The first grade boys had two losses over the weekend to start the new year off in a very poor way.
The first game was against East’s and after having them 6 for 80 the boys let them reach 149 off 40 overs. Lucas Wagland finished with 3 wickets in an outstanding opening spell of swing bowling. Luke Shay with an almighty hangover blasted a quickfire 38 runs but the boys fell 16 runs short of the total.
On Sunday they played South’s in the one day competition . Duncan Elphick won the toss and elected to bat and they only managed to score 142 runs off 40 overs with Brett Crawford top scoring with 64 runs.
After dropping Richard Nind first ball of the innings the day never got better and the South’s team reeled in the runs after the 30th over to gain a bonus point.
To make the year that much more difficult Captain Duncan Elphick retired from the Captaincy after Sunday’s game. He pointed to poor form with the bat and believes this will be a positive step towards the first graders making a late cahrge towards the semi finals and grand final.
Lets hope Duncan can find some form and make an impact with the first grade side for the remainder of the year.
UP THE BAR.
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It’s a shame to hear that Duncan has made that decision, but I am sure that he has thought long and hard about it and believes that it is in the best interests of the team and the club.
From the outside looking in would like to congratulate him on his captaincy these past few seasons. He has done a fantastic job at harmonising the team and his confident, easy-going nature has brought the best out of many of his teammates performances.
I’m sure that whoever takes over the reins will do a great job and I hope that all the boys can get behind them, rip in and give themselves a real good chance of back-to-back premierships!