Castlemaine District Cricket Association senior sides contested one-day matches in round two last Saturday.
Friday night the Women’s comp was also scheduled to get under way but was heavily impacted by rain.
B Grade and C Grade (Under 16) comps swung into action on Saturday but several junior matches were also abandoned due to the wet conditions.
Highlights of the round were Mia Mia B Grade batsman Nathan Sims 98 and Harcourt A Reserve batsman Mark Frankling’s 91 with the bat.
The pick of the bowlers were Mia Mia B Grade bowler Brodie Gamble with an impressive 6-5 and A Reserve rivals Campbells Creek Colts player Graeme Beith with 5-11 and Muckleford’s Lachlan Green with 5-20.
Results were:
A GRADE
Castlemaine United 10-138 (Darin Rush 38, David George 23, Darcy Carroll 20; John Watson 3-18, David Envall 3-22, Brayden Wright 2-18) defeated Muckleford 10-129 (Brett Cole 39, Timothy Cosgriff 29, Edward Gingell 22, Daniel Peckham 21; Nick Kearton 3-15, David George 3-39) in a close contest.
Harcourt 7-155 (Scott Thompson 37, Matthew Sobey 24; Matthew Manning 2-14, Cordie McKendry 2-20, Jayson Glenister 2-43) lost to a determined Guildford 2-159 (Tom Reece 53 not out, Patrick Nicholson 38 not out, Charles Bunting 38).
Newstead 3-163 (Ben Walter 81 not out, Sam Winnard 45 not out) accounted for Barkers Creek 9-159 (Marcus McKern 34, Nash Robinson 33; Louis Chapman 2-17, Ciaran Gardner 2-27, Ben Walter 2-31).
Maiden Gully Lions had the bye.
A RESERVE
Maiden Gully Lions 10-174 (Daniel Plowright 68 not out, Damian Cupido 24, Anthony Blake 21; Scott Foxall 3-30, Koby Simmons 2-26, Jack Archer 2-30) lost to Harcourt 9-216 (Mark Frankling 91, Adrian Cole 50; Private Player 4-27, Ben Hancock 2-16).
Muckleford 10-95 (Jackson Davis 26, Andrew Butcher 24; Graeme Beith 5-11, Matthew Stahl 3-28) went down to Campbells Creek Colts 10-112 (John Prendergast 33, James Collie 22, Leigh Walker 20; Lachlan Green 5-20, Jackson Davis 2-33, Andrew Butcher 2-21).
North Castlemaine 10-114 (Karsen Beer 43, Christopher Cassidy 18; Tim Gleeson 3-7, Nick Malavisi 3-26, Benjamin Poulton 2-24) lost to Heathcote 7-115 (Tim Gleeson 31, Rhys Ashen 25; Levi Bruce 2-7, Darren Hinck 2-24, Christopher Cassidy 2-32).
Taradale 7-156 (David Millard 38, Luke Cameron 31, Steven Curnow 27, Steve Learmonth 23; Tristin Parsons 3-34) had a strong win over Newstead 10-62 (Ian Garsed 22, Paul Righetti 14; Leigh Bennett 3-9, Andrew Young 3-19, Daniel Maerz 2-17) .
Castlemaine United had the bye.
B GRADE
Mia Mia 9-228 (Nathan Sims 98, Jackson Conforti 57 not out, Kris Barnett 22; Chris Edwards 4-35, Callum McGee 2-17, Andrew Banks 2-49) defeated Muckleford 10-86 (Matine Rahmani 21, Samuel McGee 15, Jack Smith 15; Brodie Gamble 6-5, Joseph Druce 3-25).
Guildford 2-33 (Stephen Bell 23) defeated Campbells Creek Colts (Andrew Dzioba 4-8) in a low-scoring clash.
Hepburn 2-113 (Nathan Lowe 34, Corey Pedley 22 not out, Corey Shiell 21 not out) accounted to Barkers Creek 10-112 (Campbell McLennan 24, Oliver Daldy 21, Brodie Byrne 17; Isaac Pedretti 4-16, Mitchell Yanner 2-23).
Newstead 6-193 (Fill-in 69, Travis Allan 36, Chris Elderfield 28; Adam Perrett 3-31) lost to Castlemaine United 1-200 (Declan Brasher 79 not out, Adam Smolak 65 not out, Leon McShanag 41), who only dropped one wicket.
Taradale had the bye.
C GRADE (UNDER 16)
Castlemaine United Gold 4-109 (Louis Parsons 30 retired not out, Charlie Cordy 28 retired not out, Otis Whitesmith 12) lost to Colts Phelans 6-112 (Brett Coon 46 not out, Tate Williams 24).
North Castlemaine/Harcourt 8-81 (Benjamin Jardine 16, Sam McLean 16, Fletcher McAinch 11; Zachary Thompson 3-17) defeated Campbells Creek/Barkers Creek 10-79 (Jakoby Noulton 20, Harry George 3-9, Sam McLean 2-6, Levi Bruce 2-11).
Maryborough v Castlemaine United Blue – Match abandoned.
Carisbrook v Muckleford – Match abandoned.
Newstead had the bye.
