Thomson plunders Metro

Fresh off a seven-wicket loss during yesterday’s opening Twenty20, Country responded in the best possible fashion as they controlled proceedings against Metro.

Having won the toss and elected to bat, Country posted 8-220 from their 50 overs with Thomson stroking five boundaries en route to 62, with Malle Murray’s Braidyn Turner (36), Western Waves’ Tim Goodman (31*) and South East Country’s Adam McMaster (22) providing solid support.

Inner South East spinner Sam Grinwade was again impressive with 3-23 from his 10 overs.

“Thomson batted beautifully,” Cricket Victoria High Performance Manager Tim McCaskill said.

“Turner was good as well, but it was a much better performance from Country again today.”

In reply, Metro skipper Sam Harper picked up where he left off yesterday as he raced to 34 from 28 balls, but his departure sparked a collapse of 5-49.

While Dan Syson (31) and Wes Agar (22) provided some handy lower order runs, Country wrapped up proceedings to square the series.

In the under-19 encounter, a stunning bowling performance propelled Victoria Metro to a 115-run victory.

Defending just 192, Metro routed Country for 77 as Northern Falcons quick Matt Bullen (4-11) ripped through the top order before pathway teammate Nish Perera (3-8) cleaned up the tail.

During a stunning opening spell, Bullen reduced Country to 5-21 as he removed four of the top-five bats.

Country skipper Pat McKenna top-scored with 25, while keeper Robbie Salerni rounded out a good day with the gloves with a gritty 17.

Earlier in the day, North West opener Jayden Borg struck a polished half-century as he propelled Metro to 192.

South East Bayside’s Liam Tonkin (33), Northern Falcons’ Jack Rudd (30) and Outer East’s Jack Blain (27) all provided handy contributions, while South East Country’s Jake Wood (3-23) was the pick of the bowlers.

The Country v Barooga series will continue tomorrow with each age group commencing an 80-over fixture.    

Under-19 Country v Metro One-Day match at Barooga
Metro won the toss and elected to bowl

Metro 1^st Innings
Trent Cody c Salerni b Wood 0 (8)
Jayden Borg c Salerni b Colarco 50 (68) 6×4
Jack Taylor c Grandell b Colarco 16 (48) 2×4
Jack Blain c Mitchell b Mills 27 (45) 4×4
Liam Tonkin c Salerni b Tatterson 33 (53) 3×4 1×6
Jack Rudd c Wood b McKenna 30 (37) 4×4
Nish Perera c Wood b Mills 10 (15) 1×4
Shea Gribbin LBW Wood 0 (1)
Sean Griffin not out 5 (7)
Matt Bullen run out (Wood) 0 (4)
Darren Colaco b Wood 0 (1)

Total: 10-192

FOW: 1-6 (Cody), 2-66 (Taylor), 3-89 (Borg), 4-116 (Blain), 5-154 (Tonkin) 6-181 (Perera), 7-184 (Gribbin), 8-190 (Rudd), 9-192 (Bullen), 10-192 (Colaco).

Bowling: Jake Wood 6-0-23-3, Will Mills 7-1-23-2, Taylor Tatterson 7-0-45-1, Joe Cousins 8-1-26-0, Pat McKenna 4-0-25-1, Aiden Colarco 7-0-22-2 and Will Crowder 8-2-24-0.

Country 1^st Innings
Tyler Larkin LBW Bullen 0 (3)
Matt Mitchell c Borg b Bullen 0 (1)
Dylan Grandell c Colaco b Bullen 9 (22) 1×4
James Lidgett c Borg b Bullen 0 (5)
Will Crowder c Taylor b Bartlett 0 (9)
Pat McKenna c Blain b Colaco 25 (34) 4×4
Rob Salerni c Griffin b Perera 17 (31) 1×4 1×6
Aiden Colarco b Colaco 0 (1)
Taylor Tatterson c Griffin b Perera 7 (22) 1×4
Joe Cousins st Borg b Perera 0 (2)
Jake Wood not out 9 (14) 1×4

Total: 10-77

FOW: 1-1 (Larkin), 2-2 (Mitchell), 3-5 (Lidgett), 4-10 (Crowder), 5-21 (Grandell), 6-48 (McKenna), 7-48 (Colarco), 8-62 (Salerni), 9-64 (Cousins), 10-77 (Tatterson).

Bowling: Matt Bullen 5-0-11-4, Josh Bartlett 4-0-10-1, Shea Gribbin 4-0-24-0, Darren Colaco 4-1-14-2, Nish Perera 3.2-0-9-3 and Jack Rudd 3-0-8-0.

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

Country 1^st Innings
Mitchell Rowe b Quinn 18 (25) 1×4
Braidyn Turner st Harper b Grimwade 36 (54) 3×4
Kade Burns b Hudson 0 (2)
Blake Thomson c b Sugumar 62 (92) 5×4
Teeran Gleeson c  Harper b Grimwade 2 (7)
Jakob Tidyman c b Grimwade 4 (7)
Adam McMaster b Syson 22 (34) 1×4
Tim Goodman not out 31 (33) 3×4
Jackson Mockett run out 17 (23)

Total: 8-220cc

FOW: 1-57 (Rowe), 2-58 (Burns), 3-78 (Turner), 4-91 (Gleeson), 5-101 (Tidyman), 6-156 (McMaster), 7-190 (Thomson), 8-220 (Mockett).

Bowling: Wes Agar 9-0-47-0, Dean Krelle 6-0-43-0, Mikoto Quinn 4-0-14-1, Josh Hudson 6-0-17-1, Sam Grimwade 10-2-23-3, Shehan Kudage-Don 4-0-25-0, Dan Syson 6-1-26-1 and Tim Sugumar 5-0-26-1.

Metro 1^st Innings
Sam Harper c Goodman b Burns 34 (28) 6×4
Will Pucovski c b McMaster 2 (10)
Liam Banthorpe c b Woodland 15 (30)
Jacob Serry LBW Mockett 0 (7)
Tim Sugumar c b Woodland 28 (22) 2×4 2×6
Shehan Kudage-Don c Goodman b Mockett 0 (3)
Dan Syson c Goodman b Brown 31 (45)
Wes Agar b Burns 22 (43) 3×4
Dean Krelle run out (Thomson) 5 (16)
Mikoto Quinn c Goodman b Brown 4 (15)
Sam Grimwade not out 0 (3)

Total: 10-162

FOW: 1-17 (Pucovski), 2-41 (Harper), 3-54 (Serry), 4-83 (Banthorpe), 5-84 (Kudage-Don), 6-90 (Sugumar), 7-140 (Agar), 8-150 (Syson), 9-162 (Krelle), 10-162 (Quinn)

Bowling: Adam McMaster 6-0-37-1, Kade Burns 10-1-33-2, Jackson Mockett 5-1-24-2, Nicholas Woodland 7-0-29-2, Joe Medew-Ewen 6-0-29-0 and Cameron Brown 3.3-0-8-2.