1ST XI - NORTHCOTE CC 4/233 DEFEATED RINGWOOD CC 230
A really gritty win makes it two wins in a row and the boys roll into white ball cricket with confidence that their best cricket can match it with anyone.
Ringwood raced away on day 1 to be none for 89 only for the Dragons to slowly start to peg them back and regular wickets through attacking yet tight bowling saw us roll through Ringwood’s strong batting line up to dismiss them for 230. Joe Medew-Ewen took another 4 wickets following the Round 3 game against Dandenong and local Holy Trinity lad, Leo Manteit, playing in only his fourth First XI game took 3/37 bowling rockets which included the prized wicket of Tom Rogers.
Joe Medew-Ewen followed his performance with the ball by opening the batting as the night-watchmen and made a very impressive 40 off 110 balls against one of the strongest bowling attacks in Premier cricket. At 3 for 84 our Captain and Vice Captain came together to put on 123 runs (Josh Sundberg 68 n.o. and Jack Lalor 95) to see the boys home. Two wins in a row in the top 8 and plenty of confidence going Into white ball cricket.
1sts are at home again this weekend as we take on the Doggies
Leo Manteit sending down rockets on his was to taking 3/37 against Ringwood
2ND XI -NORTHCOTE CC 252 LOST TO RINGWOOD CC 7/253
When you don’t meet your own lofty standards and are out batted, bowled and fielded it is hard to win games of cricket but as we have come to expect with this second XI they will never lie down.
9 Batsmen reached double figures yet no one was able to compile and match winning score and the Dragons innings came to and end at 252 with Dan Lalor top scoring with 44.
Our bowlers toiled hard and kept the game tight on the first hot day of the season and Ringwood’s innings closed 7 wickets down in the 83rd over. Pick of our bowlers was our spinners Roby Lane 26 overs 3/65 and Matt Pearce 17 overs 2/38. Our skipper Michael Rogneta took 2/38 and would have found it hard to move on Sunday.
3RD XI - NORTHCOTE CC 281 LOST TO RINGWOOD CC 6/283
On a very batter friendly Mayer Park we needed one of our batsmen to go big, it wasn’t to be the case and ultimately this cost the Third XI.
Jimmy Anderson was the top scorer with 62 and the 3rds had a number of other players reaching 30+ yet we needed our batters to build lager partnerships and go big.
Our bowlers couldn’t contain the Ringwood batters on a very batter friendly pitch and our 281 was passed in the 69th over
4TH XI - NORTHCOTE CC 137 & 6/150 LOST TO RINGWOOD CC 107
When you are defending 137 on a good pitch everything needs to go your way and it definitely did for our Fourth XI on Saturday.
Despite 6 players reaching double figures the fourths could only put 137 on the board but that proved enough when 3rd gamer Thomas Lambert ripped through the batting line up to pick up 5/37 with Aidan Cowie running through the tail to take 3/17. A great second innings 67 for Parvan Singh gets his season underway.
“The first hour on Saturday was one of the best hours of cricket I have played, taking 6/27 to win the game was brilliant”
JACKSON SMITH SELECTED FOR VICTORIA’S T20 TOUR OF GUYANA
Cricket Victoria has selected a squad to compete in the Global Super League in Guyana in December and our First XI paceman Jackson Smith has been selected to represent Victoria.
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