Melville Win by 8 Wickets
South Perth143 Melville 147/2
Brianna Ray stepped onto the sun-soaked pitch of WACA Ground, in Australia, with her South Perth Cricket Club teammates, ready to make her grand debut in the heart of the land down under. The air was thick with anticipation.
Fate played its hand as Melville Cricket Club won the toss, opting to bowl first. The fierce bowlers of Melville unleashed a storm, wiping out South Perth for a mere 143. Captain Loren Russo fought valiantly, scoring 32, and Ray added 10 off 11 balls, smashing a four to the boundary. Melville’s Georgie Middleton was a force to be reckoned with, her figures a remarkable 1.5-0-5-4, leaving South Perth gasping.
In reply, Melville's batsmen were relentless scoring 147/2. Sam Pope took center stage, her bat singing as she scored an unbeaten 64. Mia Wallis of South Perth made a valiant effort, her bowling figures standing at 2-0-10-1, and Ray added to her all-rounder resume with figures of 5-0-30-1.
It was a day of highs and lows, fierce competition for Ray, but the promise of future battles lingered.
South Perth Inning
South Perth Inning
..11 (18) Rebecca West c Sam Pope b Natasha Kelsey
..00 (02) Ella Dodgson b Maddie White
..15 (45) Carlijn van Koolwijk c & b Rebecca McGrath
..22 (37) Emily Hessell LBW Elsie Simpson
..27 (46) Asvitha Selliya Kalaivanan c Rebecca McGrath b Elsie Simpson
..10 (11) Brianna Ray b Elsie Simpson
..32 (41) Loren Russo c Rebecca McGrath b Georgie Middleton
..00 (04) Mali Vanderstoep c & b Georgie Middleton
..01 (05) Sienna Stephan Not Out
..00 (01) Jean McKinlay LBW Georgie Middleton
..00 (01) Mia Wallis b Georgie Middleton
..25 Extras (22w-2nb-1lb)
143 Total All Out after 34.5 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-0 (Dodgson), 2-14 (West), 3-56 (van Koolwijk), 4-56 (Hessell), 5-79 (Ray), 6-134 (Kalaivanan), 7-135 (Vanderstoep), 8-142 (Russo), 9-142 (McKinlay), 10-143 (Wallis)
Melville Bowlers
6.0-2-27-1 Natasha Kelsey
6.0-1-15-1 Maddie White
3.0-0-20-0 Seren Simpson
6.0-0-21-1 Rebecca McGrath
8.0-0-29-3 Elsie Simpson
4.0-0-25-0 Jessica Shepherd
1.5-0-05-4 Georgie Middleton
Melville Inning
..60 (51) Rebecca McGrath c Loren Russo b Brianna Ray
..64 (92) Sam Pope Not Out
..08 (14) Sascha Lowry c Emily Hessell b Mia Wallis
..01 (02) Micayla Roelofse Not Out
..14 Extras (14w)
147 Total for 2 Wickets after 26.5 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-117 (McGrath), 2-141 (Lowry)
South Perth Inning
5.0-0-30-1 Brianna Ray
2.0-0-14-0 Carlijn van Koolwijk
4.0-0-25-0 Jean McKinlay
2.0-0-15-0 Loren Russo
8.5-1-33-0 Mali Vanderstoep
2.0-0-12-0 Sienna Stephan
1.0-0-08-0 Ella Dodgson
2.0-0-10-1 Mia Wallis
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