Ballan Cricket Club

Results – W/e Saturday 12 February

Under 13 (R10)

Ballan 2/104 lost Golden Point 3/107

Batting – Clover McIlwaine 17 Ret. n.o, Beth Davenport 13 Ret. n.o, Eamon Grigg 15 n.o, James Bayard 7, Sarah Burton 6, Charlotte Wallace 5

Bowling – Charlotte Wallace 1/8, Clover McIlwaine 1/9, Eamon Grigg 1/21, James Bayard 0/6, Angus Tranter 0/9

Batting first, Clover McIlwaine and Beth Davenport got the team off to a fantastic start with excellent shot selection and running between the wickets. Eamon Grigg had his best innings for the season while James Bayard, Sarah Burton and Charlotte Wallace added some runs with all three batters managing to hit a 4 during their time at the crease with Ballan posting a competitive total.

The bowling innings started well however the players appeared uncharacteristically flat in the field with basic mistakes and a lack of desperation and awareness allowing the opposition to win the game.

Under 15 (R6)

Ballan 5/201 def Buninyong 131

Batting – Sarah Burton 51 Retired n.o, James Burton 17, Noah Pace 15, Josh Singh 13, Tom Norman 10

Bowling – Angus Britt 3/21, Clover McIlwaine 2/12, Sarah Burton 1/2, Eamon Grigg 1/10, Tom Norman 1/12, Jai Singh 1/14, James Burton 1/27

Ballan resumed this week, determined to bowl out Buninyong as early as possible with a simple game plan of attacking the stumps and relentless pressure on a super-fast Victoria Park ground. Co-captains Tom Norman and James Burton both picked up a wicket each. Clover McIlwaine and Angus Britt then entered the attack to finish off the opposition, Angus with a beautiful delivery hitting the top off the stump and destroying the bail and Clover with an LBW.

Brother and sister batting then combined when James and Sarah Burton resumed their innings putting on a patient batting innings to safely guide the team to victory. After turning 13 the previous day, Sarah Burton embraced the challenge to bring up a new highest score and raise her bat for a well-deserved maiden half century scoring 51 not out.

The team have a bye next round and look forward to the final round against Brown Hill.

To read the full story – Simply click on the following link

https://issuu.com/themooraboolnews/docs/mn_2022-02-15/19

in the 15 February 2022 edition
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