It was a top of the table clash in the third-grade competition at Showgrounds on Friday night as Leagues were able to come away with a 24-run win over Diggers.
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After Diggers won the toss and sent the Panthers in, Patrick Payne and Noah Gaske were able to get their side off to a strong start.
The opening partnership was able to put on 59 runs before Gaske (25) was caught off the bowling of Manan Dave (1/10) and while Payne (34) followed closely behind, and this started a bit of collapse for the Panthers.
Anurag Dhot (1/7), Dhruvil Patel (2/8), Meli Ranitu (3/32) and Ben Fattore (2/14) swung the game back in their favour as only Cooper James (12) broke double digits as the Panthers were bowled out for 103.
Dhot and Masoon Patel (22) got Diggers off to a strong start in reply with a 37-run opening partnership before James picked up his first wicket.
Gaske (3/16) and James (4/25) were destructive as Dhot (11) and Fattore (19) were the only resistance, with Diggers eventually bowled out for 79.
Coro was able to pick up a convincing nine-wicket win over Hanwood at Collina.
Hanwood won the toss and elected to bat, but it was the Cougars who made a strong start, with Seamus Maley and Christian Callcut (1/5) picked up three early wickets.
Callum Mirtschin (41) and Owen Robinson (10) tried to give their side a chance, but the bowling of Maley (4/9) and Lucas Wood (2/7) restricted Hanwood to 80.
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While Wood (0) fell to the bowling of Luke Demamiel (1/4), Cooper Rand (26*) and Maley (26*) were able to guide their side to victory with 2.3 overs remaining.
In the final game of the round, Coleambally was able to pick up a 101-run win over Exies Eagles.
Blake McDonald (52 ret.) led the way for the Nomads with contributions from Vula Wate (24), Henry Lacey (23) and Samuel Fattore (12), seeing Coleambally finish their 20 overs on 3/161.
Exies struggled to keep up with the required run rate, with Darcey Toscan (1/13) and Fattore (2/4) doing the damage with the ball, while Urvil Patel (24*) was the only batter to get a start for the Eagles before their innings was brought to a close on 3/60 due to bad light.
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