Wanderers v Australia Deaf
Wanderers was formed in Queensland during 1933 by the then Governor of Queensland, Sir Leslie Wilson, with the aim to encourage young people to play and enjoy the game of cricket. Today the Club plays more than 20 mid-week matches each Summer, mostly against schools in the State's south-east, and undertakes an annual 12-day playing and coaching tour of country centres. Tours in recent years have taken Wanderers west to Eromanga, South to Yetman and North to Charters Towers.
The Club relies upon its own fund-raising resources and sponsors to finance its activities including supporting youngsters in coaching clinics and on tours.
5 June 2022 at Geoff Dymock Oval
Inclusion Series at Shaw Park
The Australia Deaf squad will compete against England in the upcoming Inclusion Series at Shaw Park. The team will play Five T20s and 3 ODIs from 8 to 17 June. The Inclusion series also features Australia v England clashes for Intellectually Disabled (ID) squads and Australia v New Zealand Blind Cricket matches. 24 Matches in 10 days at Shaw Park. Entry is free!
Game 1 - 9.00am
A hastily arranged team under the captaincy of Kade Horan took on the Australia Deaf squad at Geoff Dymock Oval. Batting first, Wanderers openers Morgan Galvin and Harry Carroll were cautious against the formidable pairing of Austin Phillip and David Melling. A productive 4th over took the score to 22 before Callum Asbury removed Carroll in the 5th via a catch by Luke Trudgett and Sean Walsh snuck one through Sam Healy’s defence a couple of overs later. Galvin and skipper Horan added a run-a-ball 21 for the 3rd wicket and were looking settled. This may have prompted Galvin to bring out the reverse sweep which didn’t go so well; stumps disturbed; 3/54. From there, Wanderers were unable to get a partnership started. Horan fell next over (the 12th) to a catch by Matt Shenton off Shrey Patel, then wickets fell to Andrew Park and Sean Walsh in the 14th and 16th overs to reduce Wanderers to 6/70. Youngster, Mason Malone blasted 14 from the first 4 balls of the 16th over before Lewis Beard got his revenge and had him caught on the boundary by Nick Budden on the 5th. Brendan Carson and Josh Lait added 10 from the final 13 balls to take the total to a modest 97.
Although modest, the target of 98 started to look a long way away when Harry Carroll had Luke Trudgett caught beautifully by Horan at slip, first ball and Liam Prinas had Melling caught by Galvin at the end of a bizarre 10-ball, second over. Matt Shenton and Tyson Hay smacked 20 from the next 16, but Carroll intervened again enticing a top edge which was routinely pouched by Josh Gittins; 3/35. Hay and Lewis Beard then steadied the ship in a run-a-ball 50 partnership. A mix-up between wickets at the end of the 13th saw Hay on his way, but the damage had been done. Some lusty hitting by Justin Morgan and Austin Phillip took the score past the target in the 16th over and onto 142 at the close; a partnership of 54 from 32 balls.
Game 2 - 1.30pm
Having been fed and watered, the teams engaged again in the afternoon with Australia Deaf batting first. This time, Trudgett and Melling took to the attack, bludgeoning 51 in the powerplay. A Tyron Eggmolesse yorker did for Trudgett in 6th over. Eggmolesse and Morgan Galvinslowed the scoring rate for the next four overs, but Melling then accelerated to 50 from 32 balls and another 50 partnership with Nick Budden, before retiring with the score on 1/101 at the end of the 12th. From there the wheels fell off for AD. Budden and Harry Bell fell in successive overs to Henry Harris and Kade Horan. Horan taking a cracker at mid-wicket and Healy a fine edge behind the stumps. A fine catch diving forward at Mid-off by Eggmolesse off Mason Malone in the 17th over made it 4/120. Then, a bizarre final couple of overs. Eggmolesse started the 19th with a dot. Horan’s run out from the second ball, an LBW from the third ball and three dots produced a wicket-maiden! 6/130. Liam Prinas’ final over was equally exciting. A top edge to Healy from the first, then a lofted drive into the hands of Eggmolesse a few balls later made it 8/135 at the close; a remarkable result for Wanderers given the tear-away start by the batsmen.
Galvin and Carroll decided to test the AD approach to opening the innings with a 35-run opening stand before Carroll met his end, again from a Trudgett catch, this time off Sean Walsh. Eggmolesse joined Galvin and continued his great day with swashbuckling innings of 26 from 17 balls including three massive sixes before being caught by Walsh off Cam Wilson. Healy looked to continue the big hitting but succeeded only in finding Melling on the fence. Horan and Galvin then came together in an energetic partnership. Galvin brought up a 50 from 45 balls and the pair had added 49 from 33 when Horan attempted the big hit and fell to another Melling catch. Wanderers needed 13 from 24 balls. Galvin reduced this to 9 from the first ball of the 17th but came undone next ball attempting another slog; Nick Budden taking the catch off Shrey Patel. The bizarre end to the previous innings, seemed set to repeat when Patel claimed another wicket two balls later and Liam Prinas was run-out a few balls after that. AD had taken three wickets in 9 balls. Wanderers 7fa with still 4 to get. Mason Malone teased the crowd attempting to finish the innings with one shot, but the cool head of Brendan Carson flicked one to square to bring up the winning runs at the end of the 19th.
A thrilling end to a good day of cricket. Great to be on the field after the months of wet weather in Brisbane. Camaraderie and good-natured banter kept all amused during the day.
Well done to all.
