By Tyler Lewis
This Sunday the Dandenong District Cricket Association crowns its Alan Wookey Medallist.
DDCA reporter TYLER LEWIS does his very own Wookey Medal count and if his count is anything to go by, it’s going to be a tight finish.
Narre South’s Joel Zietsman has snuck into the top ten, while Jordan Hammond, James Wilcock and Mahela Udawatte are expected contenders.
The top five on the ladder are unsurprisingly the only five clubs that feature in the count.
While there is one game to go for most of the teams, Zietsman and his skipper Kyle Hardy have a game up their sleeve due to a round 7 fixture being reshedulled and played at time of publication.
Regardless of the game extra, it appears TYLER’s count is a three horse race in the final round.
Hammond’s Hawks take on North Dandenong, if he is to poll two votes or more, he can’t lose this particular count.
Mahela Udawatte will face last placed Narre Warren in a massive opportunity for the Sri Lankan international to follow in the enormous footsteps of David White.
James Wilcock, meanwhile, will be sending down his thunderbolts to Springvale South, and while the opportunity for ‘easy votes’ aren’t in the quicks favour, if his recent form is anything to go by, the opposition accounts for very little.
In every vote count, there seems to be a surprise bolter and perhaps in this vote count, its left-arm tweaker Akshat Buch. Buch has bowled extremely tightly since Christmas and chimes in handily with the blade at times.
TYLER LEWIS’ WOOKEY MEDAL
PLAYER CLUB VOTES
Jordan Hammond Hallam KP 16
Mahela Udawatte Buckley Ridges 15
James Wilcock Berwick 14
Akshat Buch Springvale South 11
Blade Baxter Springvale South 10
Matthew Goodright Buckley Ridges 10
Michael Davies Buckley Ridges 9
Jordan Wyatt Springvale South 9
Kyle Hardy Narre South 9
Joel Zietsman Narre South 9
