THE NAMBUCCA Valley club cricket grand final was delicately poised this afternoon as two batsmen were settled and making merry.
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The fairytale story might have been Nambucca Heads making the big dance on its return to first grade after a six-year sabbatical.
But Nambucca Hotel were more in a mood for wreckage than romance, and were travelling along with gusto to reach 4 for 115 after 27 of their 40 overs at the Thistle Park Turf at Macksville.
Jack Ingham and Joe Newman were well set and the former had set his willow to ramming speed as he notched several lusty dispatches.
With Peter Lee and Alex Hull toiling away to control the carnage, Heads still look consigned to facing a challenging chase.
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