EAGLEHAWK
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Finished: 4th – 7-6.
Batting ranking: 6th.
Bowling ranking: 3rd.
Twenty20 tournament: 2nd (6-1) – Andrew Chalkley 175 runs; Richard Tibbett 10 wickets.
Most Cricketer of the Year votes: Shaun Knott (10).
Most Bendigo Advertiser-Bicknells votes: Shaun Knott (26).
BDCA Team of the Year: Shaun Knott.
Highest score: 89* – Jason Abbott, v White Hills, round 1.
Best bowling: 7-30 – Shaun Knott, v Strathfieldsaye, round 11.
NO worries with the ball, but the Hawks’ inability to perform consistently with the bat was their downfall.
Pulled off one of the recruiting coups of the season with the addition of left-armer Shaun Knott.
Knott produced an outstanding debut season, capturing 38 wickets - including four hauls of at least five - and still missed two games.
Paceman Richard Tibbett offered solid support with the ball; Cory Jacobs was handy after missing the start of the season; while the Hawks look to have finally found a spinner in young leggie Brodie Hawke.
But it’s the batting where the Hawks must sharpen up if they are to take the next step after their season has now ended two years in a row in the semi.
Too often this season - and it has been an issue that has plagued the Hawks for several years now - they lost wickets in clusters, like the semi-final when they were bundled out for 104 by Strathdale, a week after being bowled out for 90 by Bendigo United.
Only No.3 Anthony West (30.0) averaged more than 30, and they only had two scores above 70, both from captain Jason Abbott (89* and 86).
OTHER TEAMS:
2nd XI - 2nd, lt Golden Square in grand final.
3rd XI - 3rd, lt Strathfieldsaye in semi.
Under-18 - 7th.
RUNS:
Matt Fitt 364
Anthony West 330
Jason Abbott 307
Aaron Monro 227
Cameron McGlashan 210
Brodie Hawke 139
Matt White 133
Shaun Knott 125
Todd Brown 96
Cory Jacobs 93
Sam Williams 80
Richard Tibbett 38
Andrew Smith 34
Shane Herdman 5
Sam Thompson 2
Sam Fitt 2
Cobi Hansen 1
Shane Taylor 0
WICKETS:
Shaun Knott 38
Richard Tibbett 25
Cory Jacobs 17
Brodie Hawke 14
Aaron Monro 7
Cameron McGlashan 6
Sam Fitt 3
Sam Thompson 2
Shane Herdman 1
SEASON RESULTS:
Rd 1: 1-185 def White Hills 7-181
Rd 2: 152 lt Strathdale 7-321 & 3-90
Rd 3: 9-220 lt Strathfieldsaye 5-223
Rd 4: 161 & 1-151 def Sandhurst 126
Rd 5: 181 def Huntly-North 92
Rd 6: 7-212 def Golden Square 191
Rd 7: 173 def Kangaroo Flat 172
Rd 8: 168 lt Bendigo United 9-173
Rd 9: 181 lt Bendigo 6-182
Rd 10: 236 def White Hills 183
Rd 11: 173 def Strathfieldsaye 55
Rd 12: 90 lt Bendigo United 119
SF: 104 lt Strathdale 196