 "BETWEEN THE WICKETS"
What happens on the field gets reported!
Round 4 – “The Good Form Continues”
Gordon 3/125 defeated Lane Cove Bradman 7/123 (cc)
The Gold’s returned to “Allan Small” for the third time this season and again came away with the points. After winning the toss captain Jack elected to bowl. The Lane Cove batsmen showed good ability and were patient, picking up singles and hitting the occasional boundary. At drinks they were 2/75 and a big score looked a possibility. However we fought back well after the break with a number of good overs sent down. Callum- -bowling so well (2) with Henry, Alex and Jae – (excellent caught& bowled) one each our wicket takers.
Mitch (4 overs) Gen, Hamish, Charlie W and James T kept the scoring in check. Special mention to Jack who bowled 2 overs for 1 run…fantastic! Our keepers Charlie C (no byes) and Henry (a super catch) did a very good job, while Jonas was electric in the field. This overall performance limited Lane Cove to a competitive but not impossible 7/123 off their thirty overs. Good points from our time in the field:
1. Enthusiasm for the whole 30 overs in the field
2. Some beautiful returns from the deep fielders
3. Excellent backing up meant no overthrows – great stuff
4. Positive encouragement from all fielders
Our batting needed to be good as Lane Cove are a good team who never give up. Fortunately it was, as Jack(11) and Henry (15 retired) gave us a great opening partnership of 27. Alex (30 retired) was in excellent touch, while Callum (11) grows in confidence each week. Charlie W (26 retired) was back to his best while Jo (2) showed his trip to Argentina was good for his education but not so good for his batting! Jae (4 not out) and Charlie (0not out) saw us home. Hamish ,Gen and James got some good time in the middle. We finished at 3/125 off 20 overs, which was a very good performance.
Some good aspects of our batting were:
1. The backing up of the non striker continues to improve
2. More shots being hit on the offside each week.
3. Calling getting better – “yes” “no” or “wait”
4. Singles being run quickly
Thanks to umpire Tim who did all 60 overs – great effort and to Simon the Lane Cove coach for the popcorn!!!
NEXT GAME: Round 5 v Roseville Gillies venue TBA – be at the ground by 7.55am
Training: Thursday at 5.00pm at Willoughby Park
Player Availability: If you will be away at any stage please let Manager Judy know as soon as possible. Remember if we have all 12 available one player is the nominated non batter.
Go Golds!!!! | 
