Weather impacted cricket matches this weekend with Healesville’s Under 12-9, Under 14’s, Under 16, 2nd XI and 3rd XI all being washed out
Under 12-4 Healesville 91 defeated Hoddles Creek 4/83 – by Matt Harding
The 12-4 faced Hoddles Creek in a top-of-the-table clash in slightly damp conditions. Healesville won the bat flip and decided to bat and Henry Harding and Taylor Caldicott got them off to an excellent opening stand of 24. However, a combination of indifferent bowling and difficult pitch conditions saw the run rate slow and put Healesville in danger of a low total. The tide turned with excellent running between wickets from Ben Hunter and Tully Ellis combined with some lusty hitting from Raff Morcombe and Henry enabling the team to score a competitive 91. In reply, while early wickets avoided Healesville, the team bowled extremely well and kept themselves in the game. Towards the end of the innings, there were amazing bowling displays from Archie Hempel, Monty Forbes, Endo Gotch, and Raff. In the end, Hoddles Creek only needed 18 runs off the last 5 overs and with 2 amazing overs from Summer Caldicott including the last, she bowled the team to victory winning by 8 runs. Well done Summer and the team. Great result!
Seniors 1st XI – Healesville 171 defeated by Croydon Ranges 5/279
With consistent rain throughout the morning, players thought the game may not go ahead. But the rain stopped and ground conditions were relatively good although slippery at the crease for the bowlers. Healesville needed early wickets with only 171 on the board. Unfortunately, Croydon Ranges came out batting with intent and focused on getting the runs as quickly as possible. Croydon Ranges passed Healesville’s score 4 wickets down and went on to bat until the 48-over mark before ending the game. Brendan Damrow tried hard from one end bowling 14 overs but the highlight for Healesville was debutant Brodie Grace picking up his maiden 1st XI wicket (and his 2nd) and was the only multiple wicket-taker with figures of 2/31.
Seniors 4th XI – Healesville 139 defeated by Kilsyth 5/141 – by Adam Keath
The Healesville 4ths dodged the rain and managed to get a game in against top-of-the-table Kilsyth. Electing to bat first Healesville struggled with Kilsyths accuracy and were dismissed for 139 off 32 overs, Adam Keath with 36, Rob Nolan with 31 and Amandeep Singh with 17 the main scorers. Healesville did well to curtail the scoring but couldn’t break through enough with Kilsyth making the runs with 9 overs to spare and 5 wickets still in the shed. Wickets were shared by Matt Wilkinson 3/32 off 4, Premdeep Singh 1/24 off 6 and Adam Keath 1/24 off 7. Kilsyth won with 5/141.
