A BOWLING spell of just six overs has led Barham Koondrook to their ninth win of the Swan Hill District Cricket Association season.
Taking on fourth placed Wandella, the Raiders were on the front foot from the get-go after electing to bat.
Coming in at No.3, Garry Lolicato showed his intent from his first ball, smoking a cover drive for four after Lance Davidson was dismissed by a spectacular catch from Kaine O’Connell.
Eight more fours and a six would follow in Lolicato’s innings, scoring 61 runs off 71 balls.
But when Lolicato was caught by Ryan Barnes off Bohden McKnight’s bowling, the Bombers might’ve thought scoring would slow.
Instead, Lachlan Laursen decided to turn it up, smashing a quickfire half-century off just 22 balls.
His innings pushed the Raiders’ total to 194 from 43 overs.
Peter Moore was the pick of the Bombers’ bowlers, taking 3/35 from his 12.5 overs, while Daniel Higgs and Ethan and Bohden McKnight each took two wickets.
The Raiders’ opening bowlers started off the innings on a high, both Garry Lolicato and Chameera Akurugoda taking an early wicket to have Wandella at 2/42.
It was first change bowler Riley D’Silva who would tear through the top and middle order.
D’Silva’s first over was a ripper, stifling Wandella opener Samuel Copland before bowling him with the final ball.
Three overs later, D’Silva would do exactly the same to Gregory Dickson, and after his whirlwind six-over spell was complete, D’Silva would have figures of 5/15 including two wicket-maidens.
A late batting cameo from Ethan McKnight added an extra 37 to the Bombers’ total, but they were dismissed for 149, handing the Raiders a 45-run victory.
St Mary’s Tyntynder piled on the runs in a one-sided affair against Swan Hill, who gave their best.
A 74-run first-wicket partnership between Jonty Chaproniere and Connor Power was dominated by the former playing shots all around the ground to score 81.
Everything was going right for the Bulldogs, as skipper Nathaniel Holmes-Brown made 45 runs off 30, Austin McKerrow an unbeaten 30, and Riley Daniels and Jack Shannahan each making 27.
Koben Ryan had an impressive showing from No.8, scoring 47 runs off just 27 balls.
Ian Schodde was the Swans’ best bowler, taking 4/63, while Mitchell Bennett contributed 2/33 off six overs.
Things went from bad to worse for the Swans, finding themselves at 1/1 in the second over after Kobe Ryan’s dismissal of Alan Hatcher.
Ryan backed up with a tight spell of bowling, claiming 2/10 off five overs as the Bulldogs’ bowlers tore through the Swans.
Riley Daniels was the other St Mary’s bowler with two wickets, while Robin Sebastian, Jack Shannahan and Connor Power each took a wicket for single digits during their spells.
Sam Coolidge top-scored for the Swans with 16, while Ciao Wilson wasn’t far behind on 14.
It took Woorinen just 12 overs to chase down the 88 set by Ultima TUF, after Darren Rushton and Gurmander Singh did their thing.
The pair had the Roodogs at 1/1 in the third over after Rushton caught Mitchell Seton-Stewart off his own bowling.
Fellow opener Aydan Symons attempted to get things back on track for his side, top scoring with 37, but struggled to find support.
Rushton finished with 4/32, Singh with 3/15, while Stefan Mangiameli and Paul Johnson pitched in with 2/17 and 1/22 respectively.
Connor Fletcher was dismissed for a duck to start the reply, but the Tigers didn’t look back thereafter.
Rushton scored 36, while Jason Mangiameli and Gurmander Singh were in the middle as the winning runs were hit.
RSL will be relieved to have claimed a two-wicket victory against Murrabit, whose 114 was chased down in 30 overs.
Batting first, Zeb Hein (31) and Toby Gray (27) started things off well for Murrabit, but the RSL bowlers found the upper hand.
Patrick Caldwell took 4/35 and Oscar Hier 4/48.
Brothers Brenton and Patrick Caldwell ended up at the crease with the Blues at 7/76.
The pair put together 30 runs to swing the momentum back in their favour, Brenton finishing off the innings with a six as he top-scored for RSL with 27.
Brodie Hall bowled fantastically for Murrabit, taking 3/9, while Blake Watts took 3/47.
