Seniors Western Districts v Hog Bay
A hot summer’s day and a lightning quick outfield at Gosse set the scene for some high scoring. Hog Bay winning the toss and choosing to bat.
The dangerous Linke and the evergreen Heater getting Hog Bay off to a cautious but steady start before Linke skied one behind point and was well caught by colt Lochie Florance.
From there, Hog Bay lost steady wickets without getting a partnership going, to be 5 for 122 after 24 overs.
Heater was still there looking dangerous when his eldest Jack came out to bat with him.
The father and son combination putting on an invaluable 50-run partnership before Heater got caught behind off Anderson, falling an agonising six runs short of what would have been a well deserved ton. In the end Hog Bay were 8 for 200 after 40 hours. Western Districts started the chase solidly with Johnson and Geursen putting on 50 before Geursen lost his off-stump to some good bowling by colt Jack Gurney.
Foggy joined Johno and put on 60 before Luke Bowd got a good one through Johnson’s defence.
Wonks for 2 for 113. Fogden looking in control keeping out the good balls and punishing anything loose with some classic cricket shots to all areas of the ground.
He and young Ant Anderson saw Wonks to a safe position before he was caught hooking off Willson.
Wonks chasing down the runs with four overs to spare. Fogden red-inked it with 74 not out.
The Saints chasing down their third total of 200-plus for the year are starting to show some of the form that’s taken them to three grand finals in a row. The game was played in great spirits between last year’s grand finalists and it was great to see. Robyn Gurney at the game looking good. Keep up the positivity, Robyn.
Kingscote v MacGillivray
A stinking hot day at Kingscote greeted the two teams, the hosts winning the toss and choosing to bowl which paid off almost immediately with the opening combination of Rostron and Green again demolishing the top order to have the visitors 4/23 after 12 overs.
Stead came on just before drinks to get rid of Collins, a good catch in gully taken by Butler.
Weatherspoon and K Bolto formed a good partnership to get the visitors back on track adding 40 to the total before K Bolto skied one straight to mid-on to fall for a hard earned 18.
Morrison claimed his second soon after making a mess of Hilder’s stumps and once Weatherspoon finally fell LBW in the 32nd over, the end was in sight but the visitors’ tail wagged.
Birthday boy G Bald hit out well making a quick-fire 19 only to fall to the ever safe hands of D Munro at cover, while Veitch and Sullivan both made solid contributions to get MacGillivray’s total to 133 before being bowled out in the 43rd over.
It was painfully hot out on the oval so needless to say no one wanted to be out there any longer than they had to be.
The Kingscote top order certainly played that way, dispatching the bowlers to all corners of the oval, the only glory for the visitors early coming from T Hilder making a mess of Rostron’s stumps.
Howe and Morrison got the total to 114 within 10 overs and the end looked only minutes away until Morrison skied one and Collins took a simple catch.
MacGillivray then took a couple of late wickets through I Bolto, Howe hauling out on the boundary for 69 then debutant R Treloar lost his off-stump.
Kingscote making the runs in the 16th over however with only four wickets down.
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