Castlemaine District Cricket Association senior competition continued last Saturday on another scorching hot day.
A Grade completed two-day contests in round nine and A Reserve played one-day matches in round 12.
Highlights of the round were Taradale A Reserve openers Regan Williams (111) and Brock Fletcher’s (72) 196-run partnership against Newstead at Cricket Willow.
Castlemaine United A Grade bowler James Chaffey claimed 5-32 in their win over Newstead, while Muckleford A Reserve bowler Andrew Butcher took 5-44 in their victory over Campbells Creek.
The Women’s comp will resume on Friday January 31, and B Grade and C Grade (Under 16) sides are scheduled to return to the crease on Saturday February 1.
The CDCA T20 grand final is also set to be contested this Thursday January 23 at the Mapson-Timmins Oval, Muckleford. The match between Pool A winners Muckleford and Pool B winners Newstead will kick off at 5.30pm.
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) defeated Newstead 10-117 (Ben Walter 44, Cameron Hepburn 19; James Chaffey 5-32, Geordie McMurtrie 2-34).
Maiden Gully Lions 10-108 (Joel Logan 20, Brett Haw 18; Mark Noonan 3-16, 3-24) lost to 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 10-193 (Declan Slingo 56, Brett Cole 51, Ryan White 17, Edward Gingell 17, James Cole 17 not out, Tim Gingell; Jayson Glenister 4-39, Matthew Manning 3-26, Cordie McKendry 2-46) lost to 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
Harcourt 9-245 (Koby Simmons 71, Owen Bloomfield 37, Adrian Cole 35, Jack Archer 23; Robert Brown 3-41, Connor Berry 3-50, Ben Hancock 2-39) defeated Maiden Gully Lions 8-164 (Caelan Berry 54, Robert Brown 25, Anthony Blake 20, Brodie Hogan 17, Connor Berry 16; Owen Bloomfield 3-18).
Campbells Creek 10-142 (Patrick Jones 30, Mark MacDougall 28, John Prendergast 21, Matthew Walker 19; Andrew Butcher 5-44, Nash Turner 2-14) lost to Muckleford 5-213 (Samuel Gee 53, Neville Cooper 48 not out, Marty Sharples 31, Bryn Davies 30, Private Player 21, Callan Hough 16; Leigh Walker 4-19).
Heathcote 10-88 (Tim Gleeson 18, Kyle Seidel 13, Benjamin Poulton 13, Fill-in 12; Darren Hinck 3-12, Jamie Allan 2-21, Nicholas Ryan 2-34) lost to North Castlemaine 3-89 (Gavin James 38 not out, John Howorth 28).
Newstead 8-210 (Chris Elderfield 51, Charlie Chapman 48, Kristopher Bagley 21, Travis Allen 20, Jakob Tidyman 14, Faolan Gardner 10, Steven Shovan 10, Joel Smith 10 not out; Private Player 2-18) lost to Taradale A Reserve 6-306 (Brock Fletcher 72, Regan Williams 111, Steve Learmonth 37 not out, Andrew Young 29 not out, Steven Curnow 19; Jakob Tidyman 4-28).
Castlemaine United had the bye.
