1st XI
1st XI Report – Toby McDonald (Captain of Cricket)
The 1st XI cricket had an amazing win on the 22 and 23 of November at the first Friday-Saturday game of the season against St Aloysius college at Queens Park.
At 1pm on Friday, Waverley lost the toss and were sent into the field.
Aloy’s were relentless in their defence throughout their whole innings, with Waverley also holding up to the task throughout the day to stay in the game.
It was exciting to see members from Wavecrew come down to watch during the second session of the day, where three wickets of Aloy’s fell during their stay during the day. As the day came to close,
Aloy’s reached a total of 7/194 after 80 overs, with an exciting day ahead where anything could happen.
As the day began at 9:30am the next morning, Aloy’s got off to a good start as Waverley were forced to stay in the field much longer than hoped for.
Aloy’s reached a total of 9/269 when they declared, with Aarush Soni, Jonathon McDonald, Josh Gorya and Toby McDonald all picking up two wickets in their efforts.
Hoping to take some early wickets before lunch, Tom Rudolph and Henry Walker walked out to bat and immediately shifted the game in Waverley’s favour.
Both openers took on the game with confidence and class and bamboozled the Aloy’s bowling attack.
Waverley’s batting innings was highlighted by an amazing maiden ton from opener Tom Ruldoph which turned the whole game.
Henry Walker’s ‘85’ was also incredibly crucial in the result of the game.
At 0/177, Aloy’s took a few quick wickets to get back into the game slightly, leaving Waverley at 6/247.
However, William Livisiannis was instrumental in the closure of the game and batted beautifully for his 40* to finish the game for Waverley and finish at 6/270 to win Round 4 of the CAS 1st XI competition and go 3-1 and back the first on the ladder.
Waverley now have their second Friday-Saturday game and their last of the year vs Cranbrook at Cranbrook at the new Hordon Oval where they hope to close out the season with another win to go 4-1 and stamp their authority as the best team in the competition.
