The Thunder's score of 4/75 (ave 18.75) was just enough to finish in front of the Heats 2/56 (ave 18.67).

The Thunder's main runscorers were Toby Rand who made 14, Josh Taprell 13 and Jake Breen 11. Roy Condon, Luca DeBortoli and Hudson Crack all took a wicket for the Heat.

Roy Condon also top scored for the Heat with 13 runs.

Hudson Crack chipped in with 11 and Miles Condon 10, Cowen Wynne and Callum Metcalfe picked up the wickets for the Thunder.

The Stars score of 9/114 (ave 12.7) ensured that they scored a comfortable win over the Scorchers who lost 18 wickets for 63 runs.

The Stars had a number of solid contributions from Jake Suine who made 20, Nate Mingay 18, Kobi Nancarrow 17, Nate Hayllar 16 and Matthew Andrighetto 15.

Six of the Stars batsmen were run out. Rory Lasscock, Curtis Carlon and Bill Barnard took the wickets fall to bowlers. Bill Barnard led the scoring for the Scorchers with 12 runs.

Rory Lasscock and Anthony D'Ambrosio both added 10 runs to the Scorchers score.

The Stars bowlers had a good day, Nate Mingay captured two wickets, Matthew Andrighetto two wickets, Kobi Nancarrow two wickets and Nate Hayllar two wickets.

The Strikers only lost two wickets in scoring 74 runs which was always going to be hard to beat. It was too much for the Sixers who made 10/54. Alec Brady continued to score runs, making 25.

Charlie Bunn also batted well to make 20, Deen DeBortoli added a handy 16, Oscar Molloy was the only successful Sixers bowler picking up the two wickets to fall.

Ruby Kenny was the Sixers top batsman, making 13 runs. Oscar Molloy helped move the score along with 10 runs and Ryan Oldham made nine.

The Strikers main bowlers were Charlie Bunn and Deen DeBortoli who both took two wickets.

There was a number of meritorious performances this week. However the consistent Charlie Bunn wins the award this week for his 20 runs and two wickets for the Strikers.

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Smith and Lyon battled out a close game at Jubilee oval on Saturday. in the Senior Binks/Tucker competition.

Smith made a handy score of 9/117 (ave 13) and were nearly run down by Lyon who made 7/88 (ave 12.5). Bradley Whitworth led the run charge for Smith with an innings of 31.

Daniel Mitchell and Wyatt Carter made valuable contributions of 23. Lyon's most successful bowlers were Riley Sillis 2/21 and Yash Rathi 2/22.

Yash also led the run scoring for Lyon hitting up 20 runs. Jason Ison made 12 and Karina Chaudhari, Mitchell Argent-Smith and Jugal Patel all made 10.

Daniel Mitchell again bowled well to capture 2/13 and gained support from Brad Whitworth who took 2/17.

The powerful Cummins team flexed their muscle against Paine. Cummins hit up 3/98 and then restricted Paine to 9/40.

Ted Files continued to pile on the runs, with an innings of 33, Fletcher Kelly racked up 17 and Dean Suine 13. Ryda Sutcliffe, Ben Virago and Presely Young all picked up a wicket for Paine.

Austin Flack did a good job in scoring 13 runs for Paine and Ben Virago added seven.

Ted Files topped off a good day by picking up three wickets for three runs. Dean Suine was also very effective grabbing three wickets for six runs.

Cricketer of the week is Brad Whitworth for his consistent run scoring and wicket taking for Smith.

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Griffith was able to return to the winners list in its Milliken Shield game against Narrandera on Sunday.

Griffith batted first and got off to a flying start thanks to some solid batting from Ted Files who made 25, aggressive batting from Owen Robinson who made 49 retired, complemented by some tremendous running between the wickets by Jai Kenny 30 not out and Ryan Andrighetto 18 not out.

The first wicket went down with the score at 108, with Griffith reaching a formidable 9/193.

Narrandera never really looked like reaching that score after Ted Files got rid of their first two batsmen with only seven runs on the board.

Things did not look any better when the score reached 7/68, but a late innings batting recovery saw the home town's score reach 10/131.

Connor Moore had the best bowling figures, finishing with 2/11 and Ted Files bowled well to take 2/13. Jai Kenny excelled took four catches.