Castlemaine District Cricket Association senior sides returned to the pitch on Saturday and contested two-day matches in steamy conditions.
A Grade played round nine and A Reserve played one-day matches in round 11.
Highlights of the round were Taradale A Reserve batsman Brock Fletcher’s 110 not out against North Castlemaine and Muckleford A Reserve bowler Neville Cooper claiming 5-14 against Newstead.
Results were:
A GRADE
Castlemaine United 10-146 (David George 54, George Thalassoudis 20, Darcy Carroll 18, Darin Rush 17, James Chaffey 13 not out; Louis Chapman 4-42, Ciaran Gardner 2-40) v Newstead 2-19.
Maiden Gully Lions v Barkers Creek 10-268 (Bailey Henderson 97, Bodhi Robinson 51, Mark Noonan 37, Benjamin Leech 22, Kalan Huntly 19; Dallas Gill 4-68, Brett Haw 2-40, Jimmy Liersch 2-38, Adil Ali 2-62).
Muckleford v Guildford 8-198 (Patrick Nicholson 81, Jayson Glenister 36 not out, Matthew Manning 19 not out, Angus Mychajlyszyn 19; John Watson 3-70, David Envall 2-41).
Harcourt had the bye.
A RESERVE
Campbells Creek Colts 6-225 (no scores) lost to Castlemaine United 8-232 (Jason Cordy 64, Brian Brasher 49, Private Player 30, Mokshara Wathsaranga Thilakasiri 24, Adam Smolak 20.
Heathcote 7-95 (Brad Rowe 30, Daniel Butler 29; Ben Hancock 3-24, Robert Brown 2-7) defeated Maiden Gully Lions 10-94 (Robert Brown 16, Brodie Hogan 11, Grant Jenkin 10; Tim Gleeson 3-17, David Wilson 2-14, Nick Malavisi 2-18).
Newstead 10-113 (Bradley Richardson 73; Chris Elderfield 17; Neville Cooper 5-14, Nash Turner 2-28) defeated Muckleford 10-73 (Fill-in 20, Callan Hough 17; William Garsed 3-18, Robert Cook 2-3, Keelan Gardner 2-16).
Taradale 3-222 (Brock Fletcher 110 not out, Regan Williams 62, Andrew Vance 29) defeated North Castlemaine 7-220 (Jamie Allan 85, Mitchell Hancock 46, Nathan Anderson 35; Kym Szegedi 3-36).
Harcourt had the bye.
