A FULL round of the Nambucca Valley Cricket Association club competition at the weekend saw Macksville Country Club square off against Star Hotel at Thistle Park Turf.
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Star Hotel won and toss and batted first. A steady start saw them reach 1/60 at drinks and after the break they increased the run rate to around seven an over for the final 19 overs to reach the imposing total of 7/195.
Joe Costa with 82 in his first game for the season, James Brodie 32 and a quick fire 24 from Nigel Wilbow were the best with the bat. Damien ‘Strawb’ Frost got pounded early on in his spell before returning figures of 4/44 for Country Club.
In reply, Country Club were all out for 105. Matt Leibrant 24 not out, D Budden 18 and Chris Budden 17 were top scorers. For Star Hotel Darrell ‘Disco’ Welsh tore the Country Club top order apart, taking 5/25 off his eight overs. He was well supported by Joe Costa 2/24 and Nick Willer 2/11. Star Hotel won by 90 runs.
Peter Lee reports – Nambucca Heads travelled to Scotts Head for their clash on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Scotts Head won the toss and put Nambucca into bat with Heads posting a total of 155.
Nambucca's best batters were Jacob Welsh 32, Tim Moon 25 not out and Sam Russo 26 not out. Best of the bowlers for Scotts were A Bennett 3/27 and Joe Borg 2/28.
Scotts Head started well and were 2/60 with A Bennett 31 and M Gleeson 14, but a bowling change brought on Harrison Lee and his first ball got a wicket. Scotts Head then lost eight wickets for 27 with Harrison finishing with 3/4 off four overs, Karl Gadsden 2/13 and Tim Moon 2/9 off eight overs. Scotts Head were all out for 87.
A great game and great spirit by both clubs. Nambucca Heads won by 68 runs.
Bowraville v Nambucca Hotel- results not supplied.
This Saturday the matches are: Bowraville v Macksville Country Club at Bowraville, Star Hotel v Scotts Heads at Thistle Park Turf and Nambucca Heads v Nambucca Hotel at Coronation Park.
