In a well contested inter-club derby between Parkes Hotel Red and Parkes Hotel Blues at Harrison Park last Saturday saw the Reds come out on top after some fine individual efforts.
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Most notably of those were Grant Gaut, who claimed 3-46 and scored 67 runs, an excellent unbeaten 85 runs from Shane Jones, and Jacob Parker claiming 4-19.
Batting first, the Reds scored 8-210 off 30 overs while the Blues could only muster 146 all out in 27.2 overs in their chase.
Shane Jones blasted 6 sixes and 8 fours in his unbeaten knock.
Jones was supported well by Steve Maier and Joe van Opynen in compiling a more than competitive score.
Guat’s 67 (2 sixes and 9 fours) top scored for Blues while Nathan Murphy made a solid contribution in the run chase.
Scores were as follows:
Parkes Hotel Reds 8-210 off 30 overs (Shane Jones 85no, Steve Maier 44, Joe van Opynen 21no; Grant Gaut 3-46 off 6 overs, Jake Brown 2-24 off 5 overs)
defeated Parkes Hotel Blues 10-146 off 27.2 overs (Grant Gaut 67, Nathan Murphy 37; Jacob Parker 4-19 off 6 overs, Andrew Pigram 2-9 off 5.2 overs, Shawn Dunn 2-12 off 3 overs).
Reds won by 64 runs to earn five competition points, Blues zero points.
