Montrose Cricket Club players mark milestones

Montrose Cricket Club's home ground had an upset and a win recorded over the weekend. Picture: STEWART CHAMBERS. 304389_02

Montrose Cricket Club has welcomed a number of players into the 100 wicket club, as well as many notching up over 50 games.

Cam Storm celebrated his 100 wicket milestone in 71 games at the club.

Having a stellar season at Montrose, Storm has gained 21 wickets this year, getting him to equal first for the number wickets taken.

Matt Mckane also welcomed 100 wickets from 161 games with the Wolves.

This year he has taken 12 wickets, contributing to his average of 9.58.

Despite leading the wickets taken leaderboard, Max Cron celebrated a different milestone, reaching 50 games for Montrose recently.

In just 50 games, Cron has overall scored 57 wickets and 259 runs.

Fourth XI co-captain Jake Smith also entered the 50 game zone, playing it recently.

Dominating the runs made, Smith has scored 777 for the seniors.

There must be something in the water at Montrose because a couple of weeks ago Sixth XI captain Gary Magnall surpassed 2000 runs for the club from 139 games.

The weekend of cricket did not get off to a good start with the junior play on Friday being cancelled due to extreme heat and fire danger.

The Ringwood and District Cricket Association made the call around midday on Friday, with games not being rescheduled.

Montrose also made the call to cancel the Junior and Master Blasters session on Friday due to the heat.

On Saturday, the First XI faced North Ringwood away. Batting first, it was a tight first innings for Montrose, scoring 240 runs from 78.2 overs.

But it wasn’t quite enough, with North Ringwood winning the innings after knocking the Wolves out and coming into bat finishing the day with a score of 3/241.

The Second XI also had a tough day against North Ringwood. Batting first at home, Montrose made 9/176 (dec).

Getting the run chase underway, North Ringwood held strong, finishing the day with 3/177.

In the women’s competition on Sunday, Montrose faced Officer at home, winning the first innings.