Enquires please contact Chris Handasyde 0422 231 260
Upcoming Social Function
Healesville Cricket Club’s Club Function will be on Saturday 22 October from 6pm at Queens Park Oval. There will be Kids activities, Junior Player/Team Introductions, 2021/22 fourth XI Premiership Team Cap Presentation, Dinner (Kids eat free), Bar open, Raffle. The club would like to see all Junior and Senior Players and their families and friends (don’t need to be a club member) in attendance so please show your support and come down and enjoy the evening.
