Bullants set Tigers mammoth target
Noradjuha-toolondo Bullants have set a mammoth 362-run target for Jung Tigers to chase on Saturday in round 13 of Horsham Cricket Association’s A Grade season.
Strong performances from Troy Dumesny, 77, Kent Hair, 67 not out, and Tony Caccaviello, 66, propelled the Bullants to 9-361 at the end of their 75 overs.
Tyler Puls was the biggest threat to Bullants’ batters with 3-63 off 18 overs.
Spinner Angus Adams toiled without luck for 20 overs and the rest of the wickets were shared between six other bowlers.
When the Tigers walk out to bat on Saturday, Jake Durdin, Marty Knight and Brett Jenz will need to post their best scores to give the Tigers any chance to compete with the Bullants’ score.
Bullants bowlers Matt Combe and Nathan Hughes will try to dismiss the Tigers early and push for an outright result, but the Tigers are not easy beats by any stretch.
Rupanyup-minyip resumes at 0-0 in its chase of Homers’ 226.
Opener Paddy Mills, 64, continued his recent good form for Homers and after some solid performances by the mid-order, the final wickets fell in quick succession.
Blue Panthers’ Braydon Ison took 2-30 and Lachlan Weidemann contributed 2-36 and a catch.
Openers Weidemann and Cameron Weston will aim to get the Blue Panthers into a good position to chase Homers’ competitive total.
Homers bowler Baxter Perry will work to continue restricting the Blue Panthers’ runs along with John Officer and Simon Hopper.
In B Grade, Blackheath-dimboola made a significant improvement compared to last round and was 8-147 at the end of the day.
Rob Somers made the biggest impact with 34 not out, supported by Sam Polack’s early 31.
Jono Carroll was consistent for Horsham Saints and took 4-35.
Colts have set Laharum a target of 135, on the back of Josh Colbert’s, 30, and Dinesh Kancharapu’s 25.
Laharum’s Jackson Hoffmann was a tough bowler to face with 2-24 off 13 overs and Josh Mahoney’s 3-45 was a standout.
Rupanyup-minyip is 1-70 as it begins to pursue Jung Tigers’ 180 – a score boosted significantly by Prabath Bandara’s 58 not out.
In a standout performance for the Blue Panthers, Clinton Midgley took 5-39 to rattle the Tigers’ top order.
Blake Downer’s 96 was the backbone of Lubeck-murtoa’s 5-287 and has set a high bar for the Bullants to reach on Saturday.
Ben Anson took 2-55 for the Bullants as they chased leather all day.
Two-day cricket continues for A and B grades this weekend and it continues to be a close fight into the top four for a chance at finals. This week: Day two of two-day cricket in A Grade and B Grade –
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 Quantong,
Coughlin Park, Horsham; West Wimmera Warriors v Natimuk, Davis Park, Nhill; Laharum v Colts, Cameron Oval, Laharum; Lubeck-murtoa v Jung Tigers, Lubeck Recreation Reserve; Blackheath-dimboola v Homers, Dimboola Recreation Reserve. Last week: Day one of two-day cricket in A Grade and B Grade –
A Grade – Homers 226 (P. Mills 64, L. Millar 48, J. Kannar 41, B Ison 2-30, L. Weidemann 2-36, B. Hendy 2-37, D. Schaper 2-61) v Rupanyup-minyip 0-0; Noradjuha-toolondo Bullants 9-361 (T. Dumesny 77, K. Hair 67, T. Caccaviello 66, M. Combe 54, T. Puls 3-63) v Jung Tigers; West Wimmera Warriors, bye.
B Grade – Blackheath-dimboola 8-147 (R. Somers 34, S. Polack 31, J. Carroll 4-35, M. Crafter 2-7, B. Hamerston 2-52) v Horsham Saints; Colts 135 (J. Colbert 30, D. Kancharapu 25, J. Mahoney 3-45, J. Hoffmann 2-24, M. Bunworth 2-28) v Laharum; Rupminyip 1-70 v Jung Tigers 180 (P. Bandara 58, S. Marks 35, C. Midgley 5-39, L. Funcke 2-32, G. Young 2-34); Lubeck-murtoa 5-287 (B. Downer 96, N. Ballagh 47, S. Reddie 39, A. Chenoweth 27, J. Hedt 26, B. Anson 2-55) v Noradjuha-toolondo Bullants.
C Grade – Horsham Saints 5-161 (R. Kirkwood 51, K. Dalgleish 31, B. Mcphee 2-22) d Colts 6-124 (B. Mcphee 29, D. Stephens 28, M. Sandford 25, C. Keddie 2-23); Quantong 3-214 (R. Caris 50, J. Vague 50, N. Robinson 33, A. Pun Magar 2-12) d Jung Tigers 54 (S. Jose 3-0, A. Vague 2-4); West Wimmera Warriors 7-142 (J. Crowhurst 40, J. Gurry 31, J. Shevlin 2-12) d Laharum 9-125 (J. Borlase 38, X. Bone 3-14, J. Gurry 2-15, J. Crowhurst 2-18); Homers 4-222 (W. Drummond 54, J. Nagorcka 54, P. Drummond 41, B. Hopper 25, D. Schultz 2-44) d Lubeck-murtoa 125 (C. Newell 32, S. Weir 4-8, D. Mccann 2-8); Natimuk 2-109 (T. Coutts 32, L. Klowss 30) d Blackheath-dimboola 96 (N. Schorback 37, J. Munn 7-15).