Western
Park def. Buln by 17 runs
Western
Park
|
Batsmen
|
How Out
|
Runs
|
Balls Faced
|
4
|
6
|
S.Gangodawila
|
c.
Armour b. Bishop
|
25
|
12
|
2
|
1
|
S.Russell
|
Run
Out (Holdsworth)
|
25
|
26
|
1
|
-
|
S.Batson
|
c.
Bishop b. Noonan
|
34
|
26
|
-
|
1
|
Z.Harper
|
c.
Noonan b. Holdsworth
|
2
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
J.Croft
|
Run
Out (Jagoe)
|
33
|
31
|
1
|
-
|
J.Batson
|
b.
Jagoe
|
10
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
T.Maher
|
Run
Out (Park, Jagoe)
|
2
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
T.McDonald
|
Not
Out
|
7
|
4
|
-
|
-
|
J.Barnes
|
Not
Out
|
2
|
2
|
-
|
-
|
C.Perry
|
DNB
|
|
|
|
|
A.Emery
|
DNB
|
|
|
|
|
Extras
|
|
10
|
|
|
|
|
|
7-150
|
|
|
|
FOW:
33 (Gangodawila), 70 (Russell), 81 (Harper), 108 (S.Batson), 127 (J.Batson),
133 (Maher), 142 (Croft)
|
Bowler
|
Overs
|
Maidens
|
Wickets
|
Runs
|
J.Noonan
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
29
|
R.Bishop
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
29
|
B.Eastwell
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
35
|
C.Jagoe
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
31
|
R.Holdsworth
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
25
|
Buln
|
Batsmen
|
How Out
|
Runs
|
B.Monahan
|
c. Russell b. Perry
|
2
|
C.Jagoe
|
c. Croft b. Gangodawila
|
15
|
R.Holdsworth
|
st. Harper b. Croft
|
21
|
B.Fowler
|
c. McDonald b. Croft
|
9
|
B.Eastwell
|
c. Emery b. S.Batson
|
19
|
R.Bishop
|
c & b McDonald
|
18
|
J.Davidson
|
c. Croft b. McDonald
|
35
|
M.Jolly
|
b. Croft
|
4
|
C.Par
|
Run Out (McDonald)
|
2
|
J.Noonan
|
Not Out
|
1
|
J.Armour
|
Not Out
|
2
|
Extras
|
|
5
|
|
|
9-133
|
FOW: 2 (Monahan), 21 (Jagoe), 49 (Holdsworth),
68 (Bishop), 119 (Davidson), 127 (Jolly), 129 (Eastwell), 129 (Park)
|
Bowler
|
Overs
|
Maidens
|
Wickets
|
Runs
|
C.Perry
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
24
|
S.Gangodawila
|
3
|
0
|
1
|
18
|
S.Batson
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
24
|
J.Croft
|
4
|
0
|
3
|
33
|
T.McDonald
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
21
|
S.Russell
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
Western Park (7-150) def. Buln
(9-133): On the
back of a blazing start from Sanjay Gangodawila, mature knocks from Sam Batson
and Jason Croft, and a superb team bowling effort, Western Park have emerged
from their T20 Grand Final clash against Buln with another flag – following up
their default win in the One-Day final last weekend. Having been sent into bat
by the Lyrebirds – a decision that beggared belief according to some in
attendance – the Warriors innings began with a bang as Gangodawila demonstrated
his hitting abilities. Mixing switch-hits with glides, swipes through
mid-wicket with a huge straight six, the star batsmen scored 25 from 12 balls
to ignite the innings – and his initial boundary-striking meant the pressure
wasn’t on the middle order to follow suit. Instead, Sam Batson (a 26-ball 34)
and Jason Croft (33 from 31) could work the ball into gaps – and their
hard-running approach paid dividends as they applied consistent pressure on the
fielding side. The aggressive running resulted in a number of batsmen being
found short of their ground, but also resulted in an extra 15 to 20 runs being
added to the scoreboard. At the end of their 20 overs the Warriors had compiled
7-150, a huge total considering the size of the ground and speed of the
outfield. In reply, the Buln top order struggled to cope with the accuracy of
Chris Perry and Gangodawila, and the blazing start they might have hoped for
wasn’t to be. Not even Rhys Holdsworth could push the scoring rate, and with
Croft (3-33) and Tyler McDonald (2-21 from 4) in fine form with the ball the
asking rate pushed ever upwards. Ryan Bishop (18) and James Davidson (a
magnificent 35 from 21 balls) did their best to hit back with a flurry of
boundaries blasted through the long-on and mid-wicket regions, but there was
simply too much for them to do and at the end of 20 overs Buln were found short
at 9-133.