NSW YC Creak Shield
19 October 2025, Nolans Reserve.
Our Round 2 game was our first home game at Nolan’s. We lost the toss and were sent into bowl. Our opening bowlers Virat and Ollie started well keeping Hornsby to just 23 runs after 8 overs. Our first break through was in the tenth over after an exceptional caught and bowled from Felix who also got another wicket in the 12th over. In the 16th and 18th overs Tom got 2 wickets leading us into drinks with Hornsby at 4-57.
After a great caught and bowled from Zac the wickets started to flow for Manly with Leo getting 2 wickets in the 30th and 32nd and a wicket for Virat in the 33rd. Ollie cleaned up the tail end for 2 wickets in 2 balls leaving him on a hattrick for the next game.
After keeping Hornsby down to just 112 our openers (Jack and Sam) went out to start our innings. We started well and reached 0/29 after 8 overs before losing our first wicket in the 9th over. Next in was Atticus, who with Jack got us to the drinks break at 1/68. They kept going and Jack got his second fifty in a row in the 23rd over.
Jack and Atticus batted smart against a spin heavy attack, hitting the ball to all parts of the ground and using their feet well. They batted exceptionally well during their 79-run partnership. Unfortunately, Jack fell for a well-earned 68 runs leaving the team 5 runs short of our target. We were cruising but then hit a bit of a rough spot losing a couple wickets in the next few overs. Archie and Zac were both new to the crease and ran a quick few runs giving us the win in the 31st over.
Well done to Atticus (28) and Jack (68) on locking down and guiding us to the win.
By Jack Wylie and Felix Keeler