Division 1
Western Park (5-403) def. Yarragon (165): Twin centuries from Matthew Wakefield and Sanjaya Gangodawila have propelled Western Park to a thorough demolition of Yarragon, with the Warriors simply unstoppable on a day where the Panthers were forced to toil.
In pursuit of 165, Western Park began day two at 0-18, and the tone for the day was set in the very first over – with Tyler McMillan dispatching the second ball of the afternoon over the boundary.
He raced to 44 before Gamini Kumara was able to induce a false shot, and Yarragon may very well have believed a haul of wickets was on the way for their superstar all-rounder.
However, the scalp of McMillan proved to be Kumara’s only wicket for the day, as Matthew Wakefield and Joel Batson’s 100run stand carried the Warriors to victory before tea.
Wakefield was at his imperious best, punishing the likes of Laytten Smith (0-69 from 11 overs) and Jake Green (0-82) who continually strayed onto his pads – with boundary after boundary accelerating the scoring.
Joel Batson provided staunch support at the other end, and he produced a solid foundation for the middle order to build on with his first senior half-century.
Gangodawila arrived at the crease and was tentative early on – but once he settled there was little the Yarragon bowlers could to stem the flow of runs.
A 61-ball century (and an eventual total of 134* from just 90 balls) turned the afternoon into a demoralizing encounter for the Panthers, with a stunning 17 sixes struck for the day to put an exclamation mark on a 238-run win.
Hawks finish strongly
Drouin (267) def. Ellinbank (121 and 1-15): Damon Healy and Sam Wyatt were at their best for Drouin at the weekend, as the Hawks took home a strong 146-run win over Ellinbank in their round five clash.
In pursuit of just 121, Drouin began the day at 2-31 and were quickly on the backfoot, with Paul Timewell trapped in front by Stan Harrison not long after the resumption of play.
However, any hopes the Eagles had of