Coro taking on Exies Eagles in GDCA first grade

It will be the first chance for the Cougars to play red-ball cricket, and captain Haydn Pascoe is looking forward to finally getting back out there at club level.

"Having a bye and a few washouts, I guess it is more or less starting again, especially with the big break," he said.

The Coro side has had a mixed start to the summer with a win and a loss from their two games before the three washouts and a bye.

An area of concern for the Cougars has been the strength at the top of the order, but a returning youngster from Leeton may hold the key.

"Young Harry Steele is back. He got the itch to play after he wasn't too sure if he was going to play at all," he said.

"He will bolster our batting line-up, and it will see Brent (Lawrence) drop down into the middle order, which will strengthen that area for us as well."

The top order for Coro has struggled at the start of the year, with the Cougars falling to 4/26 against the Eagles in their first meeting earlier in the season while they managed 3/35 in their narrow defeat against Hanwood, which was their last game, at the start of November.

"Myself included in that, I haven't scored any runs either, but it's kind of hard when you have a week one and then a few weeks off, and it makes it hard to get any consistency happening," he said.

"Hopefully, leading into Christmas, we can get some cricket played."

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This week will see the Cougars take on an Exies side who will be brimming with confidence after picking up their first time of the season.

Pascoe was impressed with the Eagles performance against an albeit weakened Hanwood side.

"They did well to not only make 150 but to also defend it," he said.

"They didn't look too bad last time we played them. I felt they just lacked a few runs towards the middle and lower order. We won't take them lightly, and hopefully, we can rock up and do our thing."

The first ball between the two sides will be delivered at 1pm on Saturday.

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