Whitsunday Colts first match
The Whitsunday Colts team took on a mixed seniors side in Bowen last Saturday in a trial match that was heavily anticipated by senior players, supporters and sponsors of the squad, wondering if the young Colts side could hold their own in the up and coming seniors 20/20 competition this season.
Proudly wearing their new uniforms, they didn’t let the their major sponsors (Whitsunday Realty and Pilchers Concrete) down.
Batting first the young guns sent their most experienced in first to set the tone. M.Pettierford(6) and D.Milne(4) who both won premierships in the seniors competition last season had to face the firee S.Mcintosh(0-15) steaming in from the northern end with a 30 knot breeze behind him. After a bit of chin music to unsettle the batsmen, L.Blundell(4-31) reaped the rewards when he got the ball talking and batsman walking, picking up M.Pettierford(6), C.Woodhouse(10) and J.Pini(2) in consecutive overs. When D.Milne(4) fell to the off spin of D.Williams shortly after, the Colts were in trouble at 4/33. B.Valmadre(17) got a start but threw his wicket away 5 balls before drinks break. B.Altmann(4) was next to fall and a direct hit from the outfield by ever green M.Hope had C.Stroud(10) short of his crease and fingernails were disappearing quickly in the crowd. Knowing Big Tom was striding to the middle was calming the nerves of players and supporters but the nerves were redlining when he departed with a second ball duck.
Tom was the 5th batsman stumped in the innings and Colts were now reeling at 8/99. W.Homewood(41) made a day of it with his man of the match performance with the willow and guided the Colts to a defendable 9/128 with the help of N.Kleinert(12no) and R.Blain(1no).Full of confidence the senior side went to make short work of the young guns total. M.Valmadre(1) was first to have an early shower, D.Williams(11) popped one back to one of the comeback kids this season R.Blain(1/30),followed by S.Mcintosh(16) the seniors were 3/46 in the 9th. M.Coventry had the bat blazing with an unbeaten 67 but with tight bowling and a constant flow of wickets with C.Woodhouse (2/9), M.Pettiford (1/29), D.Milne (1/5) C.Stroud (1/36) and some great pressure building bowling from N.Kleinert(0/17) in the dying stages, the Colts were able to hold their nerves for a hard fought 2 run win, leaving the seniors 6/126 from their 20 overs.
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