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Ross Couzens 93 overs and another em- set,” Footscray-Edgewater went out, but by that stage 340 runs for the summer at to spend some time in the phatic result. captain Dean Russ said. we were on 189 and only an average of 34. middle,” Russ said. LUCAS Dredge put in a full Dredge’s knock included “They batted with positive three down. “The way he batted was It was Dissanayaka’s first shift as nightwatchman and six boundaries and came off intent, rotated the strike re- “Dredgey is really grow- impressive and he’s hitting real chance to showcase his even logged some overtime 158 deliveries in a little ally well and built a big part- ing as a cricketer and I still the ball as good as I’ve seen batting since joining the as he helped guide Foot- under three hours. nership to the point where think we’ve got the best of him.” Bulldogs in November. scray-Edgewater to its 12th He teamed up with Travis the game was pretty much him to come,” he said. Dylan Kight (40 “He hit the ball very hard win of the Premier Cricket Dean to pile on 111 for the done in our favour. Dean went on to make 61 with three fours and a six) and looked to take the game season on Saturday. third at University “We recognise that part- off 116 balls in 135 minutes, and Sri Lankan professional on, which is perfect and With the Bulldogs resum- Oval and all but put the nerships are very important blazing nine fours along the Shanuka Dissanayaka (64 what you need from a mid- ing at 1-56 in pursuit of Mel- game to bed. … we try to eliminate any way. not out off as many balls dle-order batsman,” Russ bourne University’s 227, “Lucas Dredge got the op- back-to-back . “He’s been solid … his con- with eight fours and a six) said. Dredge hit a career-best 66 portunity as nightwatch- “Dredgey took on that re- tribution (batting primarily wiped off the remaining “And just that little bit of before being run out by a di- man and he took it with both sponsibility and made sure at No.3) has been massive in runs and then some. extra experience is defi- rect hit as the visitors hands and Travis Dean was he saw us through and it was the whole scheme of things “It was good that Kighty nitely going to help us in the worked their way to 4-302 off fantastic right from the out- just unfortunate the way he for us,” Russ said of Dean’s and Shanuka got the chance long run.”

TAEKWONDO SUB-DISTRICT CRICKET Teenager kicks off world campaign Tigers chase hard to Luke D’Anello make it nine straight TEENAGERS aren’t known for having the best concen- Ross Couzens tration levels, but nothing is going to break Schelby Mal- THE Werribee juggernaut And you’re achowski’s ahead of the chugged to its ninth straight Taekwondo Junior World win in Sub-District Cricket always Championships in March. on Saturday. learning from The 16-year-old from The Tigers were made to Point Cook started taekwon- work hard for the six points these types of do when she was just a by Croydon, but kept their three-year-old and has been unblemished record intact. ‘‘games. Even competing in the sport for “Good sides win games the past 10 years. when they’re not necess- though we’re Schelby qualified uncon- arily at their peak; they just tested for the World Cham- find a way to win,” said Wer- undefeated, pionships in Chinese Taipei, ribee skipper Shaun Dean. there is still a after winning the National “And you’re always learn- Championships held in Bris- ing from these types of whole heap of bane last October. games. Even though we’re This came after two stellar undefeated, there is still a improvement in performances at the DaeDo whole heap of improvement International Test Event in this cricket side.” this cricket side. held in Florida earlier in the Heath Pritchard was the – Shaun Dean year, which saw Schelby star of the day after he un- bring home two gold medals. leashed a fine bowling dis- Schelby has been coached play to take 5-15 off his nine ducive to scoring runs. from day one by her father overs (four maidens) as There was quite a lot of grass Alan, who, along with mum, Croydon, which won the on it and a few balls were Kelly, runs the Martial Fit- toss and batted first, was sort of spitting up, so it ness School in Point Cook. held to 9-147 from its 45 overs wasn’t easy to bat on,” he According to Mrs Mala- at Chirnside Park. said. chowski, her daughter is at It was Pritchard’s third “It didn’t change too much home in the ring and loves five-wicket haul of the cam- throughout the day. It al- the heat of the contest. paign and took his overall ways seamed and the odd “She loves the competit- tally to 24 victims at an aver- ball did something.” ion side of things, she loves age of 10.17. Brothers Matthew (36) the fighting,” she said. And he received good sup- and Shaun Dean (35 not not) “We’re very proud of her.” port from the more-than- then guided the Tigers Currently a level two Dan economical Jonathon through somewhat of a black belt, Schelby will be Burton (0-17 off nine overs) minefield of a run chase as attempting to reach level along with Jake Purton and the home side eventually three while running classes Matthew Thomson, who re- reached 7-152 after 44 overs for the younger taekwondo turned the identical figures — having been a precarious students at the school. of 2-39 off nine. 5-103 at one point. Schelby will be looking to “We had them 9-68 I think “It was quite a seesawing unleash her devastating so I was happy and im- affair,” Shaun Dean said. hook kick on opponents at pressed with all the bowl- “We were 0-71 so the openers the Junior World Cham- ers,” Dean said. … Matt got 36 and Adam pionships, and is aiming for “Heath bowled fantasti- Duxson hung in there for 16 a podium finish. cally, Matt Thomson did to build a great partnership. Schelby is a Wyndham well – he got two early ones, “But when the wickets fell Leader Junior Sports Star and Jake Purton got a couple it was a hard pitch to get in nominee. Nominate at the there. on (for the incoming bats- wyndhamleader.com.au. State taekwondo champion Schelby Malachowski, 16. Picture: KRIS REICHL “But then the momentum men). changed a bit (via a hefty “The game was in the bal- last-wicket stand for Croy- ance there. It was a difficult don). situation. We had to really was abandoned last week policy, which is available on “Yet in the end, 147, if dig in and I think I played due to the heat. Bowls the league website, they’d offered it to us at the out a few maidens just to set- Play bowled over Victoria made the decision to stipulates play is to be start of the day you’d have tle the ship. cancel play as Melbourne’s cancelled if the temperature definitely taken that in a “We left our run a little bit Bowls: Midweek mercury soared into the mid- reaches 36 degrees Celsius one-dayer. late, but we always had time pennant competition forties. Bowls Victoria’s heat or above. “The wicket wasn’t con- up our sleeve.”

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