Country strike the first blow

Having won the toss and elected to bat, Country’s innings was impacted by rain as the players were regularly forced from the field, but it did not prevent Balldale’s Claire Wilson from top-scoring with 40 from 51 balls including three boundaries.

“Claire played some good shots and nearly batted the entire innings which was a positive sign,” High Performance Academy under-15 coach John Hayes said.

“The Country turned (over) the strike really well.”

Chasing 81, Melbourne’s Melina Ayres steadied the ship and decided attack was the best form of defence, hammering four boundaries en route to 21 from 36 balls.

However, some tight bowling from Mortlake’s Georgia Wareham, who captured 3-10 from her three overs, saw the Metro lose a flurry of wickets as they fell 23-runs short of the target.

“Georgia was able to get a bit of bounce,” Hayes said.

“She bowled really well.

“Overall, the girls did well in the very trying conditions and we saw some promising signs from all them.”

The under-15 Country v Metro series will resume today at 10am.

Under-15 Country v Metro 20-over match at Caufield Grammar
Country won the toss and elected to bat

Country
Claire Wilson st Madi Wright b Jessica Karamoshou 40 (51) 3×4
Sophie Van De Heuvel c Bronte James b Courtney Neale 5 (7) 1×4
Tayla Vlaeminck c Madi Wright b Bella Poon 11 (20) 1×4
Holly Whitford run out Bronte James 2 (7)
Annabel Martin b Bronte James 5 (11)
Tahlia Simpson not out 9 (20) 1×4
Hayleigh Brennan not out 0 (5)

Total 5-80 (20)

FOW: 1-12 (Van De Heuvel), 2-43 (Vlaeminck), 3-48 (Whitford), 4-68 (Martin), 5-74 (Wilson).

Bowling: Courtney Neale 4-0-12-1, Bella Gietzmann 3-0-12-0, Melina Ayres 2-0-10-0, Bella Poon 2-0-11-1, Erika Quinn 3-0-17-0, Bronte James 4-1-13-1 and Jessica Karamoshou 2-0-4-1.

Metro
Amy Yates b Hayleigh Brennan 0(2)
Zoe Griffiths b Anna Habel 5 (18)
Melina Ayres c Georgia Wareham b Rosie Wynd 21 (36) 4×4
Sophie Strickland b Holly Whitford 4 (6) 1×4
Madi Wright run out Tayla Vlaeminck 1 (4)
Bella Poon c Rosie Whynd b Georgia Wareham 0 (1)
Jessica Karamoshou st Annabel Martin b Georgia Wareham 0 (3)
Bronte James c Tayla Vlaeminck b Sophie Van De Heuvel 9 (8) 2×4
Bella Gietzmann not out 4 (25)
Erika Quinn c Sophie Van De Heuvel b Georgia Wareham 0 (8)
Courtney Neale c Tayla Vlaeminck b Hayleigh Brennan 0 (2)

Total: 57

FOW: 1-1 (Yates), 2-18 (Griffiths), 3-36 (Strickland), 4-37 (Wright), 5-37 (Poon), 6-37 (Karamoshou), 7-50 (James), 8-52 (Ayres), 9-54 (Quinn), 10-57 (Neale).

Bowling: Hayleigh Brennan 4-2-11-2, Tayla Vlaeminck 2-0-10-0, Anna Habel 2,0,2,1, Holly Whitford 2-0-18-1, Georgia Wareham 3-1-10-3, Sophie Van De Heuvel 3-1-5-1 and Rosie Wynd 2-2-0-1.