Ballan Cricket Club

Ballan 2nd XI (BCA 4th Grade)

Mt Clear 0/91 def Ballan 84

Batting – K Heafield 23, J Wernicke 20, G Easterbrook 11 not out
Bowling – P Singh 5-1-0-21, G Muir 4-1-0-9, J Wernicke 6-1-0-21, M Vallance 5-2-0-20

Ballan were very anxious and excited to finally get on the field for the first time this season.

After what felt like a genuine 3½ months of pre-season and the opening 5 rounds of no-action due to weather, a fine day (albeit with strong winds) greeted both teams at Ballan Recreation Reserve.

Ballan won the toss and elected to bat, hoping to get some good runs on the board and set the scene for our opening game.

Openers John Costello (7) and Param Singh (5) both looked good, hitting fantastic cut shots for four, however were both dismissed shortly afterwards thanks to some nice Mt. Clear swing bowling.

Young guns Kobe Heafield and Jake Wernicke were the next to step up to the crease. Kobe in particular displaying a full shot range with some great pulls and heaves to mid-wicket for a couple of fours and a six. Jake was cautious, building into his innings.

The hope for a big score was extinguished as Kobe fell for 23 and a tumble of wickets followed as the new batsmen failed to deliver any meaningful runs and fell for low scores thanks to the bowling of Mt. Clear’s Dylan Hocking and Tim Mani.

Jake and Glenn Easterbrook were solid, sharing in a 19 run partnership until Jake overbalanced at the crease and was stumped for a solid 20.

Glenn and Josh Singh put on a small partnership before the last couple of wickets fell, with Glenn solidifying his reputation as an immovable warrior, being hard to dismiss and dominating at 11 not out before running out of partners.

Final Score for Ballan was 84 off 29 overs.

Mt. Clear came out to bat after the break and delivered a strong performance against the Ballan bowlers who were unable to make a breakthrough across the 20.4 overs it took to surpass our score, finishing on 91.

Senior 1st XI (BCA 2nd grade)

Ballan 113 v Ballarat-Redan 2-86
Draw- Match abandoned.

Batting – R Lister- 33, M Kennedy- 18, J Jarvis- 10
Bowling – J Jarvis 7-3-1-14, H Micallef 9-1-0-27, R Lister 6-1-0-26

Under 17s

Ballan 150 lost Golden Point 7/285

Bowling – E Muir 9-0-31-2, Josh Singh 4-0-16-2, S Burton 6-2-14-1, C Matheson 6-0-51-1
Batting – J Hunt 67, R Lister 19, N Loft 15

Under 15s

Ballan/Brown Hill 146 lost East Ballarat brown 7-230

Bowling – J Bayard 2/23 off 6 overs, R Storer 0/6 off 2 overs

U/13 – Round 6 

Ballan 5/138 def Wendouree Renegades 51

Batting – Clover McIlwaine 29 n.o, Sarah Burton 29, Eamon Grigg 18 n.o, Oscar Britt 10 Ret. n.o, Jackson Letcher 8 Ret. n.o
Bowling – Eamon Grigg 2/2, Sarah Burton 2/3, Mabel Ayres 1/7, Oscar Britt 1/14

Clover McIlwaine 0/2

Under 11s

Washed out earlier in the week