Performance counts in milestone

matches for Shaun & Brick

Above: Shaun Rayment and teammates for his 250th: L-R: Fifths captain Andreas Skiotis (injured), Reyan Noor Raziq, Sarah Fenn, John Petropoulos, Charlie Walker, Paul Sevenson, Shaun Rayment, Allan Cumming, James Smith, Glen Courts, Sudarshan Devkota and Pat Taylor.
Moonee Valley stalwarts Shaun Rayment and Luke Brock brought up major milestones on the November 9/10 weekend, and both celebrated with key performances.
At left: In the rooms: Club Treasurer/Life Member Allan Cumming talks about the contribution Shaun (right) has made to our club, with team captain Andreas Skiotis.
Shauny, in his 250th game, took a wicket, took a catch and also stunned the Ormond Park crowd with a direct hit runout from side on to swing the match.
Luke also had a big day, taking his third senior five-wicket haul - 5/50 to snuff out Point Cook Centrals for 149, after they looked like building a sizeable total.
Shaun celebrated his milestone match with a good win over St Albans in the Fifths, while Brocky's Firsts are well placed after Day 1 of their two-day game.
At right: Our victorious Thirds team at home for Prashant Hirani's 50th game: L-R Maks Rahman, Sunil Bhandari, Chand Shrestha, Sagar Bhatia, Lachlan Smith, Vansh Tandon, Joshua Norsetter, Prashant Hirani, Vinny Singh, Sukhwinder Jaiswal and Muhammad Amir.
And to continue with the milestone theme, Prashant Hirani played his 50th game for Moonee Valley on the Sunday, with the Thirds winning a nailbiter at home v Williamstown Colts. Sagar Bhatia posted his 1000th run for Moonee Valley in the same game.

A gun fielder, Shaun has won eight fielding awards across the grades since he made his debut in 2005/06, and has also taken out both batting and bowling awards.
Prashant Hirani bowling in his 50th match, with Chand Shrestha keeping.
He was part of our Sixth Eleven Premiership team in 2013/14.
Luke made his senior debut at Moonee Valley in 2013/14, and has been a fixture in our First Eleven for a good part of his career to date, opening the bowling and sometimes the batting.

Below: Getting ready to celebrate their milestones: Shaun Rayment (left) and Luke Brock.










Luke is a fiery customer with ball in hand, and unsettles the opposition batsmen with his sheer pace.
Prashant Hirani in our Thirds brings up his 50th game on Sunday - playing at home.
Prashant is the current MVP for the Thirds, was one of our five Wisden Players of the Year in 2022/23 and was in our Wisden Team of the Year in 2020/21.
Congratulations to Luke, Shaun and Prashant - and to many more games at Moonee Valley.


** HOT OFF THE PRESS - OUR 2023/24  WISDEN IS HERE AT LAST!

The Moonee Valley 2023/24 Senior Wisden is out now – perhaps a bit late, but we think it’s worth the wait for the hours of reading, reviews and statistics it offers.
It's a bumper edition - 150 pages - and chronicles our great club's past as well as our present, including photos and details of the season.
For the first time, we have separated and collated the career statistics of all our women players. See if you can guess the only two players who have reached the 50-game milestone.
The stats of our women players are also still in the club’s all-time consolidated list of all senior players.
It's all in the Wisden - so have a look and see.
Try and find:
* Which 12 players made the Wisden Team of the Year? (Hint: See Page 3)
* Who was selected as captain of our Team of the Year?
* Who was our leading wicket-taker in 2023/24? (Hint: See Page 36)
* We have been at the Barooga Over 35s tournament for 10 years. A surprise result: Who has the best bowling average across that time? (Hint: See Page 59)
* Who were the five players who scored centuries in 2023/24? (Hint: See Page 18) 
* Who are the only three players in our history with a bowling average under 10 {minimum 30 wickets}? (Hint: See Page 132).
* Who are the only five players in our history with a batting average over 60? One of them is a current player. (Hint: See Page 131).
* Who are the only two players with 10 or more wickets and a bowling average under 12 in 2023/24? (Hint: See Pages 6/7).
This information is all available - you just have to look.
So start reading - here's the link

Cheers,
Charlie Walker, Editor, Moonee Valley Wisden

Our Firsts open our account in Div 3 

              
Above: Our victorious First Eleven team: L-R. Back - Nathan Waites, Steve Hazelwood, Luke Brock, Jack Newman, Krish Kanchan, Luka Anderson. Front - Harry Simpson, Luca Nimorakiotakis, Dejan Gilevski, Henry Thomas and Zac Nilsson.
Moonee Valley Firsts put up a strong showing to announce our arrival in Division 3 of the Victorian Turf Cricket Association.
In our first full outing since being promoted from Div 4, the team amassed 4/303 declared after cleaning up Sunshine Heights for 175 on our Ormond Park home ground, then got them 1/63 in their second dig.
The October 26/November 2 Round 3 game was our first full outing, after Round 1 was washed out and Round 2 was abandoned on the second day due to rain.
At left: A good win in a higher division is enough to warm the hearts of the Life Members - L-R Daniel Phillips, Mark Gauci and Darren Nagle.
Division 3 is the highest we've been in the grades since we won promotion to North Division in 2010/22 - just one grade below the top division.
Our team against Sunshine Heights had seven players aged 22 and under, so we're setting ourselves up for a sustained run of success. Captain Jack Newman bludgeoned 93 runs off just 44 balls, while young guns Luca Nimorakiotakis (80) and Krish Kanchan (60) set the tone for our innings as our openers.
And on another promising note, our Seconds also had a solid win - bowling Sunshine Heights out for 106 and declaring seven down for 199.

A FAMILY AFFAIR AT THE VALLEY

FOR DADS &

SONS

Moonee Valley has had three sets of father/son trios take to the field so far this season - which confirms that the next generation is well on the way to coming through the ranks.
Chairman of Selectors Jason Walsh has played a Thirds game with sons Jordy and Riley - and Jordy has already played First Eleven at Moonee Valley.
At left: Proud dad Paul Sevenson with his sons - Jeremy (left) and debutant Luke.
Junior co-ordinator Paul Sevenson in the Fourths game on October 13 had the honor of playing with his sons Jeremy and Luke.
And Life Member Geoff McKeown has also taken to the field this season with his sons Oscar and Oliver in our Fifths.
It continues a long tradition at Moonee Valley of parents and their children playing for our club - although not necessarily all in the same team at the same time.
Sometimes the parents came first - in other instances, the youngsters began their career at our club and the parents were dragged in.
They include:
*Alan Thomas with Ben and Matt.
*Charlie (and Adele) Walker with Murray & Nigel.
*Kevin Gardiner with Terry, John & Leo.
*Jenny O'Brien with John, Sam and Reilly.
*Pat Taylor with Jess and Nick.
*Phill King with Tom and Lily.
*Mick Intagliata with Tanya and Luke.
At right: Proud dad Geoff McKeown with sons Oscar (left) and Oliver.
*Paul and Bernadette Hobbs with Seamus and Connor.
*Rod Gorham with Daniel and Alex.
*George Gauci with Mark and Matt.
*John and Roslyn Brelis with Nick and Ben.
*Peter Fenaughty with Seamus, Cian and Eamonn.
*Paul Brock with Luke and Corey.
*Shane Esmore with Matt and Stephen.
*Peter Bonfa with Steven and Frank.
*Ross Aitken with Tom and Charles.

Junior and Senior Registration - link here - CLICK

*SENIOR TRAINING - THE DETAILS 

Coach Brayden McGregor and assistant coach Tony Gleeson run senior training each Tuesday and Thursday at our home ground, Ormond Park in Pattison St, Moonee Ponds.
Training starts at 6pm.
Moonee Valley has five senior men's teams - four of which play on turf - and a women's team, as well as juniors across all age groups and a Blast program for the younger players.
We still have spots available in all teams. Anyone interested in joining Moonee Valley can phone Brayden on0429 559 797, junior co-ordinator Paul Sevenson on 0407 556 950 or President Charlie Walker on 0411 705 381.

     
Main Club contact details:

* Charlie Walker - President 0411 705 381; 9370 1802
* Allan Cumming - Treasurer 0438 380 990
* Sarah Fenn - Secretary 0438 141 179
* Mark Gauci - Vice President 0457 778 335 
* Paul Sevenson - Junior Co-ordinator - 0407 556 950   

Emails: mooneevalleycricket@gmail.com
        charlie.walker@optusnet.com.au 

For more contacts, see " Office bearers & Officials " under "Club News & Info" at the top of the page

Last updated : November 10, 2024.
For more of our history, including our Premierships, click HERE