A knockout to the Sharks in T20

ON a gloomy Sunday morning as people woke up and wondered if there would be any sport played at all, Imperials 2/153 defeated Town 7/149 in the East Section semi final of the LDCA A Grade T20 Knockout competition while in the West Section Phillip Island 9/123 defeated Wonthaggi Miners 9/112.
The grand final was a close contest on the turf wicket at Inverloch in fine, sunny conditions with Phillip Island 6/153 defeating Imperials 8/142.
The Phillip Island captain, Lochie Cleeland was named Man of the Final for his highest score of the match with 52 and a stumping.
Cleeland was eventually bowled out by Mark Lafferty who took two wickets off four overs for 31 runs.
Cleeland’s team mate Trevor Hornsby was not out for 31.
Imperial’s Danny Lunn, one of the Englishman playing for Imperials for the first time made 34, the second highest score of the match.
His compatriot Sam Graham, and Ryan Higgins made 18 apiece, Imperials next best run makers.
Geoff Odgers 3/24 (4), Charith Keerthisinghe 2/23 (4) and Jack Cox 2/28 (4) were the best of the Phillip Island bowlers.

The victors: Phillip Island’s team is all smiles after winning the T20 grand final, back row from left, Trevor Hornsby, Charith Keerthisinghe, Michael Young, Geoff Odgers, Tom Officer and Matt Wright. Front row from left, Jack Cox, Blake Insall, Brodie Johnston, Jarrod Black, Zac Brown and captain Lochie Cleeland.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Jan 26 2016. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry