19/03/2020
Better late than never! Match Report for Saturday the 14th of March,
Saints 6/75 (21.5) def by Scorchers 6/82 (17.0) Oval, Tom Price.
With the COVID-19 being the hot topic of the past fortnight, it's been easy to miss the fact we played our last game for the season the past Saturday.
Coming off a good win the previous weekend, Saints spirits were high heading into a clash against less fancied Scorchers CC.
Rocky skippered his second game of the year and got Saints off to a good start winning the toss and putting the opposition into the field.
Saints were found wanting in the top and middle order again which has been the story of our season. The opening pair putting on just 7 before the Scorchers bowlers struck.
Despite the early blow, the batting order showed its doggedness as Dan Michel 14 off 32, Logan Bruce 3 off 30 and Brenden Rockliff 3 off 19 soaked up near on 10 overs of pressure between them. Young Logan saved his most determined knock til the last game with the enthusiastic junior soaking up a good 5 overs out in the middle, a great sign of his development with the bat this year.
Saints were handed some good fortune with Rebels youngster Brad Roberts throwing on the gear and contributing a very handy 29 off 14 balls to give the travelling side a defendable total of 6/75 off a ball shy of 22 overs.
In typical Saints fashion, our bowling shone through ensuring an entertaining run chase was on the cards for Scorchers.
Cyle opened up with the ever tricky Dan Michel and the pair struck early and often to have the Scorchers very much on the back foot. The duo reduced Scorchers to 4/16 and turning the game back in the Saints favour.
Unfortunately a pair of partnerships took the game away from the Saints in the end but not before the skipper added another scalp to his belt and proved how handy his neat leg breaks could be against even the most set of batsmen. A pair of catches to the skipper and a sharp stumping to Welchy finished off a close run match with Scorchers prevailing by 4 wickets in the end.
Thus the season comes to a close for the Saints. It was a rebuilding year for the club after losing a number of players in the off season. We added several quality players back into the group over the course of the year and hopefully this trend will continue during the off-season as the town welcomes more new families into the community. We played with spirit and remained very competitive despite often being short numbers wise on field. Congratulations are in order for those who participated this year, without you this club would not have survived such a turbulent off-season. Rest up, stay healthy and hungry and hopefully we'll see you again come the start of Summer!!
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