By Chris Handasyde
U12-4: Healesville 4-111 defeated Mt Evelyn 3/78
Driving through the rain to Mt Evelyn, not many of the U12 team thought they would get a game in. But at 5pm the skies cleared and a full game was had albeit under lights. Mt Evelyn batted first and Healesville’s tight lines made it hard to score, limiting them to 3/78 off the 23 overs, the wicket-takers Kael Senti 1/5, Ahren Wicker 1/6 and Jackson Lehman 1/9 helped by a couple of sharp catches in the field by Mika Kerst and Ben Hunter behind the stumps. The batting started well with Louis Keath (20*) and Ryder Hudson (15) getting the team to 47 off the first 6 overs, it was a steady grind for the next 17 overs with smart running between the wickets getting the team to 4/111. Another great team performance.
U12-9: Cancelled due to weather
U14-3: Healesville 5/57 defeated by Ainslie Park 4/102
Batting first, Healesville found it tough to score freely due to tight bowling and fielding by Ainslie Park. Three of Healesville’s batters reached the 25-ball retirement milestone (Raff Morcombe 9*, Harry Duff 7*, Ben Hunter 5*) as they clawed away to 5/57 off 25 overs. Ainslie Park batted with intent reaching 4/102, James Howden 1/7, Ben Hunter 1/2 Bram Tesseyman 1/7, Raff Morcombe 1/7 were the wicket takers.
U14-7: Healesville 68 defeated by Heatherdale 3/107
Bowling first the start of the game was a real arm wrestle with tight bowling but unable to get wickets. Some late hitting pushed Heatherdale up to 3/107 off 25 overs. A Simmons, K Senti and A Morcombe were Healesville’s wicket takers and Harry Thomas took 2 catches. The run chase struggled to gain momentum as we were bowled out in 20 overs for 68. A Simmons and Harry Thomas (13) batted well and Summer Caldicott was out there for 25 balls to make 8.
U16-4: Healesville 6/104 defeated by Wonga Park 1/114
Healesville batted first and got off to a great start with the top order all contributing (E Prentice 21*, Sam Drummond 12*, Bailey Rutley 13). Posting a competitive total of 6/104 from 25 overs and with Eli Prentice getting an early wicket it was game on. Wonga Park batters proved difficult to get out with 5 reaching the 25-ball retirement milestone. Wonga Park got over the line in a tight match.
Seniors 1st XI: Healesville 5/178 defeated Wonga Park 177
Wonga Park elected to bat first at Queens Park and got off to a flyer with aggressive batting. Mitch Tampaline 2/26 off 8 bowled well and Kris Anderson 3/40 ensured there was a constant flow of wickets. Wonga Park remained aggressive and when Luke Chandler 3/14 cleaned up the tail the run chase was 178 to win. The run chase didn’t start well with a wicket in the 1st over but Josh Handasyde (63) and Ryan Webster (27) steadied the innings. Some great batting late by Michael Jackson (20 off 18 balls) and Luke Chandler (38* off 26 balls) sealed the victory with 3 overs to spare.
Seniors 2nd XI: Healesville 9/158 defeated by Lilydale 5/159
With the late withdrawal of captain Scott Fawdry with a back injury, Matt Kellalea came in for his first game for the club. Healesville batted first but lost wickets regularly from one end to be 5/90. Max Wallace was digging in (61*) and Darcy English (18) proved good support as the Bloods climbed to 9/158 from 40 overs. The youngsters bowled well (Darcy English 1/17, Brodie Grace 2/23) and with support from Matt Kellalea 2/32 and Allan Pearce 1/26. But with 3 overs to spare the Lilydale batters proved too strong with D Barker launching 5 sixes on his way to 47*
Seniors 3rd XI: Cancelled due to ground conditions
Seniors 4th XI: Healesville 106 defeated by Montrose 5/189
Cooper Bell and Megan Schelfhout took the new ball for Healesville and each got a wicket but some strong batting from Montrose has Healesville on the back foot. Zach Coleman 2/24 showing he will be valuable this season. With a big score to chase Owen Morcombe (24) and Zack Coleman (21) were the top scorers as Healesville were bowled out for 106.
