Wanderers win Lower Grade T20

Wanderers have taken out the Lower Grade T20 title after finals were played on Saturday.

In the final, played under lights at Wade Park, Wanderers restricted Centrals Red to 110 from their 20 overs after Harman Dhaliwal had made a neat 50 for the Reds. Wickets were shared among the bowlers, with the Wanderers fielders also effecting 3 run outs.

Manjodh Grewal struck twice in the 3rd over to have Wanderers 2/15, but then a 96 run partnership between opener Steve Nean (49 not out from 43 balls) and Calib Smith (48 not out from 44 balls) saw their side to victory in the 16th over.

Summary results from Saturday's play were as follows:

Semi Finals

Wanderers 3-114 (Steve Nean 46, Calib Smith 30no, Ty Morris 22no; Allan Dhatt 2/19, Ben Churchland 1/15) def Orange CYMS Gold 9-113 (Addie Johnson 37, Stephen Cabraal 20, Matt Culverson 14no; Daniel Lang 3-12, Gavin Smith 2-5) by 7 wickets

Centrals Red 6-128 (Rahu Narwal 44, Jalpesh Patel 35, Binny Tammineni 13; Dilaj Weerapura 3/18, Uditha Lokuge 1/18) def Orange CYMS Green 69 (Dom Ferguson 23, Uditha Lokuge 15; Jinu Alwin 2/7, Manjodh Grewal 2/12, Jain Johny 2/19) by 59 runs

3rd Place Playoff

Orange CYMS Gold 3-148 (Isaac Churchland 43, Thomas French 42, Simran Dhatt 33no; George Eleftheriou 1/11, Archie Cox 1/27) def Orange CYMS Green 7-147 (Beau Cox 36, Dilaj Weerapura 22, Sam Garvin 20; Isaac Elliott 3/21, Thomas French 2/6) by 7 wickets

Final

Wanderers 2-111 (Steve Nean 49no, Calib Smith 44no; Manjodh Grewal 2/25) def Centrals Red 8-110 (Harman Dhaliwal 50, Guru Mangat 13, Jalpesh Patel 13; Calib Smith 2/13, Kim Parker 2/16, Daniel Lang 1/8) by 8 wickets at Wade Park