Playing at Deakin ovals today captained by Blake Lette Marist Midnight demonstrated their team work and resilience, facing a strong team in the Tigers and 3 people down due to illness and injury. Loosing the toss the team were sent in to field on a wet and slippery surface, and covered the field as best they could with their 8 players, with some solid fielding, direct hits to the wickets and strong backing up. Whilst the Tigers had the upper hand throughout their batting, there were some positive moments including Nate’s chatter on the field, Blake’s caught and bowled of an opposition player on their way to 50 and Hamish’s bowling out another for a duck.

Finishing their 30 overs with the opposition at 310 runs, Marist Midnight faced a daunting task,. Regardless the team came out to bat and demonstrated what Marist boys are made of, opening pair Nate (standing in to support our numbers) and Nick made a solid start to some very quick bowlers with Nick showing his mental toughness after three blows to the body within a single over. Overall our boys put up a solid fight in their batting, demonstrating an improvement on the previous week, blocking well and taking advantage of every opportunity making good use of running between the wickets for quick singles. Of note it was great to see Tom take to the crease to support the team despite carrying an injury.

Overall, a really tough game, but a solid showing of resilience, team work and a great attitude.

Coaches award to Nate Hamilton for stepping in at short notice and demonstrating some great team work, making his debut as opener and high scoring in the batting department

Parents award to Harrison Hansen for his strong efforts and performance fielding in a wet and slippery outfield.

Batting: Strong performance by Nate with 38 not out and Hugh Williams with 13 from 17, after facing some strong bowling from the opposition

Bowling: Best bowlers for the day Orlando Pabian and Hugh Williams, despite not getting any wickets they both managed to dampen a strong Tiger batting attack.