The Gippsland Goannas Over-60 team travelled to Macedon on Sunday to play the Sunbury/Macedon Ranges Over-60 team.

Winning the toss, Rino Metlikovec decided the Goannas would bat first on the synthetic wicket.

The Rays, Floyd and Smith donned the pads, with Floyd scoring quickly, out caught for 18 in the fourth over.

Of the 24 balls bowled at that stage, he had faced 20 of them!

Col Carmody joined Smith and he was caught for eight in the 11th over.

Smith (16) retired, after facing 30 balls soon after with Metlikovec and Ian Southall taking the score to 66 in the 16th over, when Rino was caught for 14.

At the drinks break the score was 3/76, and Murray Moore had come to the crease.

Southall was out for nine in the 22nd over and the score had progressed to 95.

This was the last wicket the Goannas lost as Moore retired for 26, Bernie Symons for 25 and Neil Meredith for a quick 33.

After 30 overs the Goannas were 4/131, with Ian Gibson retiring for 14, Peter Anton hitting 21 from 12 balls and Barrie Nunn also not out at the end.

Unfortunately returning super veteran, Peter Dell, did not get a hit!

The final score for the Goannas was 4/202 from their 40-over allotment.

After the lunch break, Southall and Symons opened the bowling, and Sunbury started well and were 0/41 after eight overs.

Anton and Meredith took over the attack, each taking a wicket as the score progressed to 2/59 from 12 overs.

Moore had a bowl and was immediately successful, but his second over was expensive.

At drinks, the score was 3/111 with Sunbury well-placed in the run chase.

Ray Smith bowled six overs for a wicket and 20 runs, and Nunn four overs for 1/14 as the score reached 6/145 after 30 overs.

The Goannas bowlers had pegged back the Sunbury bats.

Ray Floyd (four overs for 17), and then Anton, Symons and Southall all came back and the score reached 7/197 after 39 overs!

Left armer Symons was the lucky one and started well, with three dots from the first three balls.

A single followed, but the fifth ball was hit for four.

The scores were level with one ball left!

With the four, the batsman had reached 43 and retired, so a new batsman came in to face the last ball.

He was injured and had a runner.

The ball went through to keeper Gibson, the runner had joined the non-striker at the bowlers end, and the bails were taken off. Run out was the verdict, so the game was tied.

With a catch, a stumping and two run outs Gibson was named man-of-the-match.

Successful bowlers were Anton (2/36), Meredith (1/30) and Moore (1/16).