Hatch v Moorabbin at Moorabbin

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  James Harrod January 18, 2012 at 7:44 am

  Brighton 8/199cc. defeated Moorabbin 10/174

  For the second day in the row Brighton managed to bat first and post a large total. After being sent in on a wicket which was expected to be bit tacky, the BCC Hatch team lost Jack Nichols early before a partnership between skipper Hugh Hamilton and Louis Gillies consolidated. Hamilton, Gillies and Sam Harrison all showed glimpses of form scoring 12, 13 and 13 respectively, but fell victim to poor running between the wickets and a stumping. At 4/84 in the 28th over the game was in the balance.
  Similarly to yesterday the Brighton innings was held together by Harper Leonard, who managed 59 runs batting at 4. Similarly to his innings of 78 yesterday, Harper’s score was built through urgent running between the wickets, and characterised by vicious pull shots and well timed drives. When Harper was stumped down the leg side when the score was 121, there was still plenty of work to be done, with Oliver Gunning the set batsman at the crease.
  To post a big score it was necessary that one of the top 6 put their hand up and bat through the innings, Oliver Gunning today assumed the ‘Michael Bevan’ role and his innings of 49* off 40 balls, along with James Grant who slapped 23* off 15 balls propelled Brighton to a score which ended 20 or 30 runs higher than our ‘goal’.

  Chasing 200 to win, Moorabbin started their innings with great intent and raced to 51 off the first 10 overs for the loss of 2 wickets. Wickets in hand were always going to be a concern for the chasing side, and even though they were meeting the required run-rate Moorabbin would require something special to chase down the BCC total.
  The first of the breakthroughs came via a runout from Louis Gillies, which was quickly followed by a wicket from Beaumaris quick James Grant. Moorabbin batted well throughout but were only able to put together one partnership of 50+, the consistent fall of wickets meant that Brighton were always on top. Stars with the ball today were Ben Earney who picked up 3/20 off 7 including 2 in his first spell, Louis Gillies who bowled 9 tight overs of off spin and Luke Shimmin who had 5 overs 0/10 at a crucial time.
  Moorabbin were all out for 174 with 17 balls to go, 25 runs short of the BCC total.
  Tomorrow we play Malvern in what is essentially a ‘final’. A win could see the Brighton boys finish top, a loss will mean the end of the tournament.

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