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Interesting fact: The astronomical size of Australia couldn't have been better exemplified than by what Australians woke up to on Christmas Day. If you lived in Tasmania, you would have experienced the rare sight of a white Christmas as snow fell to compliment temperatures of -1.4 degrees, but 2,500 miles up the road in Perth, they were melting in a world wide high Christmas Day temperature of 42.1 degrees.

Jordy and Zach got back to cricket action with Sam having to wait a week to resume. Pakenham's recent revival continued as they cemented 3rd= place on the ladder with a 39 run win over Upper Beaconsfield which was their fourth successive victory. Batting first, Zach again opened the batting,posting 12 in a partnership of 23 before falling LBW. His teammates went on to make 175 all out off 39.4 overs in this, the latest one day game. The visitors were then restricted to 136 with Zach contributing a catch and a stumping which took his season's total to 12 victims.

Churchill failed to put pressure on the top sides with defeat against table toppers Ex Students. A win would have seen Ryan Ayres' side go top, but, despite an unbeaten 105 from the skipper who came to the crease at 13-4, his team went down to a devastating one wicket defeat after the Students' last pair knocked off the 13 runs required. Batting first in a one day game, Churchill posted a competitive 194-9, but the visitors responded positively as 138 was posted before the 2nd wicket fell. The middle order stuttered their way towards the target as wickets fell at regular intervals and achieved their win with three overs to spare. Jordy was still suffering from Christmas Pud syndrome as he wasn't able to contribute with the ball and scored only six with the bat.

A recent addition has been made to our 'down under' feature with the discovery that Finlay Testa is playing for Riccarton CC in New Zealand. Incredibly, he 'bumped into' a group of our intrepid holidaymakers whilst walking down the street in Christchurch!  His experiences so far have been a bit mixed with with adopted team finding themselves rock bottom with one win all season. Last weekend was no different as, despite scoring 229 in their 50 overs, they went down to a two wicket defeat with two overs to spare. Fin scored five with the bat but didn't pick up any wickets to add to his 32 in all formats so far.

Scorecards:

Zach – Here

Jordy - Here