Sport
15 March, 2024
Potent bowling attack’s quick rip through top order
ADAM Postle and Will Holt showed no mercy opening the bowling blitz against Boort Yando in the semi-final at Wedderburn’s Market Square on Saturday. Wedderburn easily overtook Boort’s 106, needing just 29 overs to secure victory. Bear would be...
ADAM Postle and Will Holt showed no mercy opening the bowling blitz against Boort Yando in the semi-final at Wedderburn’s Market Square on Saturday.
Wedderburn easily overtook Boort’s 106, needing just 29 overs to secure victory.
Bear would be the best of Boort’s bowlers, dismissing openers Will Holt (19 - four boundaries) and then Luke Holt with the score 2/65.
Cam Steel and Brad Holt then took Wedderburn to 111 after the 40 overs. Steel capped off his innings with a mighty six.
Just one maiden was sent down by Boort - Alex Cockerell in the 26th over as he proved the most economical in a tough afternoon in the field.
Earlier, Postle and Holt both claimed a wicket in their first overs of the afternoon. For Postle it was also one of four maidens and the first time this season he had claimed three wickets and conceded a miserly eight runs.
Openers Smith and Hodoras were out for ducks.
Holt and Postle then combined to send Alex Cockerell back to the pavilion and Boort floundering at 3/4 after seven overs.
Fergus Bear tried to add some respectability through midorder but it was youngster Harry Malone among the first of the tail who would top score for Boort with 24 before Holt came in for his fourth wicket of the afternoon.
Postle came back for one more over, the penultimate of the match, to cheaply bowl Knight before Will Gould was the last wicket to fall in the 33rd over.
Wedderburn v Boort
Wedderburn
W Holt b F Bear 19
L Holt c B Minogue b F Bear 23
C Steel not out 41
B Holt not out 21
Extras 7
Total 111
Bowling: H Weaver 8-0-0-28, J Hodoras 4-0-0-17, F Bear 8-0-2-39, B Slatter 3.2-0-0-20, A Cockerell 4-1-0-0-4.
Boort
J Smith b A Postle 0
J Hodoras b W Holt 0
A Cockerell c W Holt b A Postle 2
F Bear c W Holt b L Holt 13
B Slatter lbw W Holt 7
H Weaver b J Van de Wetering 12
B Minogue c L Holt b W Holt 22
H Malone lbw W Holt 24
W Gould b S Giorlando 16
A Knight b A Postle 1
G Zanker not out 0
Extras 9
Total 106
Bowling: A Postle 7-4-3-8, W Holt 8-3-4-22, M Woods 2-1-0-6, L Holt 5-0-0-33, J Van der Wetering 8-2-1-18, S Giolando 3-1-1-16.