Ballan Cricket Club

Under 11 Junior

Last game of the season for the Under 11 juniors was a tough one with the heat. Henry Cairns top scored with nine runs which included two fours off his last two balls. He also had a direct hit to run out one of their players. Jack Mullane made six runs including a four, he took a wicket and a caught behind while keeping. Angus Muldeary and Oscar Phillips both made four runs, Oscar with a well thought out 4, while Angus worked hard for his – running two twos. Oscar took a wicket, while Angus worked very hard in the field, at times he ran from one end of the ground to the other to back up a fielder. Jamie Jarvis and Isaac Kettle made two runs each and bowled well.

Under 11 Senior
Ballan 7/128 def North Ballarat 100

A great win for the Ballan youngsters with skilled bowling and great fielding from all players. Katie Bayard – 4 wickets to, 3 to both Kiara Grigg, Ned Conroy and Jay Fenwick, and 1 for Bridie Grigg. Hudson Squires’ bowling was excellent too. Kiara also assisted in 3 of those outs.

Ned was the top scorer and made 22 off the bat, followed by Jay 13 and Kiara 8.

Hudson impressed everyone in his first game with the senior 11s with his super fast running and fielding.

Under 13 – Semi Final
Ballan 6/107 lost Mt Clear Hurricanes 0/108

Batting – Sarah Burton 40, Clover McIlwaine 24 n.o, Kori Davenport 11, Eamon Grigg 9
Bowling – Clover McIlwaine 0/5 from 4 Overs, Sarah Burton 0/11 from 4, Eamon Grigg 0/11 from 2.

Batting first and unexpectedly short of players, Clover McIlwaine and Sarah Burton again opened the batting and both retired on 15 and 19 respectively after their allocated 20 balls, to set a perfect platform for the team to build on and see off the opposition’s better bowlers. Kori Davenport and Eamon Grigg added runs before being dismissed with the remaining 3 batters trying their best but adding minimal runs to the total and being dismissed in short succession. Clover and Sarah returned to the crease adding another 36 runs to the team’s total, to push the score past 100 before Sarah was dismissed with 3 overs remaining in the innings and Clover out of batting partners.

The team tried their best in the field however the opposition continued to creep ahead as the game progressed. With 7 overs remaining and all eligible players having had a bowl, the opposition required 11 runs to win. Clover and Sarah again took on the responsibility of restricting the opposition’s scoring, bowling the next 4 overs in tandem for a total of 6 runs. Eventually the game was lost with 3 overs remaining.

While the team was disappointed with the result, they were very pleased with their efforts over the entire season after stepping up to the top U/13 Division this season, and finishing second on the ladder.