Match Reports 23/24 Nov
23-24 NOV 2024 Match Reports
Men’s 1ST XI
4-145 DEF ST PAULS 144
The 1s trekked out to Oakleigh to play St Pauls and after decided to send the home team in to bat. The bowlers got to work with two wickets each to Lev, Jimmy Wright, Cottsy & Malty, bowling out St Pauls for 144. Cottsy was solid as ever with the bat, scoring an unbeaten 58* to anchor the chase, sharing a key partnership with Ben Cap. Back-to-back one-day wins for the 1s as we roll into the next couple rounds of two-dayers. Chicken to DC for his consistent output, vibes and bowling the heaviest ball at training!
Women’s 1st XI
5-195 DEF NUNAWADING 3-194
In similar fashion to the men’s 1st XI, the women’s 1st XI played away against Nunawading and sent them in to bat. Nunawading reached a respectable total of 3-194, with Louise Castrignano the pick of the bowlers with a handy 1-18 off 4 overs. In the chase, Angie Brown fell 1 shy of a half-century with a crucial knock at first drop, well supported by Ash Murdoch and Tylah Drochmann who brought the chase home with scores of 39* and 55 respectively – Chicken to Tylah!
Men’s 2nd XI
155 DEF BY WEST IVANHOE 4-366
It was a day to forget for the 2s, coming up some quality opposition in West Ham Ivanhoe. Lanno was very economical (2.2) early on, Amjy did well to hold down an end against some quality hitters and Nails picked up a dirty 3-for. With West Ivanhoe reaching 366, we had a crack but our best hope was just spending some time out in the middle which Smithy did scoring 58 – Chicken to Smithy!
Men’s 3rd XI
7-214 DEF BY MULGRAVE 8-245
The 3s had a tough assignment trekking out to Mulgrave but they were up for the contest. Mulgrave’s openers got 100 on the board despite tidy bowling efforts from openers Angus K and Dom ‘Blu-ray’ van Slageren. In the wickets were Tom ‘Gravity’ Newton with 3-for and skipper Naj bagged two. Mulgrave racked up a solid 245. Following up his performance with the ball, Tom got us off to a decent start with 36, Naj also contributing with 32. Things were looking a bit grim at 4-85, which brought Wheels to the crease. Wheels went through the gears as he hit a swashbuckling 79 off 70 balls to bring us almost within reach but still 31 runs short in the end.
Men’s 4th XI
8-213 DEF BY MWUCC 8-271
In the 4s, Mount Waverley had a stick first and got to work, compiling 271 runs. Raph and Ethan got the big fish openers and club debutant Shivam Aswal picked up 2-for. It was a big score to chase and we didn’t get off to the best start before Shivam came in at no. 4 and scored 66, sharing a solid partnership with Ethan who notched up 35 runs. Declan Niere did a great fill-in job scoring 41 red off 31 however we ended up a fair margin short. Chicken to debutant Shivam!
Men’s 5th XI
3-147 DEF HOLY TRINITY 6-146
The 5s came up against ECA newcomers Holy Trinity and were sent out to field. Their top order notched up a couple of retired 50s but it dropped away from their as Geoff Smith (1-13 off 7), Empty (2-18 off 7) and Roady (2-11 off 6) kept them quiet, Holy Trinity reaching 146 (that’s not enough!). Matt ‘The Wizard’ Aulich got us off to an awesome with 50 retired off 49 rocks, Empty doing his thing at no. 4 with a solid 41 and Eddie and Tyler getting the red ink to guide us home within 21 overs. Chicken to Matt!
Vets Navy
6-164 DEF BURNLEY 8-159
The Vets Navy team came up against Burnley at Rammo, winning the toss and sending them in for a stick. They got off to a decent start before John Pace put the pace on and picked up 3-6 off 4 overs. Richard Potter picked up a handy 3-for too, bowling Burnley out for 159. Craig Harris and Matt Aulich backing up from Saturday got the business done with scores of 41 retired and 32 red respectively, chasing down the total 6 down in 36 overs.