The side played four Twenty20 games before finishing it off with a fifty over game.

It was a tough start to the week with two 10-wicket defeats at the hands of the Greater Southern Marlins and the ACT/SD Barons.

Griffith's Ben Fattore was able to have a good influence with the bat against the Barons as he finished unbeaten on 29, but unfortunately for the Murrumbidgee side, the talent of the ACT side shone through.

Day two saw the Murrumbidgee side start the day with a clash with ACT/SD Kings with Fattore picking up two wickets from his four overs while Griffith's Billy Evans was also able to pick up a scalp.

Unfortunately, the side was unable to match the scoring rate of the Kings as they fell to a 52-run defeat as Fattore fell without troubling the scorers.

In the final T20 match up, Murrumbidgee took on Illawarra and gave a good account of their ability up against the challenging opposition.

After restricting the Illawarra side to 143 off their 20 overs, the Murrumbidgee team came up just short as they fell to a 33-run defeat with Fattore (22*) again finishing unbeaten.

The Murrumbidgee side didn't come home empty-handed as they were able to take out their 50-over clash with Central West.

Hay's Finn Cullenward (2/16) and Fattore (2/5) were crucial in helping their side restrict Central West to 111 off 37.3 overs with Evans (1/18) also picking up a wicket.

It didn't look good early on for the Murrumbidgee side who fell to 5/33, but a sixth-wicket partnership of 66 helped lift them to a four-wicket win.

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