U13s Red
The team hosted Berrigan at home on Thursday evening.
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Ben McDonald was captain, won the toss and chose to bowl.
Berrigan were sent in to bat and made a total of 50 runs.
The wickets were spread across the team, with Charlie Eastman the only player taking two wickets.
The Rhinos kept the pressure on in the field throughout the innings, keeping the Berrigan run rate reasonably low.
The Rhinos’ batting innings saw the team in a lot of trouble at 8/34, chasing Berrigan’s 50 runs.
It was the steady partnership of Ben McDonald and Isaac Tub who saved the day.
They demonstrated excellent patience and good running between the wickets to secure the win.
The team travel to Strathmerton next Friday for an away game.
The coach’s award this week went to Ben McDonald, and the bowling award went to Charlie Eastman.
U13s White
With the pitch too wet at Memorial Park, under-13s White travelled to Finley High School on Thursday night to play Finley.
Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
Openers Jacob Holschier and Tom Marshall got the team off to a great start, both finding a boundary each and retiring on 10 and 11 runs respectively.
Henry Campion and Henry Pisasale were the next to bat.
Pisasale found the boundary twice, and both retired with three and 11 runs respectively.
Thomas Cole was the first bowler to claim a wicket, bowling Jack Brown in the 11th over, and the score was 1/57.
Two further wickets fell quickly when Fletcher Smith was run out by Lincoln Price and George Marshall was caught by Thomas Cole.
The boys did well to settle.
Connor Sampson hit a solid 12 runs (not out), Charlie Tremble added three runs to the score before he was bowled out in the 17th over, and Tom Dudley continbuted five run (not out).
Jacob Holschier and Tom Marshall returned to the crease.
Holschier was eventually bowled by Lachlan Urquhart, but Tom Marshall put on a show making a further 10 runs and hit a fabulous six in the last over.
The Rhinos finished their innings at 5/91.
Connor Sampson opened the bowling to Finley’s Henry Pascoe. He had much improved bowling this week, with figures of 0/2 off two overs.
The first wicket fell in the fourth over when Pisasale ran out Urquhart with the assistance of George Marshall and the score was 1/14.
Rori Dean was the next wicket, when wicket keeper Edward Bliss ran her out in the 8th over followed quickly by Fletcher Smith, who caught and bowled his delivery.
Tom Marshall then bowled a beautiful delivery to Jackson Pyle, and the score was 4/32 in the 11th over.
Edward Bliss claimed his second run out of the night in the 12th over and Charlie Tremble and Fletcher Smith both claiming wickets in the 19th and 20th overs respectively.
Finley finished their innings at 7/73.
That Pizza award went to Tom Marshall with his all round effort with the bat 21* runs off 20 balls and bowling figures of 1/3 off one over.
In the previous round, White took on Barooga at Memorial Park in their round five clash.
It was a hot afternoon at Memorial Park, and the young Rhinos won the toss and elected to bat.
Jacob Holschier and Henry Pisasale opened the Rhinos innings, with Pisasale getting the Rhinos scoring under way with seven runs off the second over, only to be caught on the last ball of the third.
The wicket of Hunter Campbell in the fourth saw the Rhinos two down for 11.
Connor Sampson and Tom Marshall got the scoreboard ticking over again with the boundaries starting to flow.
They each retired not out, on seven and 11 respectively.
Edward Bliss showed great improvement at the crease making his first score for the season, retiring on seven which included a great four, while Mikey Benger found the boundary himself and made eight not out.
Jack Brown made nine runs, including a boundary retiring not out and Fletcher Smith was bowled in the last over of the innings after making eight runs.
The Rhinos finished their innings at 4/79.
Rhinos had a great start to their bowling innings ensuring a slow start to Barooga’s run rate.
Fletcher Smith had Luke Dunn caught off the bowling of Connor Sampson in just the second over, and the Rhinos had Barooga at 1/3 off just two overs.
The Rhinos bowlers continued with great form, which kept Barooga’s runs low.
When Pisasale bowled Carter Haddrell in the 10th over, Barooga were two for 21.
Barooga’s third wicket fell in the 13th over thanks to a George Marshall delivery beating the batter and hitting the stumps.
The Rhinos displayed some great fielding to capture two wickets by way of run out dismissing Kyle Dunn and Nash Hill, and Brown took his first wicket of the summer bowling Banjo Boake.
Barooga were unable to chase down the Rhinos’ score, finishing at 6/56.
Coach Adam Marshall praised the boys’ efforts with a shout-out to Mikey Benger who kept wicket in the trying hot conditions.
The That’s Pizza award was awarded to Edward Bliss for his great innings with the bat and his improved bowling.
Rhinos face Katunga Swans this Friday, and will look to improve their bowling and fielding efforts during the week with 35 extras against Finley’s 12.
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