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🏅 Presentation Night 2024/25 🏆

 

A great night held at one of our main sponsors Moe Racing Club to cap off the 2024/25 season.
Congratulations to all award winners.


🦁 Life Membership – Patrick Spiteri
🏏 Best Club Person – Shannon Murphy
🦁 Senior Club Champion – Andrew Philip (10x)
🏏 Junior Club Champion – Kye Micallef


🦁 Premier A Batting Average & Aggregate – Andrew Philip
🏏 Premier A Bowling Average & Aggregate – Keenan Hughes
🦁 100 & 10WM – Keenan Hughes
🏏 Premier A Captains Award – Evan Sheekey


🦁 B Batting Average – Ash Savige
🏏 B Batting Aggregate – Mark Whitney
🦁 B Bowling Average – Aaron Johnstone
🏏 B Bowling Aggregate – Jarryd Atkinson
🦁 B Captains Award – Ritvik
🏆 B Grade Premiership Team presented with team photo & scorecard


🏏 Premier C Batting Average – Garry Edwards
🦁 Premier C Batting Aggregate – Craig Veenman
🏏 Premier C Bowling Average – Ron Whitney
🦁 Premier C Bowling Aggregate – David Biggins
🏏 CLV U15 GCL 6/32 match ball – Brady Cake
🦁 Premier C Captains Award – Brady Cake


🦆 Duck Award (4) – Ryley Semmens, David Biggins & Mark Whitney
🍺 Driven to Drink – Benn “I’m Unavailable” Zomer
🟡 Yellow Jacket – Ritvik

Milestones achieved received their certificates


🎥 First time we’ve used Frogbox highlights for presenting the awards which went over pretty well with a few tweaks in mind to go even better with them next year
🎥 Presentation Video Packages on YouTube (some are saying copyright flags for the music so YouTube may remove some, hopefully not).

🏆Grand Final Match Reports 🦁

 

Pictured is the Latrobe Valley Express’ article on our B Grade flag along with the match summaries & match reports in our usual socials format.

🎥 Match Highlights – https://youtu.be/xzXiB3KZLwM

🦁 Moe Innings

Our B’s won the toss and batted, losing Braden Finn (1) to a no-shot lbw early. Ash Savige (41) almost exclusively did the scoring in the 2nd wicket partnership before being bowled at 2/48, having scored 85% of the team total to that point. It was slow going for Mark Whitney, sticking around for a long period but struggling to score with a strike rate of just 4 after 50 balls. It increased slightly before being stumped at 3/66, out for 14 off 85 balls.

Jesse Pheeney & Michael Johnstone put on 70 for the 4th wicket, mostly having to run the runs, given they scored just 2 boundaries in that time. The score 4/136 after 42 overs when Pheeney was out for 41 off 40 balls.

The final 3 overs saw M.Johnstone (34 off 58) ran out, Aaron Johnstone (1) bowled & Haydn Edwards (1) lbw chasing quick late runs. Kye Micallef was 5*, Moe 7/146 from 45 overs.

Hardeep Rai (2/25) & Jeevan Varghese (2/32) took 2 wickets each with singles to Satwant Pooni (1/15) & Zoe Quinsey-Munro (1/20), the latter breaking Whitney’s long resistance at the crease.

🟡 Raiders Innings

The Lions got off to a fast start with the ball, Hill (5) lbw to Robert Blunt for his 200th club wicket for Moe. Aaron Johnstone sent Rai’s (4) off stump cartwheeling before taking a catch to dismiss Pooni 🦆 for Blunt’s second of the day. Raiders 3/20.

After 2/9 from 4, Blunt’s 5th over went wayward, replaced by Haydn Edwards at the nets end and an average first ball turned brilliant with Arora 🦆 caught behind on the leg side by Micallef.

Opener Rupinder Sidhu & Amal Joshy offered resistance in the form of a 30 run partnership to bring the home side back into the game. Enter Jarryd Atkinson, it had to be, breaking the partnership like he has done all year to dismiss Joshy (9) caught behind.

Sidhu was joined by veteran Jason ‘Jock’ Macfarlane and the former brought up his half century shortly later. Another partnership breaker throughout the season, Mark Whitney ended Sidhu’s knock, lbw for 64 off 70 (8 fours), Raiders 6/91.

Macfarlane did the heavy lifting from then on for the home side, and whilst losing partners along the way, the target required was rapidly closing also. Atkinson took his second to dismiss Berryman-Lambert (4), 7/102, 45 required. Ritvik had Varghese lbw for 7, 8/122, 25 required.

Jack Daddo added 18 with Macfarlane making steady progress, now 7 required with two wickets in hand.

Enter Ash Savige

40.1 Dot,
40.2 – Wicket – Daddo slashing at a cut shot, caught behind. 9/140.
40.3 – 1 run to Sandhu, 9/141, six required.
40.4 – Macfarlane 34* on strike, leg bye, 9/142, five required
40.5 – dot
40.6 – dot (no over call)
40.7 – WICKET! Sandhu goes for a slog, caught mid wicket by Aaron Johnstone. Moe win by 4 runs. Macfarlane stranded on 34*.

Man of the Match Ash Savige took 2/1 in what was the decisive 7-ball over to go with 41 with the bat.

Atkinson took 2/19 with two crucial middle order wickets. Blunt took two top order scalps in his 2/30. Ritvik (1/4), Whitney (1/10), Edwards (1/14) & Johnstone (1/21) all took one wicket each, all coming at critical times for the Lions.

* A.Johnstone caught the final wicket in both the semi final & the grand final.

* Aaron also played in Moe’s last second XI Premierships before this one, 15 years ago – 2009/10.

* Savige took the final wicket of the A’s 2021/22 Premiership and again in B’s 2024/25 flag.

* Savige & Blunt were the only two players from that A’s flag playing Saturday.

* First Moe Premiership for the vast majority of the lineup.

🏏 Our B’s now move back up to Premier B Division to try their hand at that level once more (we were in Premier B for 3 seasons between promotion as minor premiers in 2020/21 and relegation in 2023/24).

🎥 Match Highlights – https://youtu.be/aEmyxf17svo

Will keep this one reasonably brief. Commiserations to our C Graders who went down to Ex-Students who had only lost twice for the season and once since Round 2. Moe had ran them close in the January contest, going down by 15 runs.

🦁 Moe Innings

On Saturday, the Lions were off to a disastrous start, losing both openers for ducks, Shannon Murphy 🦆 first ball of the day and Randy Straughair 🦆 sixth ball faced.

It was a tough slog for Moe to get any scoring happening, Troy Oakley & Mustafa Glibanovic battling for 14 overs, adding 30 runs. The latter was caught for 11 off 46.

Semmens (4 off 15) & Biggins 🦆 (3) became Michael Isles’ second & third scalps, both dismissed in the 24th over, 5/40.

Oakley & skipper Garry Edwards added 26 from the next 12 overs, Edwards bowled for 13 off 37 to finish the 36th over. 6/66, 4 overs left

Oakley was run out for 40 (119) in the penultimate over before Craig Veenman (11* off 10) took 10 off the last, to give Moe a little more to defend, but still only 7/83 from 40 overs. Manduci 3*.

Isles took 3/6 off 8 for the Sharks, with Bentley 1/9 off 8 & Kosterman 1/17 off 8 also bowling their full allotment with a wicket.

🦈 Ex-Students Innings

Steven Thomson (4 off 25) hung around at one end whilst Paul Hennessy (26 off 26, 5 fours) made significant inroads towards the target.

Thomson was caught behind off Brady Cake at 1/35, Hennessy caught & bowled by Cake 10 runs later. 2/45. That’s as good as it got for the Lions.

Marshall Cropley (10* off 18, including a six) played second fiddle to Jack Robertson’s powerful hitting (35* off 16, 2 sixes & 3 fours) hunting down the required total one ball into the 15th over.

Ex-Students won all Premier Division Premierships, with Premier B by one wicket late on Saturday and by 2 wickets in Premier A late on Sunday.

🏏 Unfortunately a bad result for our 3rd XI, hopefully we can return and go one better in 2025/26

LATROBE VALLEY EXPRESS ARTICLE ON OUR B GRADE PREMIERSHIP

Milestones for Blunt & Oakley in Finals Series

 

Two more milestones were achieved in our final campaigns – one in C Grade’s semi final win & one in B Grade’s Premiership victory.

In last week’s semi-final, Troy Oakley ticked over 1500 club runs, accumulated either sides of a stint at Newborough. Troy is also a Victorian rep player in the indigenous national championships (formerly known as the Imparja Cup).

After reaching the milestone in the semi final, Troy scored 40 more runs in the C Grade Grand Final yesterday.

Congratulations on the milestone Troyza! 👏

Now a two-time Premiership player with Moe, B’s vice-captain Rob Blunt picked up his 200th wicket for the club with the first wicket of the bowling innings yesterday (clip shown).

Floating between A’s & B’s as required, Blunty took 27 wickets in all competitions this year including 4 in finals.

Rob now has 201 wickets at an average of 17.2 including two 5WI’s and a best of 7/23.

Congratulations Blunty! 👏

🏆2024/25 B Grade Premiers 🦁

 

Congratulations to our B Graders who picked up the club’s first 2nd XI Premiership in 15 years!

Ash Savige was man of the match with 41 runs with the bat & the final 2 wickets to win the game.

Jesse Pheeney (41) & Michael Johnstone (34) also made strong contributions with the bat, whilst wickets were shared around with Savige, Jarryd Atkinson (2/19) & Robert Blunt (2/30) taking 2 each and singles to Ritvik (1/4), Mark Whitney (1/10), Haydn Edwards (1/14) & Aaron Johnstone (1/21)

Commiserations to our 3rd XI who lost to Ex-Students by 8 wickets.

Full match reports still to come

2024/25 Grand Final Team Selections

 

The Moe Cricket Club are proud to announce the sides that will take the field this weekend at Yinnar with two premierships up for grabs.

Our 2nd XI B Grade side face Raiders on their home deck on the turf oval, with our Premier C Grade 3rd XI facing Ex-Students on the synthetic deck.

CLV League Presentation Night – Moe Winners 🦁

 

Congratulations to our Lions who received awards last night at the league presentation.

🦁 Premier A Grade Batting Aggregate – Andrew Philip – 803 Runs
🦁 Premier A Grade Bowling Aggregate – Keenan Hughes – 36 Wickets
🦁 Young Cricketer of the Year – Jordan Shields
🦁 Premier C Grade Bowling Average – Ron Whitney – 18 wickets @ 8.28

🏏 Premier A Grade Team of the Year – Andrew Philip, Benn Zomer, Keenan Hughes
🏏 B Grade Team of the Year – Mark Whitney
🏏 Premier C Grade Team of the Year – Randy Straughair, David Biggins

GoTheMo 🦁

🏏 Cricket Latrobe Valley Grand Finals🦁

 

This Saturday marks a huge day for the club at Yinnar with the opportunity for two Premierships up for grabs.

🗓️ Saturday March 22nd – ⏰ 11.30am
📍 Yinnar Recreation Reserve (B Grade turf, C Grade synthetic)

🏆 B Grade Grand Final – Raiders v Moe
🏆 Premier C Grade Grand Final – Ex-Students v Moe

Our B Grade are looking to win our first 2nd XI Premiership in 15 years and bounce straight back up to the Premier B division when they face Raiders in their own backyard. The sides have split their 3 contests to date with 1 each way and 1 drawn, so expect a quality contest.

The wait isn’t so long for our 3rd XI, winning the C Grade division in 2020/21, now looking to go one better and win the Premier C title with a much changed lineup with only 2 or 3 from that C’s flag side to feature this week. Ex-Students comfortably defeated a makeshift C’s side in the 20/20 weekend in their first meeting. Students narrowly beat the Lions by 15 runs when they played first before A Grade in the double header in January, in a full length match more reflective of the contest Saturday’s match could bring.

We expect a big Moe crowd in attendance to support the two sides hopefully bring some silverware back to Ted Summerton Reserve.

Further, we will be taking our Frogbox to stream B Grade’s final and are of the understanding Ex-Students will be bringing theirs to stream the C Grade finale. (Will update post with C’s link once available)

🎥 B Grade Live stream https://www.youtube.com/live/SWblcs05yew?si=zNC5JZ3rf5GKrwQj

🎥 C Grade live stream link – pending

As always #GoTheMo 🦁

🏏 15/3/25 – Premier C Grade Semi Final 🏏🦁 Moe v Toongabbie 🐏

 

Moe defeated Toongabbie last week to earn the right to host the Rams a week later at Racecourse 2.
Toongabbie were promoted from C Grade to Premier C this season and made finals in their first season up.
Moe won the toss and batted.

🦁 Moe Innings

Randy Straughair (6) was bowled by Veale early, 1/10. Shannon Murphy & Ryley Semmens added 58 for the 2nd wicket before he copped a howler by his teammate, given caught behind clearly off his pad for 38 off 68 (five 4’s). Troy Oakley fell at 3/81 after scoring 10 off the 13 run 3rd wicket stand.

Semmens did the majority of scoring in the 4th wicket partnership with Craig Veenman, the latter out for 5 at 4/110.

Garry Edwards joined Semmens in the 30th over and scored 32* of the 45 runs scored through to the end of the innings, Moe closing at 8/155 (40). Semmens was out for 40 off 83 balls. Glibanovic 1, Manduci 4, Burridge 3 & Cake 1*.

For the Rams, wickets were shared around. Wall, Veale & Hood took 2 each, with Zalesiak & Pearson taking one.

🐏 Toongabbie Innings

Moe were on top for the duration of Toongabbie’s innings with the most resistance being 21 run partnerships for the 3rd & 7th wickets with the rest falling way too regularly for the Rams to have any chance of chasing 156.

Veale (17), Zalesiak (15), Laws (12), Veneman (11) & Chalmers (10) all made double figures for the visitors.

Josh Pickering started and ended the wicket taking, with the 1st & 10th in his 2/15. Brady Cake picked up a caught and bowled (1/19). Garry Edwards (1/20) ended the first of the 21 run stands, which was followed by Ronnie Whitney’s 1 wicket one run later. Whitney in typical fashion, had figures of 1/8 from his full 8 over allotment.

Troy Oakley (2/13) took a couple of middle order wickets before Frank Manduci dispatched the tail with 3/12 (4).

The Rams all out for 97, Moe winners by 58 runs to advance to next week’s Grand Final against Ex-Students.

🏆 Grand Final – Sat Mar 22nd
🦈 Ex-Students v Moe 🦁
📍 Yinnar Synthetic, 11.30am

Ton of runs: Andrew Philip hits 26th first grade century for Moe Cricket Club

 

With no fuss or fanfare but reserves of patience, Andrew Philip has become one of Victorian country cricket’s most prolific batsmen. And the Moe champion isn’t done yet.

Paul Amy

@paulamy375

4 min read

February 27, 2025 – 11:37AM

Moe Cricket Club champion Andrew Philip has scored 26 centuries in the first grade.

Andrew Philip says Moe Cricket Club’s record-keeping is “pretty good’’.

It has needed to be to keep up with his prodigious run-scoring for the Gippsland club.

With no fuss or fanfare but plenty of patience, Philip, 36, has built a remarkable record with the Lions.

When he hit a two to deep backward square last Saturday to take his score into three figures against Morwell, he reached his 26th first grade century for Moe.

Cricket Latrobe Valley president Brad Howlett took calls from the press last Sunday after a fight between players in an A-grade game.

But before he commented on the incident, he highlighted Philip’s latest ton.

Moe CC champion Andrew Philip – with the blade that does all the damage.

Howlett does not know Philip well, but he knows all about his batting and says he’s become an outstanding player in the history of Cricket Latrobe Valley and its antecedents.

“He just makes runs,’’ Howlett says.

“His achievements are next-level and he doesn’t get the accolades he deserves compared to other high-profile players.’’

Philip has played cricket only for Moe.

His parents, Alan and Francine, are both life members of the club and he joined them in 2021.

He had started with the Lions when he was “seven or eight’’.

“I wasn’t any good for a while. I don’t think I got a run in my first few seasons of cricket,’’ Philip says.

He says he figured out how to be “really difficult to get out’’ and to this day still tries to make bowlers toil for his wicket.

It has been a “constant’’ of his cricket.

“I’ve found that if I get through the first five overs or so, I’ll be OK,’’ he says.

“I have a more defensive mindset than most people have when they walk out. I keep it pretty simple.’’

Philip laughs as he relates how he’s frequently been called “the most boring batsman in Gippsland’’.

ANDREW PHILIP BY THE TON

104 v St Vincents 2006-07
147* v Latrobe 2007-08
133 v Blues 2007-08
103 v Morwell 2007-08
143 v Newborough Bulldogs 2008-09
118 v Yallourn North 2013-14
157* v Latrobe 2013-14
104 v Newborough Bulldogs 2014-15
114 v Yallourn North 2015-16
113 v Jeeralang-Boolarra 2015-16
115* v Morwell 2015-16
110* v Trafalgar 2016-17
102* v Yallourn North 2016-17
128* v Trafalgar 2016-17
110* v Jeeralang-Boolarra 2016-17
129 v Latrobe 2017-18
147* v Latrobe 2019-20
134 v Morwell 2020-21
100* v Centrals 2020-21
105 v CATS 2020-21
122* v Morwell 2021-22
103 v Jeeralang-Boolarra 2021-22
114 v Trafalgar (GF) 2021-22
149 v Toongabbie 2023-24
114* v Toongabbie 2024-25
112no v Morwell 2024-25

He’s given the sledging a straight bat too.

“Run-scoring was never easy for me,’’ he says.

“I didn’t start clicking until I was in my 20s.

“There was a point – and I don’t when it was – when I was a little bit bigger and a little bit stronger and grew in confidence, and from when I was 18 onwards I was able to get scores of 50-plus, quite slowly. As I understood my batting a little better, I could start expanding and playing some more shots. In time I started doing it after 30 overs instead of 50 overs. And then in one-day cricket you have to start earlier than that.’’

Philip scored his first A grade century when he was in Year 12, against St Vincents.

“I’ll remember that one forever, I think,’’ he says.

“Couldn’t tell you who I made the second against but I’ll always remember that first one. Hit my first six in an A grade game that day too. I do recall playing a nice little loft over square leg from a full-toss. I was quite happy with myself.’’

Tons have come consistently in the years since. He set himself up for this season with a century in Round 2, 114 against Toongabbie, putting on 198 for the second wicket with Rob Phoenix (102).

Earlier this month he crossed 11,000 runs for Moe’s First XI.

Andrew Philip with parents Alan and Francine after he joined them as a life member.

Alan Philip played in Moe premierships in the 1980s.

His son played in eight flags in a row, a remarkable run at any level of cricket.

“While it was happening we figured it was pretty unusual,’’ he says. “They just kept coming for us. Rob Phoenix was in his prime them. Matt Clarke, Dave Kelly, Tom Long, ‘Tassie’ Johnson played in a couple, Dale Walsh kept in all eight I think … we had a very good team obviously.’’

Philip played in a ninth premiership in 2021-22, when Moe defeated Trafalgar. His part in it was a hand of 114 off 133 balls.

The flags go with go with 13 club batting awards, eight club championships and regular team-of-the-year selections. The number of trophies he’s won at Moe would fill a museum.

Philip had the chance to play Premier Cricket. In 2007-08 he came back from a stint overseas to peel off more than 800 runs, including three tons on the trot: 147 against Latrobe, 133 against Blues and 103 against Morwell.

Dandenong picked up word of his deeds and selected him in the First XI.

“I think they were churning through some players and seeing what else was out there and giving some country kids a go.

“But we were rolling into our semi-final so I didn’t take it. I thought I’d reassess the following season, see whether I’d go to Dandenong or another District club, but it didn’t eventuate. I didn’t try with it, to be honest. I got a job locally, got a girlfriend, life happened, it didn’t fit in with what I was doing. It was a long way while trying to keep a full-time job.’’

So he stayed at Moe and he made runs for season after season, the club’s key batsman and at times its senior coach and captain.

Andrew Philip with A grade debutant Jesse Pheeney in 2018-19.

His favourite shots?

“What, apart from the leave and the forward defence?’’ he says with a laugh. He eventually says he’s “pretty handy’’ on the straight drive and off the pads.

Loyalty has accompanied his consistency.

For a long time he took calls every winter from other clubs, but it never got to the point where he talked money or had meetings with them.

He’s always been happy at Moe.

“For a solid 10 years there I’d be getting half-a-dozen calls but it was never on my mind at any stage to change clubs,’’ Philip says. “I just can’t imagine playing anywhere else.’’

His family ties to Moe are getting stronger. His mother has just off a long stint as secretary, and he and his wife Emelye’s sons Loch and Callum are in the juniors (their sibling Louie is aged two and Philip believes he’ll be a little Lion too).

It seems the record-keepers at Moe might be logging the achievements of the Philips for a long while yet.

Paul Amy

Sports Reporter

15/3/25 – B Grade Semi Final – Centrals v Moe

 

Moe travelled to minor premiers Centrals for the semi final. It would be the 4th meeting of the season with two games washed out without a result and Moe winning the most recent match by 13 runs in a tight contest.

Moe won the toss and batted. In the home & away season completed matches, Centrals had won 8 and lost 3 when batting second – twice when chasing 200+ & in the last match against Moe, needing 175. Moe were 3 wins & 2 losses from resulted games batting first.

🦁 Moe Innings

Moe lost Mark Whitney 🦆 to a run out and Braden Finn (3) in consecutive deliveries to sit 2/3 in a dream start for the hosts. Ash Savige (3) was next to go caught behind, in what was unclear if he sportingly walked or was going to be given out anyway as he had started to head towards the pavilion before the finger was raised. The visitors now 3/15. Jesse Pheeney (18) posted his 8th score in 11 B Grade knocks between 10 & 20, scoring 18 of a 22 run 4th wicket partnership, 4/37.

Michael Johnstone & Jarryd Atkinson added 44 to give Moe a foothold in the game. Johnstone hit 7 fours on his way to 40 off 101 balls before getting caught off of Ould.

Johnstone fell in the 34th over to start Moe losing their last 6 wickets for 34 runs in the last 11 overs. Jarryd Atkinson (21) & Kye Micallef (11) also made double figures. Aaron Johnstone (2), Ritvik 🦆, Haydn Edwards (5*) & Robert Blunt (5) made up the tail for Moe. All out in the final over for 115.

For the Centrals Lions, Lachlan Pollard took 3/16 (4.3) to wrap up the innings after the wickets were shared around through the early part of the innings. Perera 1/11, Donovan 1/14, Rajapakse 1/16, Ould 1/20 & Donovan 1/25 all took one each with two run outs.

🦁 Centrals Innings

Centrals got off to a strong start, taking 17 off the opening 5 overs the Johnstone & Blunt struggled to find their rhythm a little. In a sporting moment for the first dismissal, Slimmon (10) walked the moment he knew he’d hit a caught behind off Blunt.

Dean Rode & Robert Blunt have semi final history (2019/20 & 2020/21 A Grade semi’s Blunt dismissed Rode for 3 and a golden), and with confidence on the back of a B Grade league batting aggregate winning campaign, he pounced on a gift of a no-ball full toss dished up first. Rode cut another 4 off Blunt’s next over too, before a peach of a delivery two balls later rattled his furniture for 12, Centrals 2/32 after 8. Johnstone broke the resistance of opener Berry (8 off 35) for lbw in the 11th, 3/35.

Ould and Shaven Rajapakse took the hosts to 3/55 requiring 61 to win before the game took another twist. Ould (9) spooned a full toss from Atkinson to Ritvik at cover, then Shankland 🦆 lbw two balls later to give Atkinson back the lead in the Moe bowling aggregate race. Atkinson moved further ahead with Rajapakse (14 off 50) caught behind on the second take by Kye Micallef. Centrals losing 3/7, now 6/62.

Jonathan Downs made 27* & 35 in the last two meetings against Moe and had 270 runs for the season batting usually between 7 & 9, so he & Centrals still maintained the ability to break the game back open in their favour. A four & six from Downs swung the momentum back to the hosts once more.

Downs & Pollard added 21 to take Centrals within 33 of victory before Downs (17 off 18) became Atkinson’s 4th victim, caught by Daniel Farmer. 7/83. Farmer had worked hard at the other end and got his breakthrough in his 7th over, with Pollard (7) caught behind. 8/87. Moe back on top, 29 runs required by Centrals.

Farmer’s 8th over caused the probably the most chaotic wicket of the day with a safe edge down to third man allowing 2 runs completed with keeper Micallef chasing the ball, Himesh Rajapakse running for a third, to what initially was going to be the danger end, with sub fielder Brodyn Blandford receiving at the keepers stumps with Rajapakse safe, turning and throwing down the non-strikers wicket with a direct hit to see Perera (7) short of his ground and Moe one wicket away from a grand final berth.

Hiran Rajapakse took 2 runs off Atkinson’s 8th over, 9/92, before Farmer claimed his second wicket (Himesh 🦆), a sharp diving catch at cover by Aaron Johnstone to wrap up the match and see Moe into next week’s grand final. Atkinson finished with 4/28, Farmer 2/11, Blunt 2/29 & Johnstone 1/11.

🦁 Another great battle of the prides with Centrals, a continually budding rivalry since 2017/18 with our Lion counterparts. Luckily we got the win but yet another see-saw affair with them.

🏏 Congratulations to Centrals on their season, as they finished minor premiers and gained automatic promotion straight back up to the Premier B division. Individually they had some big seasons too with Rode (bat) & Ould (bowl) taking out league aggregate honours (according to playcricket – league presentation on Wednesday).

🏏 Centrals will be joined by next week’s Grand Final winner in Premier B, with Moe looking to also make the trek back up the season after relegation.

🎥 Semi Final Highlights
* Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1CXNE9dMth/?mibextid=wwXIfr
* Youtube – https://youtu.be/_niCF-q2uvw?feature=shared

🏆 GRAND FINAL – 🟡 Raiders v Moe 🦁
Saturday March 22nd – Yinnar Turf – 11.30am

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