Matchday Results 7/2 – Thrillers all round.
Margins of 1 wicket, 1 wicket & 2 runs separated each match on the weekend. Unfortunately, only 1 result went our way. Prem C get a big win on the road. Prem B’s rough loss really hurts, falling to 8th and a win & a half outside the top four with 4 to play. Prem A fall back out of the Top 4 with 2 rounds to go.
Club Highlights Prem A – https://youtu.be/tB2U6pwBHTM?si=8yj7yyqB4vNLSkAr
Premier A Grade – Day 2 v Churchill
Starting the day at 6/234 (Andrew Philip 64, Mat Hibbs 62) with the ability to bat another 10 overs, it was a loss of 4/13 on day 2 to be all out for 247 which proved pivotal in hindsight. Churchill were reduced to 5/53 before Kearns & Keighran (58) added 113 for the 6th wicket. A fall of 3/25 made it 8/191 with 57 required. The 9th wicket fell at 244 for a grandstand finish but Kearns (118*) hit the winning boundary for the Cobras. Hibbs took 4/47 and Colgrave 2/59 for the Lions.
Club Highlights Prem B – https://youtu.be/YPPpabZEQ2k?si=uOPhSlJnGSUTJSnY
Premier B Grade – v Glengarry
It was also a thriller at home with our 2nd XI. Moe posted 173, their second highest score of the season, courtesy of a bunch of starts (Ash Savige 41, Semmens 24, Johnstone 23, Micallef 22, Jacovou 20). Porter took 4 wickets for the Magpies.
Glengarry survived a few early scares with top 2 run scorers (Paul Henry league leader, and Dunn, 4th in league) each dropped on 4. It cost the Lions a few runs with Dunn top scoring with 36 & Henry making 17. Steve Henry & J.Cochrane each made 29 & Wright 16 as the visitors also had a batting card full of starts. Ash Savige took wickets late in the innings to create drama.
5/152 (39.5) – Wright dismissed by Savige, 22 required off 31
6/156 (40.2) – S Henry out to Mahajan. 18 off 28
7/156 (41.1) – Cochrane out to Savige. 18 off 23
8/171 (43.6) – Sharp out to Savige. 3 off 6. Comically Glen skipper Henry shook hand of Aiden Savige thinking it was over when it was only 8 down.
9/171 (44.2) – McDonagh ran out. 3 off 4.
Then more drama and ultimately, generosity backfired for Moe, Glen suffered an injury fielding, so Hodson wasn’t batting. Team sheet didn’t specify non-batter, so with Hodson unable to bat & nothing written (we would’ve been fine to let them bat with 11, like we did for Morwell when they had a fielding injury last month), so Waack-Hawkins was allowed to bat…. but the problem was…… he hadn’t padded up.
He could’ve been timed out but with no umpires below A’s due to lack of numbers to enforce something like that without a vested interest in the result, it’s more of the traditional gentlemen’s game that cricket is.
Waack-Hawkins was allowed to face up over 4mins after the run out with 3 off 4 needed.
44.3 – dot ball.
44.4 – four.
Glengarry win with 2 balls to spare and stay 2nd (would’ve fallen to 3rd with loss)
A win would’ve seen Moe stay 6th, 2pts outside of the finals places. Now, the Lions fall to 8th with 4 games to play. 6pts outside the four, with matches against 9th, 7th, 3rd & 1st to come.
Premier C Grade – v Ex-Students
A strong win for C’s this week. Veenman (34), Murphy (25) & Boswell (22) helped the Lions to 149.
Ex-Students were bowled out for 147, Moe prevailing by just 2 runs. Veenman took 3/40, Boswell 2/14 & Boothman 2/27
Put a bunch of highlights packages up last night in quick succession as there are some key milestones to post this week.
