Junior performances - October 11-13 weekend

Great to see everyone back playing cricket again this season, both in juniors and seniors. It was a mixed weekend, with three wins, three losses and a draw in the seniors, and one win, two losses and a draw in the juniors. Here's how everyone went at the weekend, with seven junior boys playing senior cricket, which was excellent to see.

 

1st Grade - 40 overs - Moonee Valley 8/150 def Sunbury 135 by 15 runs. Ladder Position: 2nd

2nd Grade - 40 overs - Moonee Valley drew Sunbury, match abandoned due to a lack of available grounds. Ladder Position: 7th

3rd Grade - Twenty20 - Moonee Valley 2/77 def Indigos 71 by eight wickets with 15 balls to spare (Josh Norsetter went for 14 off his first over but came back brilliantly to finish with 2/18 off four). Ladder Position: 1st

4th Grade - Twenty20 - Moonee Valley 6/58 lost to Parkville District 5/166 by 108 runs (as the scores suggest, everybody in the team had a bad day with the bat, but Luca Nimorakiotakis led the way with the ball, taking 2/20 off 4. Josh Norsetter took 0/25 off 3 and Tomas Morrissy 0/30 off 3, while Felix Fischer wicketkept well and whipped off the bails for a run out and Bevan Holder never gave up in tough circumstances. Having five boys in one team was great to see and bodes well for the future! Ladder Position: 8th

5th Grade - 35 overs - Moonee Valley 191 def Maribyrnong Park St Marys 156 by 35 runs. Liam Shaw made 101 retired in his return to the club. Ladder Position: 4th

6th Grade - Two-dayer - Moonee Valley 158 lost to Royal Park Reds 5/169 by five wickets (Dejan Gilevski again bowled brilliantly, taking his first senior wicket by dismissing a batsman who had just hit him for six and had made 64 out of 85 to that stage of the game. Dejan finished with the amazing figures of 1/15 off 11 overs. Brilliant effort mate! Even better, Jakob Haskell took the catch off Dejan's bowling and finished with 3 catches for the game!). Ladder Position: 6th

7th Grade - 35 overs - Moonee Valley 9/256 lost to Shakti Lions 8/257 by two wickets off the last ball. What a thriller, with Jarrod Sims making 100no in only his second game for the club. Ladder Position: 5th

Under 16 (1) - T20 - Moonee Valley 7/45 lost to Keilor 8/148 by 103 runs. A tough start to the season for our boys, but I'm certain we will bounce back quickly. No scores submitted. Ladder Position: 6th

Under 16 (2) - T20 - Moonee Valley 4/96 drew Burnside Springs 5/127. Bad light stopped play, with our boys splitting the points. Tomas Morrissy 28no and Thomas Crispe 26 batted well, while Riley Walsh 2/15 and Jack Cumming 2/18 were the pick of the bowlers. Ladder Position: 6th

Under 14 (1) - T20 - Moonee Valley 3/74 lost to Keilor Park 5/156 by 82 runs. No scores submitted. Again, there were good signs, and improvement will come. Ladder Position: N/A

Under 12 (4) - T20 - Moonee Valley 4/88 def St Bernard's Gold 6/78 by 10 runs. A great win to kick off the year! Max Talone 17no and Archie Frazer 12no were great with the bat and Eden Del Citto (3/6 off 2) was brilliant with the ball. drew Burnside Springs 5/127. Bad light stopped play, with our boys splitting the points. Tomas Morrissy 28no and Thomas Crispe 26 batted well, while Riley Walsh 2/15 and Jack Cumming 2/18 were the pick of the bowlers. Ladder Position: 2nd

Under 10 - One-dayer - Moonee Valley v Youlden Parkville C. No details received about this game, sorry boys!

 

Wow, that's a lot of cricket as our club continues to grow!

 

Here are the games this week:

1st Grade - 40 overs Saturday v Sanctuary Lakes at Ormond Park 2nd v 6th

2nd Grade - 40 overs Sunday v Sanctuary Lakes at Aberfeldie Park 7th v 10th

3rd Grade - 45 overs (hopefully) Sunday v Royal Park Reds at Ormond Park 1st v 3rd

4th Grade - 45 overs (hopefully) Sunday v Burnley CYMS at Burnley 8th v 7th

5th Grade - 35 overs Saturday v Donnybrook at Ormond Park 4th v 1st

6th Grade - 35 overs Saturday v Sydenham-Hillside at Taylors Hill 6th v 4th

7th Grade - 35 overs Sunday v Gowanbrae at Campbellfield 5th v 3rd

Under 16 (1) - T20 Friday v Strathmore at Ormond Park 6th v 7th

Under 16 (2) - T20 Friday v Pascoe Vale United at Debneys Park 6th v 2nd

Under 14 (1) - T20 Friday v Strathmore Heights at Boeing Reserve N/A

Under 12 (4) - T20 Friday v Keilor Park at Keilor Park 2nd v 3rd

Under 10 - Friday v East Coburg at Ormond Park

 

With three senior teams to pick for Saturday and four for Sunday, there is a good chance of positions being available on either day. Please let me know by replying to this email if you are available for 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday) and we'll do our best to get you a game. If you're not sure at this stage, please let me know this as well. 

 

GO VALLEYS!

 

Jonty (Brendan Rhodes)