T20 action hits the lower grades

T20 cricket hit the Orange lower grades last Saturday with the first of the T20 rounds played in Second Grade and the start of the Lower Grade T20 competition.

In Second Grade, Orange CYMS kept their place at the top of the ladder after two T20 wins last Saturday, with the gap to second opening up to 9 points. Kinross moved from 4th to 2nd with two wins also, while Orange City dropped to 5th following their two losses.

Round 11

Kinross 8-119 (J Anderson 32, H Shannon 23, R Heath 17; J Rasmussen 2/11, E Milson 2/20, B Randahl 2/25) def Wanderers 50 (N Rasmussen 11; C Keirle 3/4, P Johnston 3/7, H Brazier 3/12) by 69 runs

Centrals 125 (G Judge 56, K Nonnenmacher 19; J Southcombe 6/19) def Orange City 8-121(T Markey 35, S Kirby 29; G Faul 3/19, G Olsen 2/8) by 4 runs

Orange CYMS 7-134 (J Mulhall 66, A Gorman 25; S Crisp 2/17, N Bennett 2/22) def Cavaliers 111 (G Honeysett 26, S Hogan 24, G Croft 18; J Mulhall 3/6, C Neupane 3/25, R Krause 2/15) by 23 runs

Round 12

Kinross 7-135 (H Brazier 64, J Harding 17, B Brazier 14; B Mann 2/16, J Southcombe 2/20) def Orange City (T O’Keeffe 28, B Mann 25, S Churchill 20; P Johnston 2/18, B Brazier 2/21, C Keirle 2/23) by 5 runs

Orange CYMS 2-136 (S Donato 58no, J Mulhall 44no, S Mulhall 20; N Rasmussen 1/8) def Wanderers 65 (N Gander 17no, D Kennewell 16; R Krause 3/12, C Neupane 3/21) by 71 runs

Cavaliers 8-87 (D Harris 21, S Crisp 19; L Harvey 3/13, R Harvey 2/9) def Spring Hill 7-84 (L Harvey 22, M Harvey 16; S Crisp 2/11, C Duncan 2/21) by 2 wickets

Lower Grade T20

Each of the 7 teams played 2 Twenty20 matches in the Lower Grade T20 competition, with 2 further matches to be played after the Christmas break before finals on 18 January.

Centrals Black 6-95 (J Brakenridge 33no, W Richard 18, M Owens 18; J Conolly 4/6) def Cavaliers 8-94 (A Osborn 27, D Naveau 13no; C Brakenridge 2/8, G Crossman 2/28) by 4 wickets

Orange CYMS Gold 4-129 (M Curran 74no, S Dhatt 16, L Lockwood 15) def Orange CYMS Green 8-95 (H Harry 19, T Wythes 16no, W Kennedy 16; T French 2/9, S Dhatt 2/13, L Lockwood 2/20) by 34 runs

Wanderers 3-157 (R Streater 2/20) def Orange City 4-131 (T Smith 67no, T O’Keeffe 17, W Cornish 14) by 26 runs

Centrals Black 7-108 (K Gander 30no, C Brakenridge 21, W Richard 15; L Tammineni 2/11, A George 2/15, H Dhaliwal 2/28) def Centrals Red 52 (R Eiseman 3/15, A Salmon 3/19, J Brakenridge 2/6) by 56 runs

Orange CYMS Green 5-110 (A McNiven 30, S Garvin 26, S Wotton 24; R Streater 2/21) def Orange City 4-98 (T Smith 52, M Griffith 20) by 12 runs

Wanderers 71 (D Lang 20; A Osborn 4/5, M Southwell 2/14, L Osborn 2/30) def Cavaliers 55 (C Smith 5/12, T Pearson 2/7) by 16 runs

Centrals Red 6-152 (R Narwal 64, G Mangat 30, J Vipinbhai Patel 14; B Churchland 2/10, A O’Brien 2/21) def Orange CYMS Gold 4-112 (C Griffiths 52, C Wright 15, S Dhatt 15; J Johny 1/11) by 40 runs

Lower Grade T20 Points – Centrals Black 6 (1.64), Wanderers 6 (1.05), Orange CYMS Gold 4 (-0.15), Centrals Red 4 (-0.40), Orange CYMS Green 4 (-0.55), Cavaliers 2 (-0.61), Orange City 2 (-0.95)