Mick Donalds
Member
Just like hundreds of other people, I went and had a sit over the weekend to watch the provincial grand final. What a winner for CAW. The game was a thriller, The Wodonga Bulldogs put on an absolute first class weekend, and the ground looked a picture. In all honesty, Wodonga went out of its way to make the day a specticle. They have made a mockery of the last few years' grand final at Xavier, nothing against St Pats but the whole of the Wodonga Cricket club got behind the occasion and their professionalism was amazing. From the bar, food, two scoreboards, raffles and the man on the microphone, it was a pleasure to attend. So a big well done to everyone at the Wodonga Cricket Club.
Getting to the game, it was a massively tense day on Sunday. I am not a part of either club and I was nervous!!! The big difference between the sides for mine was how close as a team Lavington were compared to St Pats. No doubt St Pats are a close bunch due to playing so long together, but every time you looked at the lavington side, they were always together as a unit. Every wicket they took, they were so tight in the huddle etc. The other difference was, i thought, the lavington batsmen handled the pitch better. I thought both bowling sides bowled exceptionally well, but the st pats batsmen seemed less settled. On the first day, the first wicket that fell the ball shot up off a length and nearly hit him in the face, and i though the pitch may cause havok. But the lavington boys ground out the full 80 overs, where as the patties batsmen seemed to keep coming out and trying to blast away, where i dont think it was that type of a pitch. But maybe that was the curse of chasing in a gf?
All in all, what a great specticle and there were three winners for the day, Lavington Panthers, CAW and the Wodonga Cricket Club, who couldn't do much more in trying to get the gf back there next year.
Getting to the game, it was a massively tense day on Sunday. I am not a part of either club and I was nervous!!! The big difference between the sides for mine was how close as a team Lavington were compared to St Pats. No doubt St Pats are a close bunch due to playing so long together, but every time you looked at the lavington side, they were always together as a unit. Every wicket they took, they were so tight in the huddle etc. The other difference was, i thought, the lavington batsmen handled the pitch better. I thought both bowling sides bowled exceptionally well, but the st pats batsmen seemed less settled. On the first day, the first wicket that fell the ball shot up off a length and nearly hit him in the face, and i though the pitch may cause havok. But the lavington boys ground out the full 80 overs, where as the patties batsmen seemed to keep coming out and trying to blast away, where i dont think it was that type of a pitch. But maybe that was the curse of chasing in a gf?
All in all, what a great specticle and there were three winners for the day, Lavington Panthers, CAW and the Wodonga Cricket Club, who couldn't do much more in trying to get the gf back there next year.
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