Ballan Cricket Club

Results – Week ending Saturday 5 March

Under 11s – (R11)

The Wednesday night game was against Golden Point.

Ballan batted first and made 84 (6 outs). Hunter Clark put his hand up to open and then also to face, in his allotted balls he was not dismissed. Mickey Rawlins top scored with 19, followed by Banjo Luke and Cooper Olthof. Due to the closeness of the game Kiara Grigg was asked to not go out, and she did a great job by adhering to the message.

Golden Point then batted and made 74 (9 outs), Ned Conroy and Cooper each got two wickets, Hunter Clark, Ed Bayard and Kiara Grigg recorded one wicket each. Charlie, Lachie, and Banjo bowled tight when it counted.

Under 13 – (R13)

Ballan 1/147 def Ballarat East Blue 3/138

Batting – Sarah Burton 27 Ret. n.o, Beth Davenport 24 Ret. n.o, Eamon Grigg 18 Ret. n.o, Clover McIlwaine 12

Jai Singh 10 n.o, Charlotte Wallace 6 Ret. n.o, James Bayard 6 n.o

Bowling – Clover McIlwaine 1/17, Jai Singh 0/4, Charlotte Wallace 0/5, Oscar Britt 0/6, Max Farrell 0/8, Angus Tranter 0/9, Jackson Letcher 0/10

Prior to the game commencing the team were second on the ladder going into the final round, however, without winning this game could still potentially drop them to fifth and miss the finals.

Batting first and in drizzling rain, the top order batted very well, playing aggressive shots and running very well between the wickets immediately putting pressure on the opposition. Sarah Burton and Eamon Grigg both scored new individual highest scores in the U/13 competition. While all the other batters contributed valuable runs as the team only lost one wicket on their way to posting their highest score of 147 for the year.

The rain continued as the bowling innings commenced. The bowlers struggled a little with their line as the opposition appeared to have a never ending supply of left handed batters. Clover McIlwaine was the sole wicket taker as the team toiled away in greasy conditions with the combined effort of Max Farrell, Eamon Grigg and Sarah Burton affecting a run out. Followed by Jai Singh fielding off his own bowling for a second run out. Midway through the innings the team lost concentration allowing the opposition back in the game. With four overs to go, the opposition needed 18 runs to win. Co-Captains Sarah Burton and Clover McIlwaine again took on the challenge to bowl the final overs, restricting the opposition to only nine runs to seal the victory and lock in a well-deserved place in the finals.

**All other matches were abandoned due to inclement weather on the Saturday.

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https://issuu.com/themooraboolnews/docs/mn_2022-03-08/21

in the 8 March 2022 edition
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