On Saturday, November 5, eight mini-Pitties from Proserpine’s Junior Cricket association made their debut in the Master Blaster U10s grade of the Proserpine-Bowen intertown competition.
Taking on the Bowen Barracudas, Captain Blake W made sure to win the bat toss and chose to put Bowen on the pitch first, seeing it was a bit of a green top and the ball might move around a bit early on.
Cydnee (2-10) opened up and didn’t let her skipper down, picking up two baby Barracudas in her first over.
Captain Blake W (1-8) was the next to put barracuda on the menu in his second over, and following him was Arista (0-19), who was unlucky not to get a fillet of fish from her overs.
Jayden (3-10), Ryan (2-5) had the ball on a string and got the line wet with good length bowling. Harry (1-8), Thomas (1-7), Georgia (1-11) all added to the esky and closed the lid on the Barracudas innings at 11-78.
With 55 runs on the board (five runs per wicket) from those they took, the Pitbull puppies pounced out into a bubbling Barracuda swell.
Harry and Georgia (3-14) found it tough going in their first bat. Thomas and Ryan (1-15) batted well and set sail with the wind and the ball over the boundary with their time at the crease.
Then Jayden and Arista (3-16) did the same until the wind dropped out and lost a couple of quick wickets. This had the Baby Barracudas in a feeding frenzy and Pitbull Puppies in trouble on 100 runs, 13 runs behind with two batting pairs to go.
Cydnee and Blake W (1-12) turned the tide in a great knock with the skipper finding boundary rope on several occasions and the Puppies clawing back to six runs behind with one pair to play.
This was given to Harry and Georgia (2-19) who threw caution to the wind. They ran on everything in a nail biter with the Puppies winning in a tight one by three runs.
A match well played by both teams. Players’ players went to Harry and Georgia for their amazing teamwork as batting partners, being brave and getting those runs.
Contributed with thanks to Mark Valmadre
The young Proserpine Pitbulls side managed a close fought victory over the Bowen Barracudas
