This weekend saw another rain affected weekend of cricket for Lilydale, with only Lilydale’s Friday night juniors and Sunday morning girls team managing to get some play.
On Friday night, Lilydale Cricket Club’s two U10 teams, one U12 and one U18 team got away for their first games of the season. Spirits were high as all the kids were super excited to be playing.
Team 1 in the U10s took on Mount Evelyn at Gateway Reserve, while Team 2 took on Mooroolbark at Kiloran Park. Everyone managed to have a bat and a bowl which was fantastic to see and they all keep improving with each week that goes by.
The U12 team took on Mount Evelyn at Mount Evelyn Reserve. The opposition won the toss and opted to bat first, posting 2/142 off 23 overs. The pick of the Lilydale bowlers were Jacob Attrill with 1/23 and Sebastian Centofanti with 1/20. In reply, Lilydale posted 5/66 off 25 overs, with Aneesh Sriram opening the batting and retiring with 22 off 31 balls.
The U18 team took on Vermont at Lilydale Recreation Reserve, with Vermont winning the toss and choosing to bat first. Their total was 5/126 off 25 overs, with Tom Smith, Joel Tennant, Caleb Uerata, Michael Fisken and Liam Hartigan each taking one wicket. As the light worsened towards the end of the night, Lilydale could only manage 7/64 off their allotted overs.
The U16s and all 6 senior teams could not manage any cricket on Saturday due to the poor weather.
On Sunday, the Stage 1 girls team took on South Croydon at Lilydale Recreation Reserve, with the opposition batting first – compiling a total of 2/166. Lily Hartigan took 1/24. Lilydale’s total was 10-66, Lacey Doughty top scoring with a total of 18 runs.
We look forward to hopefully some better weather next week, and are excited to kick off their Woolworths junior blast program for girls and boys aged 5-8 at the Gateway Reserve between 5pm – 6pm.
