
Stage 2 - Division 4
Marist Midnight
Marist Midnight (8/124) defeated Marist Steele (8/52)
Batting: Noah Doyle 55
Bowling: Elijah MacKinnon 2/6, Isaac Swan 2/9
 Beautiful morning at Deakin for the return to cricket. The boys were excited to see each other .
 Aiden was captain this week and won the toss and elected to batt first.
 Up against some extremely strong bowling from Steele, it was not the start to the innings we had expected. An outstanding performance from Noah who retired not out and then returned later in the game to continue his brilliant innings to achieve 55 runs kept us in the game. Retirments from Milan and Shourik also gave all the boys the opportunity to bat this week. We ended the inning with a respectable 124 runs.
 After the break, the boys pulled themselves together and took to the filed for what was an exceptional display of their bowling and fielding skills. Building and sustaining pressure resulted in Steele being bowled out 8/52. Noah took the first wicket of the day, earning himself a very well deserved player of the match. Isaac and Eli got two impressive wickets each, Aiden's cracker bowl resulted in a spectacular game changing catch from Will. Boh Will and Lachie also had their eye in resulitng in two perfectly time runouts. Unfortunately some of the boys didn't get the opportunity no bowl this week, look forward to them having a go next week.
 As always, the win came down to a whole team effort. Well done to all the boys, another memorable game at Deakin
Wayne Cassidy