Double Premiership victory for Monash Cricket Club
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The Monash Cricket Club Men's 1st XI celebrate their first Premiership in 24 years.
Photo: Stephen Pearson.
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The Women’s team had a very strong win in their final two
weeks ago, triumphing over Brighton District 1/87 to 8/85. The Men’s match,
held last Sunday, was closer, with Monash defeating the Melbourne Cobras 4/159
to 157 all out.
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The Men's team were set up by a few well-executed
wickets early in the Premiership final last Sunday.
Photo: Stephen Pearson.
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The last Premiership for the Men’s XIs was 24 years ago.
Club president Stephen Pearson, who has been involved with the club for the last 23 years, said both wins were “team efforts”.
“In a final it’s hard to have stand out individual
performances because both [sides] are so competitive,” he said.
“The women’s game wasn’t particularly close, so the big
thing for the women was how well we fielded. In the guy’s [match], we took a
lot of wickets early, so that was exciting.”
“The highlight… was when our former captain, who we were
playing against, was caught out in a really good catch by one of our good
players - Lachie. It’s all amicable, there are no hard feelings in it, but that
was a big moment in the game.” |
Monash Cricket Club president Stephen Pearson said most of
the Women's team only began playing cricket three years ago.
Photo: Stephen Pearson.
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Having won both the summer outdoor season and the T20 Premiership, and losing only one match for the season, Stephen said the Women’s
team "will now be promoted to Shield”.
“This is quite an impressive feat considering most of the
players in the team only started three years ago [when the Monash University Women’s
team was restarted],” Stephen said.
Heading into winter cricket, the University will field four
Men’s teams, and a Women’s team in a Doveton competition starting in May.
Let’s
hope this winning streak is just the beginning!
Written by Nell O'Shea Carre, Media Coordinator.
