Leagues, Hanwood and Exies Eagles take wins in GDCA first grade

The Panthers won the toss and elected to bat but were on the back foot early when Gurjot Singh (6) fell to the bowling of Mark Brown.

Shae Prudham (34) and Manish Patel (8) were able to put on 42 runs for the second wicket before Krish Chaudhary (2/34) and Brown (2/38) took two quick wickets.

Phillip Teopenga (30), Joe MacGillivray-Reeves (21*) and James Shelton (32) were able to help their side set a competitive total of 183.

Anurag Dhot (18), Anas Zindani (15), Damien Browning (34), Chaudhary (13), Sean Garcia (13) and Masoom Patel (19) all made starts for Diggers, but the bowling of Hamish Gunn (3/23) prevented them from going on with the job.

Oscar Nolan (2/14) and Manish Patel (1/16) picked up the final wickets to see Diggers bowled out for 159.

Hanwood has closed the gap on the top two with a 12-run win over Coro.

The Hanwood side made a strong start at the top of the order, with Michael Crosato (16) and Jason Bertacco (15) making starts, but the bowling of Mark Bennett and Dion Pascoe (2/25) kept the pressure on.

Luke Catanzariti (36) and Chris Barbagallo (25) made starts in the middle order, but the bowling of Bennett (4/31) was able to restrict Hanwood to 154 when they were bowled out in the final over.

Coro was able to make a strong start with Jack Hutchinson (33*) and Matt Signor at the top of the order putting on 63 for the first wicket before Barbagallo struck.

Cooper Rand (13), Jamie Bennett (18) and Justin Moat (17) made starts, but the Hanwood bowlers were sharing the wickets around with Barbagallo (2/19), Sam Robinson (2/17), Crosato (2/15) and Catanzariti (2/26) doing the damage.

Shannon Caughey (2/27) claimed the final wickets to see Coro bowled out for 142.

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It was a high-scoring game in Coleambally as Exies were able to pick up a four-wicket win over the Nomads.

Fresh off a century last weekend, Jack Weymouth-Smith (90) was in the runs again while contributions from Cooper Smith (28), Luke Roberts (35) and Shaun Iddles (27) helped the Coleambally side finish on 208 off just 30 overs.

It was going to be a tough task for Exies, and the loss of Sean Culgan (0) early to the bowling of James Clarke (1/33) didn't help their cause.

Viswa Ravi (52) and James Roche (64) were able to get their side back on track while the middle order of Zac Dart (12), Kokulan Kandeepan (12), Don Jayasuriya (26*) and Inshira Koralagama (16) all chipped in to help the Eagles secure the win.

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