A final ball win has kept Laverton’s unbeaten start to the Victorian Turf Cricket Association Clark Shield season alive.
Laverton has been one of the surprise packets this season and showed its composure on Saturday against Sunshine YCW.
President Rahul Anhal said it was pretty nerve wracking as they watched from the sidelines.
The Cougars had made 9-181 from their overs with Mayank Sharma taking 4-15 to be the pick of the bowlers for Laverton.
It would come down to the final over with Laverton needing 10 to win.
“It was so close and even to get it to the final over was a good effort,” Anhal said.
“It was going to be a hard gig for us but we got six off the first ball from Varinder Singh in the final over in what we are calling the shot of the season so far.
“It brought us back into the game. The next couple of balls he missed and then went out.
“We managed to get a run off a wide and the boys held their nerve and stole the last run off a bye to get us a win.
“It was a good game.”
Laverton finished 9-182. Gurpreet Singh top scored with 58 at the top of the order.
Anhal said they weren’t expecting the start to the season that they’ve had.
“It’s been quite a turnaround the past four to five years,” he said. “We haven’t had a start like this at least in my time at the club.
“Four out of four, I can’t complain.
“We’ve made some changes and it’s been a good thing.
“Things didn’t go our way last year. We’ve quietly done the right things and hopefully we can keep the momentum going.”
Anhal said they had a new captain this season while some players who were set to play last season but didn’t have come on board for this season.
“We’ve also been running some more drills and meetings and stuff and we’ve benefited,” he said.”
Having started the season strongly, Anhal said they had slightly reassessed their goals a bit.
“At the start of the season the goal was to finish in the top half of the ladder,” he said.
“The boys are really starting to believe and we want to make finals especially if we continue to play this way.
“If everything keeps working our way there’s no reason why we can’t make play offs.”
Laverton will face Footscray Angliss in a two-day match the next two Saturdays.
In other matches, Barkly St Uniting beat Footscray Angliss.
The Dragons made 154 as they were bowled out with two overs remaining.
Julian Powell top scored for the Dragons with 64, while Jason Wozniak was the pick of the bowlers for Angliss with three wickets.
Angliss was bowled out for 137 in the 35th over.
Number nine Brendan Donald topscored with 27 not out.
The Dragons shared the wickets with three players taking two.
