Greenvale Kangaroos are back on the winners list for the first time in a year in Victoria Premier Cricket.
The Kangaroos were able to taste victory on Saturday as it accounted for Fitzroy-Doncaster in a two-day match.
The Kangaroos last win and only win last season came in the same round and across the same two weekends.
Kangaroos coach Sunny Fernando said it was pretty good feeling after they claimed that final wicket on Saturday.
“It was a great weekend,” he said. “The other three teams last but the ones were able to beat one of the best teams in the league.
“I’m really happy. They were really excited.
“The best thing is our bowling group, apart from one bowler, the rest are under-19.
“It’s really exciting for the boys.”
The Bulldogs batted on day one of the match and made 242 from nearly 73 overs.
Fernando said it was hard conditions and had they won the toss they would have bowled first.
“The pitch was a little bit two paced and it was a bit wet underneath.”
New skipper Will Luxton shone in his first game since taking the captaincy, making 120 to be the backbone of the innings.
Fernando said the innings was one of the best innings he had been involved as a coach.
On Saturday, the young Kangaroos bowling attack had the Lions in trouble at 4-65.
Sam Elliott and Liam Winn put on 106 for the Lions to get them back in control.
While for the old Kangaroos this might have been game over, it was far from it.
“We came back and got the breakthrough,” he said. “We had to grind to get that wicket.”
The Lions tailed then crumbled as the Kangaroos bowlers stuck to the plan they had come up with during the week.
The Lions were bowled out for 200 in the 54th over.
Musa Hussain took three wickets for the Kangaroos, while Armann Singh, Tobias Sutherland and Nirmana Fernando all took two wickets each.
Fernando said they wouldn’t get ahead of themselves but the win did give them some confidence.
“We’ll take it game by game,” he said. “It’s a young group who now have some winning momentum.
“They know how to win a game now, they didn’t know that feeling.
“It’s really good.”
The Kangaroos now face Frankston Peninsula in a two-dayer across the next two weekends.
