Ballan Cricket Club

Under 11 Seniors
Ballan 4/74 def Napoleon Sebastopol 6/51

Ballan batted first with Layla Shugg and Kiara Grigg opening. Both were strong in defense and they picked up some very handy runs. The next pair of Ned Conroy and Rhys Vella continued well, pushing the score with some clever running between wickets, Ned made 19 with 3 boundaries.
Katie and Ed Bayard got together with Ed top scoring with 26 with 3 boundaries. There running between wickets was very good. The last pair, Bridie Grigg and Olivia Dowling, did what they were asked, that was try and not go out.
Bowling – N. Conroy 1, K. Bayard 1, Kiara Grigg 1, Ed Bayard 3

Under 13
Ballan 2/113 def Mt Clear 7/112
Batting– Sarah Burton 32 retired not out, Clover McIlwaine 18 retired not out, Oscar Britt 13 retired not out, Eamon Grigg 13 retired not out
Bowling – Mikey Rawlins 1/7, Jackson Letcher 1/9, Clover McIlwaine 1/12, Mabel Ayres 1/20, Callum Lister 1/23

Under 15
Ballan/Brown Hill 150 lost Creswick 8/209
Bowling – Riley Storer 2/17, Charlotte Wallace 0/9, Jai Singh 0/16, James Bayard 0/22
Batting – James Bayard 3, Charlotte Wallace 1, Jai Singh 0, Riley Storer 0 not out

Under 17
Ballan 58 lost Wendouree 144
Bowling – A Britt 4-0-11-3, M Hoey 6-1-13-3
Batting – N Loft 20, R Lister 13

Ballan First XI (BCA 2nd Grade)
East Ballarat 204 def Ballan 129
Week 2
Batting – Mick Nolan 42, Ryan Lister 29, Jack McGregor 23
Ballan entered the second week in the difficult position of being 2/12 having faced 8 overs last week.
Unfortunately for the boys some tight bowling and fielding from East put the pressure right onto Ballan with consistent wickets falling early to see ballan in real trouble.
Jack McGregor battled hard at the top of the order to give Ballan a chance. But it was an absolutely fantastic innings by young gun, Ryan Lister, in the middle order which gave a better looking scorecard. Lister and Micky Nolan, who again was brilliant, put on a much needed partnership to get a respectable total on the board.
Unfortunately, things just aren’t clicking for Ballan at the moment and they found themselves again on the losing side.

Ballan 2nd XI (BCA 4th Grade)
Ballan 10/367 lost Coronet City 9/376
Batting – Param Singh 128 not out, David Leach 74, Max Burton 33, Glenn Easterbrook 19
Bowling – David Leach 13-3-3-68, Max Burton 6-0-1-17