U/17s
South Perth 5/137 (Walker 2/16) & 1/11 def Wanneroo 9/137 (Walker 41, Marinovich 32) & 0/10(cc)
On a perfect Saturday morning we travelled to Richardson Park to play South Perth. After winning to toss we elected to bowl in the hope of early wickets. With Rhys Walker and Riley Gillespie taking the new ball and bowling 4 and 3 respectively we had South Perth 2/30. From here South Perth controlled the middle part of the innings until our next wicket in the 14th over. South Perth finally making 5/137.
Batting second and needing 138 for the win we lost an early wicket and were 1/9. With Jordan Marinovich moving up to number 3 and batting really well for 32 of 28 balls we were in a reasonable position. A strong partnership between Rhys walker 41 off 26 and Ben Jones 23 off 17 which put us in good position with the run rate under control. Unfortunately the loss of some late wickets we finished tied on 9/137
Super over and Wanneroo batted first with Tyler Brown and Rhys Walker making 10 runs and giving us a target to bowl at. The South Perth batters reached the target with 1 ball to spare in a tight contest.
U/15s
Wanneroo 8/103 def South Perth 5/102 (Redman 2/17)
On a perfectly presented Kingsway 2, South Perth won the toss and elected to bat. After a spritely start, Ollie Hudson (1/14) clawed back the progress with the wicket of their chief aggressor before Aiden Rawlins (1/10) took the other opener when the score was 2/50.
Three quick wickets then fell to Mitch McArthur (1/24) and the wizardy of Josh Redman (2/17), stemming the flow of runs. Coach Andy Billington was seen actually pulling his hair out as the Roos sent down twenty wides and let South Perth off the hook somewhat, to see them set a target of 103 to win off 20 overs.
Hudson showed little contempt for the bowling before he was found short of his ground for 15. Liam Deckert then fell for one before the middle order accumulated runs between the steady fall of wickets to keep themselves on target. With the seventh and eighth wickets then falling quickly in the 80s, McArthur, minus his free-flowing locks, decided that he was the boss just when his side needed him by spanking a brilliant 14 off 9 balls to seal the game with three balls remaining.
The win leaves the Roos knocking on the door of the top six as they break for Xmas.