Our senior boys cricket team competed in the second round of the Douglas Shield on Monday playing St Andrews College at Sydney University.

The mood was high as we won the toss and Captain Joel Epshteyn elected to bat. Opening batsmen were Ben Leslie and Leo Lipman, who came up against some fierce bowling from St Andrews.

Next in was the experienced Jake Greenberg and although the youngest in the team he plays the game so well. His partnership with Reece Berelowitz really put the team in a position to take the match, with their combination yielding 54 runs for Jake and Reece 9 not out.

Total team score 118, game on!

Emanuel’s fielding was on point with Ephsteyn, Behr and Leslie taking the majority of St Andrews wickets. The match went down to the wire with St Andrews snaring the victory with one wicket in hand and 119 runs.

Congratulations to all of the team for a great performance: Oskar Beck, Jordan Behr, Reece Berelowitz, Rishon Cross, Dylan Ephraim, Joel Epshteyn, Jake Greenberg, Brandon Kaye, Jake Kurlansky, Ben Leslie, Leo Lipman, Justin Sarif and Liahm Simon.

Thank you to Ben Bryant who gave his cricket expertise to our team on the day.

Sharon Fairfax