Coolabah Cup
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Raptors strike on Pythons to progress to the Final at Woodward Oval
Reedy Creek Raptors 4/169 in 30 overs (Jacob Hutchings 83, Adam Parker 47) defeated Pythons 88 in 24.5 overs (Luke Nash 5/20 off 4.5 overs, Scott Knights 1/3 off 3, Kyle Branscombe 2/7 off two, Kurt Matthews 1/8 off three and Jack Ford 1/8 off three).
Raptors won by 81 runs to advance to the Coolabah Cup Final.
Unfortunately, Pythons did not complete their player scores into MyCricket, so recognition cannot be given to the best performers for the Pythons.
Raptors won the toss and elected to bat.
After losing the key wicket of Ben Coultas when the score was only 12, Jacob Hutchings (83) and Adam Parker (47) then put on 115 runs for the second wicket in a match winning partnership.
Jacob Hutchings continued his good batting form to suggest that he will be a prized wicket in the Coolabah Cup Final.
In reply, a rampant Luke Nash (5/20 off 4.5) led a keen Raptors bowling attack to have the Pythons all out in 24.5 overs.
Kyle Branscombe chimed in to take 2/7.
The Raptors will most certainly be strong contenders for premiership success in the final.
Reedy Gold win epic contest over Railway Pitbulls at North Parkes Oval
Railway Pitbulls 6/95 in 30 overs (Nick Parker 50no, Ray O'Brien 25no, Jared Carty 4/4 off 6, Luke Clarke 2/17 off four, Will Harry 0/7 off four and Sam Carty 0/10 off five) lost to Reedy Gold 6/96 in 21 overs (Luke Clarke 51no, Mitch Wright 12, Nathan Munday nine, Jake Brown 2/15 off four, Ray O'Brien 2/20 off three and Jacob Parker 1/23 off six).
Reedy Gold won by four wickets over Railway Pitbulls to progress to the Coolabah Cup Final.
Batting first the Pitbulls were soon in big trouble when their score stood at 4/15 after Jared Carty produced a superb display of left arm swing bowling to take the first four wickets.
It would be true to say that Jared has been the recipient of expert guidance from top-line Parkes representative player of recent years in Nathan Munday.
Pitbulls led by a very determined Nic Parker displayed a big fight back after their difficult start.
After being 6/34 Nic Parker and Ray O'Brien added 61 valuable runs to defy the Reedy Gold attack.
Nic Parker brought up his 50 off the last ball of the innings.
Nic, quite rightly, received generous applause from both teams for his fine innings.
In reply, Jacob Parker, Jake Brown and Garry Dukes-Rankmore led a fired up Pitbulls attack that gave little away and made the scoring difficult.
Ray O'Brien chimed in to take two wickets.
With the Reedy Gold score at 5/52 the match was evenly poised. It took the experience of Luke Clarke (51no) and Nathan Munday (9) to eventually guide Reedy Gold to a four wicket victory.
Luke enjoyed some luck during his fine innings but he was able to play some bold attacking strokes.
The Railway Pitbulls team can hold their heads high after a season of keen cricketing endeavours where they have played the game in good spirit to gain the respect of all other teams.
Reedy Gold can be confident of their final chances against the Reedy Raptors.
Bowling Club win close game over Honey Badgers at Spicer Oval
Bowling Club 145 in 29.3 overs (Adam Parker 44, Alec Bateson 33, Brad Gardiner 20no, Tom Bateson 10, Jacob Foran 2/39 off five, Chris Orr 2/14 off six and Dan Gordon 4/21 off five) defeated Honey Badgers 9/132 off 30 overs (Dan Gordon 37, Peter Batt 49, Malcolm Bruce 11, Nathan Hessel 4/41 off five, Adam Parker 2/25 off six, Shaun Bateson and Michael McGrath 1/21 off six).
Bowling Club defeated Honey Badgers by 13 runs.
In a well contested match at Spicer Oval Bowling Club maintained their winning form to advance to the final with a hard fought 13 run victory over a very competitive Honey Badgers team.
Adam Parker (44 off 49 balls), Alec Bateson (33 off 25 balls) and Brad Gardiner (20no) led the way for the Bowling Club as they totalled 145 off 29.3 overs.
Dan Gordon (4/21), Chris Orr (2/14) and Jacob Foran (2/39) led the Badgers attack.
In reply, Dan Gordon continued his top form to score 37 before Peter Batt (49 off 27 balls) gave the Badgers a chance of gaining victory.
Youngster Nathan Hessel (4/41) again proved his reliability and improvement leading the Bowling Clun outfit into the final. Adam Parker completed a fine all-round game by taking 2/25 off six.
Lindsay Hughes leads Reedy Green to win over Star Hotel at Keast Park
Star Hotel 163 in 22.1 overs (Matthew Clarke 73, Dane Thorne 33, Miki Dunn 5/25 off 5.1, Ryan Dunn 3/72 off six and Craig Chapple 1/32 off five) lost to Reedy Green 3/172 in 23.5 overs (Lindsay Hughes 122, Craig Dunn 30, Dane Thorne 1/27 off five, Tobey Thorne 1/41 off five and Matthew Clarke 0/26 off six). Reedy Green won by seven wickets.
After Matthew Clarke scored a powerful 73 to guide Star to a sizeable tally Star were entitled to be keen of their chances of victory.
Dane Thorne (33) helped Matt Clarke boost the Star total. A terrific career best bowling performance by the ever smiling Miki Dunn (5/25 off 5.1 overs) gave Reedy Green a top chance of victory.
Miki demonstrated she is a top graduate from the Scott Knights 'in two cricket classes'.
Miki has recently assisted young children to learn the basic skills of cricket.
The inform Lindsay Hughes indicated that he is well and truly over a couple of recent injuries as he blasted away to score a masterly 122no to follow up his recent 105 versus the Honey Badgers.
Lindsay received good support from Craig Dunn as Reedy Green cruised to a comfortable seven wicket victory.
The Radiola Cup Final between Reedy Green and Bowling Club shapes as a top match.
May the best team win!
Grand Final Draw - Saturday, March 17 (games to commence at 1pm)
- Coolabah Cup: Reedy Gold versus Reedy Raptors at Woodward Oval
- Radiola Cup: Bowling Club versus Reedy Green at North Parkes Oval