By Travis Gloury
Under 16/4
Yarra Glen vs Hoddles Creek
Hoddles Creek 3/26
Spencer Boers and Dylan Shambrook both took early wickets in the wet conditions including a nice first slips catch from Sam Holland with a slippery ball.
However after an interrupted 10 overs of persistent teasing rain it was decided to abandon play for the morning and come back next week and start fresh for a one day game.
Seniors 1st XI
Yarra Glen 155
Mt. Evelyn 5/69
With the second and third XI washed out for the day, our first XI were asked to bat in the first two day game of the season on a damp outfield.
Noah Evans (20) helped get the innings off to a solid start with Travis Gloury after the loss of Ash Waters in the sixth over.
Noah Evans lost his wicket in the 16th over after doing a good job for the team to see off the new ball.
Tony Biddiscombe joined Travis and together put on a partnership of 35 before Tony was caught at first slip with the score 3/84 after 27 overs.
At 3/101 in the 31st over Travis (35) was caught in gully off the first ball from the leg spinner.
Phil Cowan and Liam Senti got through to the tea break, half way through the day with the score 4/119 against an opposition proving to be a good fielding team.
Phil (24) was bowled in the second over after the tea break at 5/128.
Liam Senti, Oscar Grenfell, Tim Lilley and Jordan Bain all lost their wickets for the addition of six runs to be 9/134 in the 45th over.
Hunter Grenfell and Matt Donnelly joined forces for the last wicket to put on a partnership of 21 before Matt Donnelly was run out at the non strikers end, (this time with no involvement from Jodan Bain!) with both players playing some nice shots with a positive mindset to score runs and give us a total of 155 to defend.
With 29 overs left in the day, Oscar Grenfell used his pace in combination with the tall left arm of Matt Donnelly who led a spirited team effort to defend the modest total with a breakthrough coming in the third over after Noah Evans hung on to a chest mark at point off the bowling of Matt Donnelly.
With persistent nagging line and length from our bowlers and great support in the field, Matt collected his next wicket in the nineth over caught behind to be 2/18.
Phil Cowan`s medium pace swing bowling was put to good use in a four over spell replacing Oscar Grenfell and was rewarded with a wicket in the 15th over from an excellent diving caught and bowled catch to have Mt.Evelyn 3/35.
Jordan Bain replaced Matt Donnelly and continued to put the ball in the right areas and was rewarded with the wicket of their number three batsman, out LBW who was looking comfortable at the crease with the score 4/48 in the 23rd over.
Matt Donnelly and Oscar Grenfell were brought back into the attack for the last few overs of the day, with Matt Donnelly snaring the wicket of their dangerous number six batsman, to collect his third wicket to finish the day 86 runs in front with five wickets in hand at 5/69 with the game up for grabs to resume next week.
Under 10s, Under 12s and Under 14s all washed out.
