He did it with the ball for Victoria’s Second XI and on Saturday, Casey-South Melbourne’s Harry Hoekstra showed off his talent with the blade.
Coming off a six-wicket haul on Second XI debut, the disciplined left armer came to the middle at 6/170 and scored 94 off just 88 deliveries to fire the Swans to a total of 306 from as spot of bother after being sent in.
His entertaining and unbeaten knock contained 11 boundaries and five maximums, with Nathan Lambden and Ashvin Adihetty both occupying the crease with him down the order.
Earlier, skipper Ash Chandrasinghe scored 54, backing up his Round 2 ton, while Daud Malik contributed a valuable 43.
In the 11 overs remaining in the day following Casey’s 10th wicket falling, Lambden claimed two wickets including state wicket keeper Sam Harper to put Casey-South Melbourne in a commanding position.
Melbourne sits 266 runs behind with eight wickets in hand going into Day 2.
Half centuries to Jaskbeer Singh and Lenny Wilton fired Casey’s Second XI to 326, with Melbourne 0/12 in response.
Opener Aaron D’Souza and wicket-keeper Will Halton combined for a 135 run partnership to help Casey’s Third XI to 4/234.
D’Souza scored 103 while Halton was unbeaten on 73.
The Fourth XI will be chasing 336 on Day 2as Melbourne had the upper hand for much of the day.
