Junior Cricket Match Reports 28 November

U11 Boys
The U11 Proserpine Pitbulls hosted Brothers on Saturday, with Luka captaining and sending the visitors in after winning the bat flip. The bowlers were sharp from the outset, applying steady pressure and sharing the wickets: Jonty (2-10), James (1-10), Hector (1-12) and Fred (1-21). Six runouts—thanks to Hector, James, Will, Harry, Luka and Fred—kept Brothers to 119 after 20 overs.
Harry and Fred opened the chase strongly before Will (12*) and James (18*) built momentum with smart stroke play. Jonty (10*) and Hector (37*) accelerated late, and Luka (7*) finished the job as the Pitbulls passed the total at 126, winning by seven runs. Harry McDonald earned Player of the Match.

U11 Girls & Mixed
The U11 Girls met the U11 Mixed team in a fun Pitties-on-Pitties clash at Proserpine High School. The Girls batted first and worked hard on a slow outfield, finishing on 48 with steady contributions from F. Gallagher, M. Neal, E. Glindemann, G. Green, A. Quod and others.
The Mixed team bowled tightly, led by N. Garraway with a superb 4-2 off 3 overs, supported by wickets from R. Pocock, C. Green, L. Sander and G. Green. Chasing 48, the Mixed side reached 87, thanks to solid knocks from L. Sander, Z. Mead, R. Pocock, L. Neal and Garraway.
The Girls fought hard with the ball, with wickets to A. Baker, F. Gallagher, G. Green, C. Goldspink and A. Quod.
POM Girls: A. Baker. POM Mixed: L. Neal.

U12s
The U12 Pitties hosted Magpies White, taking early wickets through P. Regan and later T. Gibbs, who grabbed a wicket and two catches. Further breakthroughs came from N. Camm, B. Whitty and L. Aitken, restricting Magpies to 5-182.
In reply, Gibbs top-scored with a lively 40, with support from S. Pirlo (22), L. and N. Aitken, and Regan. The Pitties finished on 121 in a determined chase.

U13s
Travelling to Beaconsfield, the U13s posted 3-156 after strong knocks from M. Hope (39*), H. Gibbs (20*), J. Smith and retired batters Brazil, Hearn and Edgerton.
A disciplined bowling effort followed, highlighted by Gibbs (2-8), Hope (2-3) and wickets to Edgerton, Cale, Smith and Brazil. Magpies were bowled out for 95, sealing a convincing Pitties win.

U14s
Against Souths at Harrup Park, PJCA bowled tightly with early wickets to J. Farley, O. Kelly and C. Manley, before B. Hetherington struck twice late to restrict Souths to 5-137.
A. Farley (25), Hetherington (33) and Kelly (23*) led a strong chase, but the Pitties fell nine runs short at 7-128.
Player of the Match: Oskar Kelly.

U15s
The U15s posted 63 against Magpies, with E. Baker (28) and R. Davies (12) top-scoring. Defending, A. Valmadre (3-32), O. Dibben (3-22) and W. Marshall (2-11) kept the match alive, but Magpies reached 137. A spirited effort despite the loss.

U17s
The U17s dominated Norths, bowling them out for 111 thanks to J. Valmadre (3-16), M. Pomeroy (2-10) and tight fielding.
A powerful chase followed, led by M. Logan (57), J. Geisler (57*) and W. Logan (29*), securing victory at 5-178.

Contributed with thanks to Luke Valmadre and Danni Green

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Under 11's Mixed team and Under 11's girls team. Photo supplied

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