By LIAM TWOMEY
WERRIBEE has maintained its unbeaten run in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association. The club’s latest victim was fourth-placed Noble Park, which proved no match for the all-conquering Tigers on Saturday.
After winning the toss and sending Noble Park in to bat, the Werribee bowlers wasted no time getting on top.
The combination of Heath Pritchard (3/18), Jonathon Burton (2/14) and Jake Purton (2/29) were outstanding with the ball ensuring a constant flow of wickets was coupled with a slow run rate.
Against tough opposition, Johan Vorster was the pick of the Noble Park batsmen with 27.
However, with no-one able to kick on to a big score, the Tigers were set just 122 for victory.
The total looked thin on paper and that is exactly what it proved to be.
In reply, Werribee never looked in danger as Matthew Dean and Shaun Dean made light work of the chase.
The pair added 117 for the second wicket to cruise to victory after just 33.5 overs.
Both batsmen finished not out with Matthew on 55 and Shaun on 42.
Noble Park’s only wicket was taken by Anthony Salomon who finished with 1/16.
Tigers’ captain Shaun Dean was rapt with his side’s performance across the board against quality opposition.
“We were very happy to win by nine wickets against what we think is very good opposition,” he said.
“I think they were fourth with only two losses so we really set ourselves for this game.
“We are quite an even team and every talk I have with the team I reiterate that we have no superstars. Our batting bats right down to nine or 10 and our bowlers, we have four or five who can do the job along with two spin bowlers.
“That is what we pride ourselves on. We don’t consider ourselves to have superstars or world beaters but we have a very good cricket side which is very even.”
The weekend’s result sees Werribee remain the only undefeated side in the VSDCA East/West competition with a perfect 8-0 record.
The Tigers will look to keep the hot streak going this weekend when they come up against ninth-placed Croydon.
