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Mariah joined her sister at the crease, working a few singles before nicking off on the second-last ball of the innings. Eloise made the trek out for the final delivery, swinging hard to close out the innings.<\/p>\n
At the end of our 40 overs, we finished 7\/142, a score we felt was definitely defendable.<\/p>\n
Day 2 commenced on Friday, with the team arriving with a positive attitude \u2014 mixed with a few nerves.<\/p>\n
Summer and Eloise opened the bowling, and it didn’t take long for Eloise to make an impact, picking up two massive early wickets, both clean bowled with the stumps rattled.<\/p>\n
Summer was next to strike, claiming two wickets of her own \u2014 one LBW and one bowled.<\/p>\n
Sarah and Mariah were introduced into the attack next. Mariah kept things tight while Sarah claimed a wicket, with Sav taking a sharp catch at short cover.<\/p>\n
Summer returned to the bowling crease and struck again, picking up two more wickets \u2014 both bowled.<\/p>\n
Nadene rolled the arm over before drinks and was unlucky not to claim a wicket, beating the edge several times.<\/p>\n
After drinks there was a change behind the stumps, with Summer taking the gloves and Kori coming on to bowl. The move paid off instantly as Kori made an immediate impact, picking up two wickets \u2014 one bowled and another well taken by Sav in the field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n With just one wicket remaining, Mariah was brought back into the attack and finished the job, taking the final wicket with Sarah holding the catch at short mid-wicket.<\/p>\n Brown Hill finished 128 all out, falling short of our total.<\/p>\n That result sends us through to the Grand Final against Ballarat Redan next Thursday and Friday at Alfredton.<\/p>\n An incredible effort by the team to make the Grand Final in only our second season. A true testament to the hard work, dedication, and improvement shown by every player throughout the year.<\/p>\n Ballan’s 2nd XI VS Darley<\/p>\n BALLAN’S 2nd XI played Darley at Mason’s Lane, Bacchus Marsh coming away with a win.<\/p>\n Ballan were sent in by Darley and amassed a total of 4\/256 with Param Singh getting his 5th 100 for the season.<\/p>\n Ballan Batting; M. Shugg 28, P. Singh 104, E. Muir 10, C. Thom 28, M. Ayres 71 not out and J. Wernicke 3 not out.<\/p>\n Total 4 \/ 256 (40 Overs)<\/p>\n Darley’s bowlers; F. Heath 0\/38, G Martindale 2\/30, B McNabb 1\/48, M Shelly 1\/27, B. Wheelahan 0\/25, E Richards 0\/46 and M Apostolidis 0\/38.<\/p>\n Darley Batting; G. Martindale 130, S. Martindale 7, M. Shelly 3, M. Wheelahan 15, B. Wheelahan 56 not out, E. Richards 0, S. Apostolidis 5 and F. heath 3 not out.<\/p>\n Total 6 \/ 227 (40 Overs)<\/p>\n Ballan bowling; C. Thom 0\/37, J. Costello 1\/21, J. Wernicke 1\/39, P. Singh 0\/14, M. Shugg 1\/35, A. Britt 0\/7, M. Ayres 1\/60 and M. Vallance 2\/10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CHRIS THOM Semi Final – Ballan Women 7\/142 def Brown Hill 128 THE semi-final was upon us on Thursday night as our women’s team travelled to Russell Square to face Brown Hill CC in Day 1 of a two-day clash. Winning the toss, we elected to bat first, sending the young guns Sarah and Kori […]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2026\/03\/IMG_6083_80830.jpg\")