A BRILLIANT nine-wicket haul by Clinton Marsh helped Emerald to an outright victory in B-grade over Tooradin on Saturday.
Having won on first innings last week, Andrew Walker 66 and Jay Kleinsmit 53, batted well to get the Bombers in a good position before some good hitting by Cam Williams (29) saw the score to 9/228 declared.
Then in the second innings Clinton Marsh tore shreds off the top order – bowing quick and straight to have Tooradin at 7/28 and Marsh with 7/7 off eight overs.
Good batting made the Bombers work for the next wicket, before a brilliant run-out by Ian Litterback ended Marsh’s hope of a 10-wicket hall.
Marsh claimed the last two wickets to bowl the Seagulls out for 75 and claim the outright win, while ending up with the extraordinary figures of 9/23 off 19.2 overs.
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Chasing the 127 set by Beaconsfield, Nic Jansen got the Bombers off to a good start, making 18.
Then there was a collapse that saw the score fall to 7/54.
Danny Gillies and Euan Thoms then batted the Bombers back into the game.
Thoms made 20 before Brock Barlow came to the crease at 9/91. Barlow and Gillies guided the Bombers over the line for victory with two wickets in hand.
Barlow was 28 not-out, while Gillies was the start with 49.
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Having already passed Cardinia’s 114 last week, Derek Scott and Mark Hamilton resumed on day two.
Hamilton was out not long after for a well made 13, which was apart of a 112-run stand with Scott.
Scott then brought up his second century of the season and went on to make 124.
Lucas McGann and Tom Baldock batted well at the end before Emerald declared on 7/232.
With 50 overs to bowl, Derek Scott continued his good game to take 4/33 off 14 overs and he was well supported by Tom Baldock, Lee Ligtermoet and Andrew Rolfs, but the Bombers were not able to claim the outright win after Cardinia made 209 off its overs.
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After making 239 last week, the Bombers bowled well to dismiss Clyde for 161.
Edin Selemovic and Callum Thoms bowled well at the start for a wicket each, but the start of the day for Emerald was Chris Alenson who bowled 17 brilliant over to finish the excellent figures of 5/14.
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The Bombers played Clyde and batted first and did a good job to post 8/229 off their 30 overs.
James Litterback and Nick Litterback starred, making 51 and 42 respectively, while Matt Williams batted well, coming in at nine to score 53 retired.
In reply the Bombers were never troubled with Ang Pepi (2/38) Jim Burke (3/18) and Kevin Stapleton (2/-21) doing the damage for the Bombers.
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The Reds went down this week to Pakenham Upper-Toomuc (PUT).
After making 115, which included a good 32 from Geordie Scott and 23 from Jarrod Doners, PUT made 8/167 off 25 overs.
Jarrod Donners claimed 3/32 while Geodie Scott got 2/25.
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Bowling first the Blacks restricted Beaconsfield to 126 from 26 overs.
The wickets were evenly shared by the bowlers in what was a good performance.
In reply Jake Morris (30) and Tom Baldock (31 not-out) were able to help the Bombers gain a tie in what was a very good game of cricket.
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The Blacks bowled against Beaconsfield and restricted it to 5/93 off its 20 overs.
Five bowlers each had one wicket, with Chris Pollard gaining the best figures of 1/7.
In reply the Blacks struggled with only Liam Purdon (11), reaching double figures. They were bowled out for 58 on the 20th over.
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The Bombers batted first and managed to put together a reasonable score of 80 from their 25 overs.
Jack Jonstone was the best with the bat, making 30 not-out.
Upper Beaconsfield then managed to just pass the Bombers score, making 106 from 25 overs.
Cole Cook claimed 2/8 to be the best bowler.
