1st Grade vs Sutherland - Round 5 - 2011/12

Thank God the T20’s are over

The day started with the warm up, it wasn’t the most energetic warm up of the year and that followed through to our bowling. The boys showed glimpses of a game plan but failing to convert we struggled to keep the runs down. Dan Smith showed his skills with a good three overs finishing with 0-22 alongside James Kennedy 1-28 off 4, Elliot Richtor 0-29 off 4, Henry Carmichael 1-16 off 2, Scott Heaney 1-38 off 4 and Kurt Roughley 1-41 off 3. Everyone bowled well at times.

With good fields being set by the opposing team our batsmen found it hard to score boundaries but with Greg Lewis (36 off 34) and Harry Evans (44 off 32) showing us the way, 182 didn’t seem so far away, we just needed a big partnership which didn’t eventuate. It was left up to Dan Smith (17) and James Kennedy (25) to get us through to the final over but even though 148 was a good score, it wasn’t enough against the strong Sutherland outfit who made 182 with only the loss of 4 wickets.

Looking forward to getting back to the longer form of the game!

Scott Heaney

Harry Evans works one off the pads while Dan Smith tries to go over the top