Blue Panthers set challenge
Rupanyup-minyip will aim to continue its winning ways, while West Wimmera consolidated top spot with an exciting 32 run win.
Horsham Cricket Association twoday matches continue this week, after an eventful return by A Grade in round 12.
Given the opportunity and based on the previous round, the Blue Panthers can score plenty of runs and set a challenge for their opponent.
Homers batters have been struggling to establish consistent, high-scoring partnerships in the two-day rounds and will need to shake that trend to defeat Rupanyup-minyip.
Noradjuha-toolondo is returning to the pitch for the first time since the mid-season break and will likely settle in with a win against Jung Tigers.
The Bullants are sitting comfortably in second position on the ladder and are looking too strong for the Tigers.
Rupanyup-minyip’s 314 was too much for the Tigers to chase at the weekend, all out for 210.
It appeared the match would be over too quickly on day two, however, a mid-order surge from the Tiger’s batters saw them closing the margin.
Jake Durdin made the biggest impact with 82 runs.
The Tigers could not hold on, however, and in 65 overs the majority of their wickets had fallen for singledigit run totals.
Rupanyup-minyip’s Brent Hudson took 6-34.
Homers finished 32 runs short of its 182-run target set by West Wimmera Warriors.
Paddy Mills, 45, and Luke Deutscher, 34, were the biggest contributors to Homers’ final score.
Warriors’ Jeremy Weeks took 4-16, while Nathan Alexander took 3-43.
West Wimmera heads into a bye round sitting in top spot on the ladder.
In B Grade, Horsham Saints defeated Colts who were all out 49 runs short in just less than 50 overs.
Laharum passed Blackheath-dimboola’s paltry 80 first-innings score on the back of Ben Peucker’s 60. The Mountain Men scored 154.
Blackheath-dimboola was 3-49 in a second innings as Laharum chased an outright result.
The Bullants narrowly missed an outright by one wicket against Jung Tigers.
Tigers were all out for 73 in the first innings and followed on to be 9-91. Josh Beddison was a standout for the Bullants with a combined 12-24 over two innings.
C Grade action returns this week for round 10 for the remainder of the one-day series, with six matches left before finals.
Day one of two-day cricket in A Grade and B Grade –
This week:
A Grade: Noradjuha-toolondo v Jung Tigers, Horsham City Oval; Homers v Rupanyup-minyip, Sunnyside Recreation Reserve, Horsham; West Wimmera Warriors, bye. B Grade: Blackheath-dimboola v Horsham Saints, Dimboola Recreation Reserve; Colts v Laharum, Dudley Cornell Park, Horsham; Rupanyup-minyip v Jung Tigers, Minyip Recreation Reserve; Lubeck-murtoa v Noradjuha-toolondo, Murtoa Recreation Reserve. C Grade: Horsham Saints v Colts, Coughlin Park, Horsham; Jung Tigers v Quantong, Dimboola Road Oval, Horsham; Laharum v West Wimmera Warriors, Laharum; Lubeck-murtoa v
Homers, Lubeck Recreation Reserve; Natimuk v Blackheath-dimboola, Natimuk Recreation Reserve. Last week: Day two of two-day cricket in A Grade and B Grade – A Grade: West Wimmera Warriors 182 (B. Alexander 76, N. Alexander 57, B. Perry 5-27, S. Hopper 4-50) d Homers 150 (P. Mills 45, L. Deutscher 34, J. Weeks 4-16); Rupanyup-minyip 314 (C. Weidemann 173, C. Midgley 34, G. Young 33, C. Eagle 3-15. A. BK 2-29, A. Adams 2-42) d Jung Tigers 210 (J. Durdin 82, D. Puls 35, B. Hudson 6-34); Noradjuha-toolondo, bye. B Grade: Horsham Saints 188 (B. Sawyer 56, T. Sostheim 25, J. Crooks 2-17, J. Colbert 2-45) d Colts 139 (K. Purchase 35, D. Lawson 35, D. Arnott 25, J. Carroll 3-14, B. Hamerston 3-30, A. Laffy 2-18); Laharum 154 (B. Peucker 60, D. Griffiths 32, D. Collins 4-16, B. Marrs 2-22, E. Braithwaite 2-23) d Blackheath-dimboola 80 (L. Hutchinson 25, J. Mahoney 5-25, X. Shevlin 3-36, P. Smith 2-18) and 3-49 (S. Polack 26, P. Smith 2-21); Noradjuha-toolondo 9-261 (N. Hughes 61, A. Smith 36, B. Anson 34, T. Dumesny 32, J. Mcdonald 28, P. Bandara 4-66, A. Britton 2-53) d Jung Tigers 73 (J. Beddison 7-12, K. Lang 2-21) and 9-91 (S. Marks 36, J. Beddison 5-22, B. Anson 3-28); Rupanyupminyip forfeited to Lubeck-murtoa.