There was plenty of action in the Central Gippsland Cricket Association’s second grade on Saturday with Mirboo North securing a huge win over Rawson.
The Tigers knocked up a massive total of 7/238 at Rawson, with skipper Pete Grima smacking an unbeaten 73 against his old side.
Grima then took 3/14 as the Kookaburras collapsed to 86 all out.
Thorpdale v Latrobe
Latrobe struggled to post a competitive total against Thorpdale as brothers Travis (2/23) and Shannon Pickering (2/13) bowled well.
The Blues looked in trouble early at 3/16 but Trent Gibson (60 not out) and Shannon (58 not out) put on a 134 run stand to cruise past the Sharks’ 8/118.
Willow Grove v Trafalgar
Brody Hams struck 110 for Willow Grove against Trafalgar as the Wolves posted 6/192.
Christian Burgess picked up the bulk of the wickets with 5/43, but the damage had already been done.
The young Ships showed great fighting spirit to get close to the total and closed at 9/185, only eight runs shy of victory.
Rhain Howarth-Ross (75) and John
Nathan Perkins hampered their middle order efforts by taking 5/45.
Morwell v Newborough Bulldogs
Almost all batsmen got starts for Morwell against Newborough, but nobody went on to get a big score as the Tigers finished up with 9/211.
Royce Colgrave picked up 4/42 to restrict the total, but Newborough never really got going in the chase and were all out for 98.
Ben Doran played well for his 36 but Rob Semmler ripped through the Bulldogs with 6/24 to secure the points for the Tigers.
Moe v Jeeralang-Boolarra
Moe batted first against Jeeralang-Boolarra and after being in early trouble at 3/22
Bradley King was the only bat to dig in for the Panthers with 39, as Lachlan Bauman and Ryan Sim both took three wickets to dismiss the visitors for 123.
Third Grade
Jeeralang-Boolarra Blue 7/193 (G Smith 53) def by Moe 253 (M Micallef 90, RG Straughair 70, S Gregor 4/15)
Newborough 113 (A Jenkins 38, C Anders 4/14) def by Mirboo North 4/225 (S Littlejohn 90, AJ McCarthy 62*)
Yallourn North 141 (B Rooney 44, T Tobin 3/16) def by St Vincent’s 146
