Very miserly, accurate bowling by virtually every Reedy Creek Gold bowler made runs difficult to come by for the Parkes Hotel Pythons batting line up.
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Only Joe van Opynen, who hit 5 fours in scoring 29 runs was able to build an innings of substance.
Sam Carty, Benji Glasheen and Will Harry were particularly successful for Reedy Creek Gold.
The Gold batsmen had little difficulty in scoring the necessary runs for victory, despite the keen efforts of van Opynen who took two wickets for Pythons.
Scores were as follows:
Reedy Creek Gold 2-80 in 17 overs (Steven Purcell 21, Jarrod Carty 17, Luke Cusack 16no, Joe van Opynen 2-19 off 4 overs)
defeated Parkes Hotel Pythons 73 in 29.4 overs (Joe van Opynen 29, Brendan Bennett 12, Michael Hocking 10no, Sam Carty 3-4 off 4.4 overs, Benji Glasheen 2-5 off 6 overs, Will Harry 2-7 off 6 overs).
Reedy Creek Gold (5 points) defeated Parkes Hotel Pythons (no points) by eight wickets.
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Beefeaters suffer first loss of the season Royals
Royals took quick time to rattle up 166 runs from only 23.1 overs before being all out in their match against Cambridge Beefeaters.
Thomas Bateson, with 6 fours and 2 sixes, and Lionel Lovett, with 3 fours and 3 sixes, led the way for Royals.
Youngster Nathan Pye and the ever reliable Matt Spedding led the Beefeaters bowling attack.
Matt Clarke and Lovett gained early Beefeaters wickets before Jeremy Clarke chimed in to secure five wickets including a hat-trick to give Royals an easy victory.
Only Cameron Standen and Nathan Pye held up the Royals bowlers.
Scores were as follows:
Royals 166 off 23.1 overs (Lionel Lovett 41, Thomas Bateson 39, M. Davis 16, Nathan Pye 3-44 off 6 overs, Matt Spedding 2-25 off 4 overs)
defeated Cambridge Beefeaters 9-71 in 15 overs (Cameron Standen 27, Nathan Pye 15no, Jeremy Clarke 5-24 off 5 overs, Matthew Clarke 2-7 off 3 overs, Lionel Lovett 1-13 off 4 overs).
Royals (4 points) defeated Beefeaters (1 point) by 95 runs.
