Metro claim thumping victory

Having split the white-ball encounters, Metro overhauled the target with nine wickets in hand as an unbeaten century from Inner South East’s Jacob Serry paved the way for a memorable win.

Serry was retired on 101 after blazing 12 boundaries and a six at the top of the order, but his departure failed to slow the run rate, as Shehan Kudage-Don (57*), Sam Harper (44*), Tim Sugumar (42*) and Dan Syson (34*) all followed suit.

Having retired five batsmen in total, Metro finished on 3-364 when stumps were called.

In the under-19 series, Metro claimed a clean sweep as South East Bayside’s Liam Tonkin engineered a brilliant chase.

With Jake Wood dismissing Jayden Borg without scoring, Tonkin strode to the crease in the opening over before peeling off 21 boundaries and two sixes during his marathon stay in the middle.

Tonkin eventually departed for 131 from 120 balls, enjoying stands of 101 and 97 with Jack Rudd (29) and Jack Taylor (35) respectively.

Outer East’s Jack Blain (63*) and Sean Griffin (36*) then guided Metro home as they combined for an unbeaten 79-run sixth-wicket partnership to overhaul Country’s herculean 6-336 with 26 balls in hand.  

The Country v Metro series is used as a key selection tool for the up-coming National Championships, with additional trial matches to be held in Melbourne over the next two months.

Under-19 Country v Metro 80-over match at Barooga
Country won the toss and elected to bat

Country 1^st Innings
Dylan Grandell LBW Gribbin 3 (4)
James Lidgett c Borg b Griffin 80 (177) 7×4
Tyler Larkin c Blain b Colaco c Taylor b Griffin 20 (26)
Pat McKenna not out 135 (138) 19×4 2×6
Rob Salerni c Griffin b Bartlett 40 (35) 6×4 1×6
Will Crowder c Griffin b Rudd 8 (8) 1×6
Taylor Tatterson not out 14 (12) 1×6

Total: 6-336cc

FOW: 1-4 (Grandell), 2-27 (Larkin), 3-78 (Mitchell), 4-197 (Lidgett), 5-260 (Salerni), 6-293 (Crowder)

Bowling: Darren Colaco 12-1-42-1, Shea Gribbin 13-4-47-1, Matt Bullen 11-3-45-0, Sean Griffin 12-1-57-2, Nish Perera 11-2-32-0, Josh Bartlett 10-1-62-1 and Jack Rudd 11-2-42-1.

Metro 1^st Innings
Jack Rudd b Colarco 29 (59) 2×4
Jayden Borg c Larkin b Wood 0 (5)
Liam Tonkin c Wood b Colarco 131 (120) 21×4 2×6
Jack Taylor st Salerni b McKenna 35 (92) 4×4
Jack Blain not out 63 (109) 11×4
Trent Cody c Mitchell b McKenna 15 (34) 1×4
Sean Griffin not out 36 (40) 7×4

Total: 5-337 (75.4)

FOW: 1-0 (Borg), 2-101 (Rudd), 3-198 (Tonkin), 4-226 (Taylor), 5-258 (Cody).

Bowling: Jake Wood 12.4-2-56-1, Joe Cousins 8-0-48-0, Taylor Tatterson 12-3-46-0, Will Mills 7-1-21-0, Pat McKenna 14-3-50-2, Aiden Colarco 12-0-55-2, Will Crowder 8-2-32-0 and Dylan Grandell 2-1-6-0.

Under-17 Country v Metro 80-over match at Barooga
Country won the toss and elected to bat

Country 1^st Innings
Braidyn Turner b Hudson 1 (7)
Tim Goodman c b Kudage-Don 19 (46) 2×4
Teeran Gleeson c  b Agar 0 (14)
Blake Thomson c Serry b Krelle 24 (62) 2×4
Jakob Tidyman c Kudage-Don b Sugumar 16 (27) 1×6
Kade Burns b Krelle 60 (101) 9×4 1×6
Mitchell Rowe c Serry b Syson 8 (30)
Nicholas Woodland LBW Sugumar 0 (5)
Adam McMaster b Agar 20 (22) 3×4
Jackson Mockett not out 24 (55) 2×4
Cameron Brown c & b Grimwade 9 (14) 1×4

Total: 195

FOW: 1-1 (Turner), 2-9 (Gleeson), 3-32 (Goodman), 4-59 (Tidyman), 5-63 (Thomson), 6-83 (Rowe), 7-84 (Woodland), 8-124 (McMaster), 9-180 (Burns), 10-195 (Brown).

Bowling: Wes Agar 14-1-38-2, Josh Hudson 9-3-23-1, Shehan Kudage-Don 6-2-8-1, Sam Grimwade 15.2-4-31-1, Tim Sugumar 6-1-26-2, Dean Krelle 12-2-37-2, Mikoto Quinn 4-1-11-0, Dan Syson 6-1-15-1, Sam Harper 2-2-0-0.

Metro 1^st Innings
Jacob Serry retired 101 (124) 12×4 1×6
Liam Banthorpe c b Thomson 38 (44) 5×4
Shehan Kudage-Don retired 57 (116) 4×4 1×6
Will Pucovski b Burns 17 (33) 4×4
Sam Harper retired 44 (49) 7×4
Tim Sugumar retired 42 (49) 5×4
Dan Syson retired 34 (39)
Wes Agar c b Rowe 3 (16)
Dean Krelle not out 8 (7) 1×4
Josh Hudson not out 4 (1) 1×4

Total: 3-364cc

FOW: 1-109 (Banthorpe), 2-205 (Pucovski), 3-352 (Agar).

Bowling: Adam McMaster 12-1-50-0, Jackson Mockett 18-6-61-0, Cameron Brown 11-3-31-0, Kade Burns 19-5-63-1, Joe Medew-Ewen 9-0-70-1, Blake Thomson 6-1-20-1, Nicholas Woodland 7-0-41-0 and Teeran Gleeson 5-1-22-0.