It was a tough hit out on their home deck for Griffith's Warren Smith Cup side as they fell to a nine-wicket defeat at the hands of Wagga White on Sunday.
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The home side won the toss and elected to bat, however, it was Wagga White who was able to get the upper hand early as Jake Rand (2) and Mason Ashcroft (8) departed without troubling the scorers.
Noah Gaske (0) fell for a duck soon after to have the Griffith side in trouble at 3/28 after 11 overs before Ben Signor, and Billy Evans tried to get their side back on track.
The fourth-wicket pairing was able to put on 49 before Signor (39) fell, but Ben Fattore and Evans were able to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
Griffith past the 100-mark before Fattore (19) and Evans (24) fell in quick succession to see Griffith sitting on 6/116.
The home side lost their remaining four wickets for 10 runs to be bowled out in the 40th over.
The Wagga side was able to make easy progress towards the total with Hugh Jenkins and Thomas Howard laying the foundation for their side.
The opening pairing was able to put on 111 before Ashcroft (1/10) picked up the wicket of Jenkins (41).
It didn't stop the charge with Howard (67*) and Gus Coles (2*) guiding their side to a nine-wicket win.
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