The Stars were the team that topped the batting average with a score of 14/148 to the Heats 11/66.

The consistent Matthew Andrighetto made 22, as did Kobi Nancarrow, Jake Suine hit up 19, Lachlan Spry 17 and Hunter Sibraa 17.

Miles Condon achieved the rare feat of taking a hattrick of wickets and finished with four wickets. Thomas Bray continues to bowl well and he picked up three wickets and Cody Lucas collected two wickets.

Thomas Bray also top scored for the Heat with 15 runs, followed by Hudson Crack and Miles Condon with 11 each. The main wicket takers for the Stars were Matthew Andrighetto with three wickets, Lachlan Spry two wickets, Nate Hayllar two wickets and Ben Spry two wickets.

The Hurricanes sored a hard fought win over the Scorchers after hitting up 14/86 (ave 6.1) against the Scorchers 14/73 (ave 5.2).

Vai Patel top scored for the Hurricanes with 21. Varis Gill and Tytan Vasta were next best with 11 runs. Harrison Palmer continues to pick up wickets and he added three on Saturday. Good support came from Josh Pentony and Rory Lasscock who both took two wickets.

Rory led the run scoring for the Scorchers with 18. Harrison Palmer chipped in with 14 and Josh Pentony made 11. Another promising bowler, Vai Patel captured three wickets for the Hurricanes and Megh Chaudhari did one better with a four wicket haul.

In another tight game the Thunder made 9/64 (ave 7.2) and held the Strikers to 11/59 (ave 5.4). Jake Breen made 21 for the Thunder, Josh Taprell made a useful 19 and Andrew Maher 13.

Alec Brady and Callum Metcalf were the Strikers most successful bowlers, snaring two wickets each. Alec was the Strikers main run scorer with a total of 16. Next best was Hugo Bunn with eight.

Andrew Maher was on target with his bowling, picking up three wickets. Cowen Wynne also bowled well for his two wickets.

Cricketer of the week is Andrew Maher for his all round performance for the Thunder.

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In a clash between the two in - form teams of the competition, Smith came away with a win over Cummins. Smith hit up 5/99 and Cummins lost eight wickets in scoring 96.

Smith's major run scorers were Daniel Mitchell with 28, Brad Whitworth with 21 and Wyatt Carter 20. Fletcher Kelly was Cummins most successful bowler, taking 2/15 and Manex Vasta wasn't far behind with 2/22. Fletcher also piled on the runs in his turn at the crease, hitting up 33. Dean Suine batted well for 20 and Ted Files added 18.

Brad Whitworth was the main destroyer with figures of 3/14, Mason Caughey picked up two wickets for 12 runs.

The other game of the round was badly affected by absentees at other events which took place over the weekend. However those that turned up played a game in which the major run scorers were Yash Rathi with 24, Will Ruggeri with 14 and Jugal Patel with 13.

Derek Rogers Cup - Griffith v Wagga White

Griffith's Derek Rogers Cup team finished on the losing end of a closely contested match with Wagga White at Collina Oval on Sunday. Wagga's score of 117 was just a little beyond Griffith's batsmen who finished on 107.

Wagga batted first and lost their first wicket off the second ball of the day. They struggled to 4/41 against some tight bowling before a partnership of 37 gave them the chance to post a competitive score. Griffith's bowlers and fielders stuck to their task and kept the Wagga score to 117. Jai Kenny took the bowling honours, capturing 3/18.Joel Victor chimed in with 2 late wickets for 10 runs.

Griffith batsmen never really got on top of the Wagga bowling. Two wickets had fallen by the time the score had reached 7. Ted Files (18) and Connor Moore (10) took the score to 43 before the third wicket fell. Apart from Daniel Mitchell's 12 runs no other batsman got into double figures.

With the score at 10/87, Griffith's last 2 batsmen, Matt Andrighetto (7 not out) and Joel Victor (9) put on a 20 run partnership which nearly got the home side over the line.

Griffith will now have to travel to Wagga next Sunday to contest the final against the side that has just beaten them.

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