Kilsyth’s Fourth XI played a split-innings two-day match against Coldstream Second XI on Roy Baldwin Oval at Pinks Reserve. Kilsyth won the toss, elected to bat and produced a similar score to the Second XI.
The Redbacks lost two quick wickets to be 2/8 after 1.5 overs. Both wickets fell to Daniel Fritsch (LBW and bowled). Then Shaun Goodwin and Geoff Kennedy took the score to 45 when Goodwin was bowled by Ian Thompson in the eighth over for a rapid 24 off 20 balls (six fours). It was soon 4/46 when Connor Ewan picked up another wicket (clean bowled).
From there, a 59-run partnership between Geoff Kennedy and Joshua Bock consolidated the innings but unfortunately ended when Bock was run out for 26 off 72 balls (five fours), after a throw from Leam Doughty to Steven Radmanic.
At that point, the score was 5/105 after 30.1 overs, but then Kilsyth lost a clump of wickets: 6/113, 7/113, 8/116, and 9/116 before finishing on 9/127 after the first split of 36 overs, with Michael Panozzo on 13* (three fours). Geoff Kennedy was the best of Kilsyth’s batsmen with 45 off 80 balls (six fours).
Coldstream’s wicket takers were Scott Adams, 4/21 off six overs (one maiden), Daniel Fritsch 2/38 off six overs, Connor Ewan 1/5 off six overs (one maiden), and Captain Ian Thompson 1/21 off six overs (two maidens). In reply, Coldstream had a day out with the bat, compiling 7/291 off 36 overs.
This included a mammoth second wicket partnership of 235 between Leam Doughty and Ian Thompson. Doughty scored a brilliant 173 off 95 balls, including 17 fours and 12 sixes, whilst Thompson hit 62 off 76 balls (seven fours). Despite the onslaught, Kilsyth’s Brodie Goodwin did well to capture 5/47 off eight overs. Jordan Relf was the other wicket taker with 2/61.
