Jamie Winkler was at his destructive best when his side took on Coro at Westend Oval on Saturday afternoon.
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Exies won the toss and elected to bat Travers Pickmere (5), and Dylan Gillett (19) started well with 13 runs off the first two overs before Pickmere was bowled by Alex Flood (2/26).
Captain Phil Burge (7) and Gillett put on another 13 before Burge became Flood’s second victim before Winkler and Gillett pushed the side towards 50 before Winkler (17) was trapped in front by Andrew Potter (1/15).
It was consistent contribution throughout the batting order for Exies with Alex Burge (13) and Gillett putting on 34 runs for the fourth wicket before Burge was stumped with Gillett finally dismissed with the score on 5/92.
Tom Spry (29) and Craig Burge (24*) put some late runs on the board with Marc Tucker (8) and Andrew Arnold (9) playing supporting roles at the end of the innings.
William Dalton (2/21) and Dean Bennett (1/31) picked up some late wickets to restrict Exies 8/155 off their 40 overs.
It was a tough start of Coro in pursuit of the target with quick wickets falling.
Rob Rand (2) was the first wicket to fall when he was caught by Marc Tucker off the bowling of the Andrew Arnold (1/9) with Tim Rand (6) following after he was caught by Craig Burge off the bowling of Tucker (1/15).
Dean Bennett didn’t fare much better after he was run out by Joel Mulder it fell to Jonathan Morris (1) and Haydn Pascoe (22).
The pair put together a partnership of nine before Morris was trapped in front off the bowling of Winkler to become his first victim.
Dalton and Pascoe made the most of the time they had to make the biggest partnership of the game to try and save the game from their precarious position of 4/24 off 12 overs.
The pair put on 27 before Winkler went on a destructive spell which ended any chances of Coro getting across the line.
He dismissed Pascoe, Lucas Conlan (5), Dalton (25), Mitchell Williams-Hedges (3), Andrew Porter (3) and Alex Flood (0) in a spell which included two wicket maidens to finish with figures of 7/20 off his eight overs.
Once the final wicket fell, Coro was all out for 80 to give Exies a 75-run win.