Round 2

st XI

Glen Waverley Hawks 7/172 (B.Coster 44*, R.Gopiraj 32, B.Calder 32, N.Bungey 26)
Doncaster 9/168 (C.Perkins 2/38, M.Briginshaw 1/19, L.Galle 1/25)

I won the toss and elected to bat opening up with Raj and Luke. Unfortunately Luke was run out for a duck and we weren't off to a great start. Brooke came to the crease and with Raj put on 45 for the second wicket. Raj was out for 32 having played some really good drives and hitting the ball with power. Brooke also played well and made 32 in good time. When Brad Coster came to the wicket the game was in the balance at 4/78. Brad soon settled in and played nice and straight taking few risks whilst scoring well down the ground. He played some great drives and was accumulating runs off the good balls. Nathan Bungey also batted well and with Brad put on 45 for the 7th. wicket. Nathan was out late in the innings for 26 going for quick runs whilst Brad batted through the innings to make 44 not out. An excellent innings by Brad in only his second game in the first eleven. After our 40 overs we made 7/172 which is a reasonable total if we bowl well.

I opened the bowling with Matty and Luke and they were able to dry the runs up whilst taking a wicket each. They bowled well together and didn't let the batsman play any convincing shots. Matty and Luke bowled 10 overs each straight and at drinks we were in a great position having them 2/46 from 20 overs. After the drinks break Doncaster started playing some shots as they were well behind the run rate. We had them 5/106 after 33 overs but the game was still to be won. Chris Perkins and Nathan Bungey were bowling well however Doncaster had nothing to loose and at 8/143 after the 37th. over were still looking dangerous. We needed to keep our heads and field well, Doncaster needed 15 off the last over for an unlikely win. After a tense last over we won by 5 runs having Doncaster 9/168 after the 40 overs.

Scott Perkins
2nd XI

Round 2 Vs Burwood District.

We were playing against Burwood District away. This side had come down from A1 last year after only managing to win 1 game but looked like these guys could be a benchmark side this year.
I won the toss and elected to bat. Sunny was back in the 2nds and opened the batting but wasn't around there for long and we consistently lost wickets after that and really got our selves out caught or playing across the line and only managed to put 83 runs on the board facing 28 overs. There was a quick cameo from Chris "Turtle" Briginshaw hitting some big balls to the boundary. Also Chris "Rags" Ragkeb played his first game for the club and after a while looked pretty comfortable with the bat.
Batting
Chris "Asafa" Briginshaw 22
Not having many runs on the board their openers came out swinging and after the first 6 overs were almost half way there. Dave " Miami" Johnson managed to snag an early wicket and a few decisions with a caught behind and LBW didn't go our way and they chased down the runs at 1/85 off 12 overs.
Bowling
Dave "Miami" Johnson 1/26

We need to put that game behind us and concentrate on the 80 over games coming up and really work hard during the week to make sure our batting is up to scratch so we can get some important partnerships together and get runs on the board for our bowlers.

Monkey

3rd XI

Round 2 v’s templestowe,

I lost the toss and they batted first. We were pretty much on top all innings and had them all out in the last over for 122. we fielded exceptionally well holding all our catches and getting 3 run outs. Stevo bowled fantastic to snare 4/22 of10. Mick Armstrong picked up where he left of last year with 2/38 of his 10 and new boy Tim Ponnusamy got 1/18 of his 10. In reply we were cruising at 2/76 before a collapse saw us 6/85 and in a bit of trouble. We steadied the ship and passed them 7 down in the second last over Pralabh relished his promotion to number 3 and got a great 49. the other new guy Adithya Bala was looking good on 12 before he got run out. Shanti saw us home with a fine 24 not out. A good win to be 1 and 1 for the new season.