Ballan Cricket Club

Under 13 – R15
Ballan 1/165 def Wendouree Renegades 3/71
Batting – Clover McIlwaine 26 Ret. n.o, Jackson Letcher 26 Ret. n.o, Callum Lister 21 Ret. no., Mickey Rawlins 18 n.o, Eamon Grigg 15 n.o, Kori Davenport 14 Ret. n.o
Bowling – Sarah Burton 2/9 from 3 Overs, Clover McIlwaine 0/2 from 3, Oscar Britt 0/4 from 2, Jackson Letcher 0/9 from 3, Mickey Rawlins 0/7 from 2, Mabel Ayres 0/16 from 3.

Under 15
Ballan/Brown Hill 3/114 lost Wendouree White 6/117

The final game of the season came after two weeks off due to a bye, and the kids were desperate for the game to start.

Batting first saw Ballan facing a wet ground, making it hard work getting the ball across the boundary. Charlotte Wallace (Ballan) came in at 5 and stuck around for a hard fought 3. Ed Sullivan (Brown Hill) retired on 32 and Ryan Grech (Brown Hill) fell 1 short finishing 29no.

Riley Storer (Ballan) opened the bowling and once again restricted the opening batters in their scoring opportunities. Jai Singh (Ballan) opened the bowling and took a wicket in his later spell caught behind by Ed. Bowling at 4, James Bayard (Ballan) had his best spell all year unlucky not to get a wicket. In the next over he combined with Lucas for a great run out after a miscommunication saw the batters both at the same end. Charlotte Wallace was excellent fielding at backward point all innings. Wendouree needed 5 off the last over and got them in just 3 balls.

Under 17
Ballan 5/194 def Napoleon -Sebastopol 7/152
Batting – R Lister 52no, M Hoey 50no, J Jarvis 23
Bowling – R Lister 5-1-16-3, S Burton 3-0-27-2, C Matheson 2-0-6-1

Ballan 1st XI (BCA 2nd Grade)
Ballan 5/166 def Ballarat-Redan 165
Bowling – Heath Doherty 9-1-4-25, Kobe Heafield 9-2-2-29, Mick Nolan 4-0-1-7, Eli Muir 5-0-1-19
Batting – Mick Nolan 72, Jack Jarvis 38

In the final game of the season Ballan took on Redan, who won the toss and elected to bat.

Good bowling early from Kobe Heafield and Ben Loughnane meant runs were hard to come by before Eli Muir snagged the first wicket of the day.

The middle overs belonged to the spinners with Heath Doherty the stand out taking 4 wickets.

Amazingly the skipper threw the ball to Mick Nolan and it paid off with the leggy snagging a wicket in sensational scenes.

Some good death bowling and fielding saw Ballan restrict Redan to a competitive total of 165.

With the bat it was hard to score with good bowling by Ballarat-Redan but again Mick Nolan and Jack Jarvis put on over a 100 run stand.

Ballan eventually chasing down the total with 5-6 overs to spare and with Heath and Benny at the crease.

A great way to end the season with back to back wins against 2 finals bound sides.

BCA 4th Grade – Ballan 2nd XI
Ballan 4/228 def Golden Point 9/186
Batting – Ryan Lister 100 retired not out, David Leach 64 not out, John Costello 15, Max Burton 12
Bowling – Ryan Lister 4-2-2-9, Daniel Pascoe 5-0-2-12, Jake Wernicke 5-0-2-26, John Costello 4-0-1-20, James Somers 4-0-1-20, Max Burton 3-0-1-26