Under 14 Country Week victory
THE Leongatha and District Cricket Association Under 14 side took out the Country Week competition in a clean sweep winning all five of its games to be crowned champions.
Victorious: back, from left, Rob Geyer (manager), Luke Hamilton, Jai Asbury, Damon Ginnane, Jye Celebrine, Koby Brann (captain), Ben Perry (captain), Jacob Beckwith, Steve Brann (coach), front, Jack Hume, Adam Honeysett, Josh Excell, Aaron Bardwell, Jack Rosenow, Alex Geyer and Matt Allen.
The week was hosted by the Sale Maffra Cricket Association with teams from all over Gippsland competing.
The first match was played against Warragul at Rosedale which saw the opponent batting first.
Great bowling for Leongatha had their opponents finish 7/136 after 40 overs.
Jacob Beckwith was the standout batsman in Leongatha’s innings with a score of 70. In the last over Leongatha’s score sat at 129, seven shots off the target but a 13 run over, including a five, between Matty Allen and Adam Honeysett handed them the win.
Day two saw the boys take on Central Gippsland with Leongatha to bat first.
Koby Brann’s 26 and Jye Celebrine’s 22 as well as a fantastic middle order effort of 32 from Ben Perry put Leongatha in a great position.
They ended the innings 8/160.
Three wickets to Aaron Bardwell plus support from the fielders and other bowlers had Central Gippsland all out for 105 in a 55 run win.
Day three saw Leongatha take on an undefeated Traralgon. Leongatha chose to bat first but were at 3/46 early in the match but a 91 run partnership between Ben Perry (75) and Jacob Beckwith (28) took the score to 137 before it finished on 5/151 at the end of their 40.
Traralgon started its innings off rhythm with run outs making them 2/18 early on. They never recovered and finished 9/93 handing Leongatha the win.
Day four and the boys faced off with Bairnsdale with Leongatha batting first and dominating from the outset.
Koby Brann (37) and Jye Celebrine (52) had an opening partnership of 62 and when Koby fell Damon Ginnane (59) picked up the slack and took the score up to 140.
Leongatha finished the innings on 5/209.
Bairnsdale batted after lunch and were soon in trouble with wickets falling quickly including two to Adam Honeysett. Bairnsdale finished its innings 7/156.
Day five saw the Leongatha side take on the host team Sale Maffra who were only one win behind them.
Leongatha chose to bat first again and Brann and Celebrine did what they do best with a 60 run opening partnership.
Damon Ginnane (23) and Ben Perry (52) then took over the reins followed by Jacob Beckwith who pushed the score out to 160. The middle order guys pushed the score even further getting it to 5/187 at the end of the overs.
When Sale Maffra took to the crease it wasn’t long before wickets started to fall.
Jack Hume was the standout for Leongatha claiming two wickets in two balls. Damon Ginnane also managed two wickets to have the opponent all out for 94 off 33 overs.
Each player contributed well to the team in their own way with fantastic behaviour on and off the field.
Congratulations has to go to coach Steve Brann, manager Rob Geyer, scorers Debbie Vanstone and Joel Brann and all other supporters and parents.
This is the first win since 1981 for any LDCA team in this competition which is a great effort.
Disappointment for under 15 cricketers
COUNTRY week wasn’t all smiles and sunshine the Leongatha and District Cricket Association. Despite victory in the under 14s it was not the story in the under 15 competition.
Under 15s: back, from left, Don Wylie (manager), Peter Gillin, Flynn Brosnan, Nick Wylie, Tom Officer, Adam Busana, Connor Epifano, Darcy Brosnan, Gary Sauvarin (coach), front, Ryan Wyatt (scorer), Sam Farrington, Harrison Marshall, Liam Buckland, Tim Sauvarin, John Bastwrous, Mark Crutchfield and Jack Keating.
Having been asked to bat on a damp wicket on day on which resulted in a 150 plus run defeat to Warragul was just the start of the trouble.
Things were looking up on day two against Alberton with the chance of an outright win to put them back in contention but it wasn’t to be.
Outstanding performances from Jack Keating and Tim Sauvarin making 127 and 53 and claiming 2/2 and 2/16 respectively were matched with Liam Keating’s six wickets (2/1 and 4/14) but the last wicket evaded Leongatha leaving them to settle with a single innings victory.
The two remaining games saw Leongatha lose to Traralgon and Sale Maffra.
Despite only one win for the week the team has gained valuable experience which will help them continue in the world of cricket.
Thanks go to the coach Gary Sauvarin, manager Don Wylie, scorers Ryan Wyatt and Liam Keating and also to all the supports and parents who helped out.
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