General News
28 November, 2024
Mean deliveries put batsmen in a Pickle
A STRONG all-round performance from Kingower saw them account easily for Boort Yando in their one-day senior contest on Saturday. In hot conditions, Boort batted first after being sent in, and battled to 72 all out from 31 overs. Opener Alex...
A STRONG all-round performance from Kingower saw them account easily for Boort Yando in their one-day senior contest on Saturday.
In hot conditions, Boort batted first after being sent in, and battled to 72 all out from 31 overs.
Opener Alex Cockerell was the mainstay of the innings, making a patient 21, but when he was fourth out with the score on 49 the batting side crumbled, losing 6-23.
The destroyer was Blake Pickles, who took 5-13 from 5.4 overs, while captain Jayden Leach, the competition’s top wicket taker, finished with 1-6 from seven overs including two maidens.
All five Kingower bowlers took wickets, with Matt Rowe’s five overs costing just two runs and dismissing opener Fergus Bear.
The powerful Kingower batting line up was untroubled in the chase, which took just 21 overs.
Top scorer was Leach with 27 not out, continuing his remarkable run with the bat.
He is averaging just over 109 runs for the season, with opposition bowlers struggling to dismiss him – after six rounds, he has only been out three times while compiling 328 runs.
Leach hit three fours and two sixes in his rapid-fire innings, while consistent opener Will Deason made 24, and Pickles finished on 13 not out to set the seal on his fine day’s efforts. Daniel Lehman battled hard with the ball for Boort, taking both wickets to fall, taking 2-24 from his seven overs.
Kingower will host unbeaten league leaders Wedderburn Band this Saturday, the only team to have defeated them this season.
Victory for Kingower would see them go to the top of the ladder due to their higher run rate than the Band.
- GARY WALSH