Around the grounds: week 10

Orange CYMS have maintained their place at the top of the Second Grade competition table as we go into the T20 rounds, with the gap to second increasing after Wanderers upset Cavaliers. Centrals closed the gap to 4th placed Kinross to just the difference in net run rate following their bonus point win over Spring Hill.

Centrals 206 (G Judge 70, K Gander 42, K Nonnenmacher 24, N Totten 21; B Stewart 4/18, R Harvey 3/35, L Harvey 2/34) def Spring Hill 37 (S Oborn 13; B McAlpine 3/3, R Eiseman 2/8)

Orange CYMS 170 (J Mulhall 77, H Priest 35; B Mann 3/17, D Hamling 3/?, W McKeown 2/?) def Orange City 100 (L Hannan 27, D Hamling 24; C Biddle 3/6, M Wiegold 3/37, S Wilson 2/18, R Krause 2/23)

Wanderers 4-194 (T Kiss 77no, D Turner 36 ret, J Hurford 20no; B Haines 2/50) def Cavaliers 7-181 (L Skulander 42no, G Croft 35, S Hogan 27, C Aplin 25no; J Hurford 2/15, N Rasmussen 2/38)

Orange City have kept their place on top of the Third Grade points table going into the competition break after their tight 2 wicket win over CYMS. CYMS Lions had the bye and have stayed in second, while Central Red remain third following their comprehensive win over club mates Centrals Black. Wanderers jumped over Cavaliers into 4th.

Orange City 8-154 (T Smith 50no, S Proudfoot 37, W Cornish 21no; L Curran 4/30, S Dhatt 2/18) def Orange CYMS 153 (D Ferguson 38, A McNiven 23, S Dhatt 22; L Cornish 4/24, L McKenzie 2/13, W Cornish 2/25)

Centrals Red 3-110 (R Narwal 63, H Dhaliwal 24no; B Brakenridge 1/16, C Brakenridge 1/16) def Centrals Black 109 (W Richard 50; M Grewal 4/7)

Wanderers 3-390 (J Conolly 1-33) def Cavaliers 8-230 (T Millsteed 82, J Conolly 55)

In Fourth Grade action, CYMS Green have skipped back up to third following their win over Centrals and their club-mates CYMS Gold downed Orange City.

Orange CYMS Green 2-101 (T Wright 51no, S Garvin 42) def Centrals 7-98 (L Brown 34, J Rodwell 23no; C Griffiths 3/15, H Harry 2/10)

Orange CYMS Gold 3-165 (A O’Brien 48no, B Churchland 39no, C Cowan 33, S Chapman 20; Z Felice 1/14) def Orange City 9-162 (J McKay 47no, B Postma 30, W McKay 28; B Churchland 3/33, W Kennedy 2/25, A Cox 2/26)