Castlemaine District Cricket Association A Grade and A Reserve sides wrapped up day two of round nine encounters last Saturday. The Women’s sides also returned to the pitch after the festive break. The CDCA’s T20 competition also began last Thursday night. The B Grade and C Grade/Under 16 competitions are set to resume February 3. Highlights of the round were Barkers Creek A Grade batman Bodhi Robinson’s 101 and Taradale A Reserve bowler Steve Learmonth’s 6-40. Results were as follows:
A Grade
Maiden Gully Lions were dismissed for 10-128 on day one and Muckleford went on to make 9-202 (Daniel Peckham 66, John Watson 36, Tim Gingell 22, Dakota Slingo 22; Anthony Blake 2-24, Liam Gill 2-28, Harrison Morley 2-44) on Saturday to claim the win.
Newstead won the toss and made 10-145 on day one and Barkers Creek made 7-238 (Bodhi Robinson 101, Lewis Stabler 77, Kalan Huntly 26 not out; Bradley Richardson 3-32, Louis Chapman 2-32. Newstead returned to the crease for a second innings and made a further 10-85 (Rhys Smith 23, Kayne Amiet 18, Ben Walter 17; Darby Semmens 4-15, Lewis Stabler 3-18, Mark Noonan 3-22).
Castlemaine United notched up 10-116 on day one against Guildford. Guildford made 8-117 (Tom Reece 54 not out, Elliott Massina 17, Jayson Glenister 14; Alister Brasher 3-15, Gabriel O’Sullivan 2-17) on day two to claim the win.
A Reserve
Guildford made 10-138 on day one and Newstead made 7-141 (Heath Lawrence 58 not out, Sam Reece 22, Koby Smith 19; Hadley Bassett 2-25, Tyson Williams 2-28, Michael Skinner 2-33) on day two to claim the points.
Muckleford 10-38 were dismissed and Taradale made 10-46 in reply day one sending Muckleford back in to bat. Muckleford performed better in their second innings making 9-157 (Callan Hough 60, Neville Cooper 38, Hayden Coombes 20; Steve Learmonth 6-40, Brodie Newman 3-19) but Taradale had all the answers notching up 4-159 (Brock Fletcher 62, Andrew Young 58 not out, Leigh Bennett 26 not out) on day two.
Harcourt 10-184 (Harley Brereton 73, Jack Archer 29, Mason Chamberlain 13 not out; William Vallely 5-44, Zac Justice 2-10) defeated Maiden Gully 10-127 (Leigh Draper 30, Oliver McKenzie 28, Robert Douglas 18).
Barkers Creek, Castlemaine United and North Castlemaine had the bye.
Women’s
Guildford 88 (Alexandra Manning 17 retired not out; Ann Moore 2-5) defeated Castlemaine United Blue 50 (Ellenor Landy 2-5, Bobbie-Lea Blackmore 2-9). Newstead 145 (Gen Butler 25 retired not out, Dawn McNabb 10 retired not out, Eve Righetti 10 not out; Samantha Brasher 4-6, Andrea Brasher 2-10) defeated Castlemaine United Gold 85 (Samantha Brasher 25 not out; Fianna Gardner 3-2, Alysha Hepburn 3-12, Courtney Lovett 2-12). Hepburn 191 (Lucinda Lowe 25 retired not out, Jennifer Schellekens 27 retired not out, Carol Black 24 retired not out, Tara Ford 20 not out) defeated Harcourt 55 (Danni Kraak 2-6). Barkers Creek 134 (Janelle Sowula 17, Jackie McLean 13, Tayla Gale 11; Monica Collie 4-10, Michaela Mastroianni 3-4) defeated Campbells Creek Colts 132 (Louise Simpson 17, Caz Walsh 16, Jess Lord 13; Nicole McIvor 2-13, Janelle Sowula 2-15).
T20 begins
In round one of the T20 series Castlemaine United 6-114 & 0-6 (Alister Brasher 29, Clinton Aldridge 27 not out, Darcy Carroll 16; Ethan Nicholson 2-10) had a narrow win over Harcourt 7-114 & 0-5 (Alex Code 39, Daniel Chamberlain 23, Tom Kelson 18; Clinton Aldridge 2-4, James Chaffey 2-32).
In the second match of the night Newstead 0-121 (Ben Walter 61 not out, Kris Walter 56 not out) did not drop one wicket in their win over Taradale 9-115 (David Millard 31, Lachlan Maltby 28, Brock Fletcher 19; Sam Johnston 2-7, Ben Walter 2-17, Louis Chapman 2-35). Barkers Creek and Maiden Gully had the bye.
In Semi Final One on Thursday February 8 Maiden Gully will take on Castlemaine United and in Semi Final Two Newstead will host Barkers Creek.
CDCA cricketers will enjoy a spell this Saturday due to the long weekend before returning to the pitch on February 3.
