NAGAMBIE has taken top spot on the Cricket Shepparton Sherbourne Terrace Haisman Shield A-Grade ladder with a strong six-wicket win over Euroa on Saturday.
The Lakers now sit undefeated after three rounds, with Mooroopna in second place and Old Students and Waaia also undefeated.
Playing at home, Nagambie was sent into the field but Euroa couldn’t string together strong partnerships with the bat. With the ball, Nagambie’s Brayden Biggs was outstanding, taking 4/22 from his nine overs, including trapping Euroa captain Andrew Squires for LBW.
Euroa closed their innings at 9/147.
In reply, Nagambie lost opener Ricky Misiti for 2, but recovered with a 68-run partnership. A top score of 39 by wicketkeeper Luke Nolan saw the home side over the line with 6 wickets still in the sheds with four overs to spare.
In other results, a whopping 114 from Numurkah captain Dylan Grandell took his side to an unconquerable 5/251 at the close of their innings against Central Park/St Brendans.
With the bat the Tigers struggled early, scraping along from 2/7 to get to 130 – falling 121 runs short.
Grandell impressed with the ball too, taking 2/14 as Numurkah cycled through seven different bowlers.
Shepparton United suffered their third loss, this time to Old Students. Playing at home at Princess Park, United managed 8/209 on the back of a quick-fire 73 from Dwain Vidler. However with the bat, the Old Students couldn’t be contained.
Nick Breslin made an equally impressive 90 as the visiters got home in a final over thriller with four wickets in hand.
Karramomus took care of Tatura with a 91-run victory. A massive unbeaten 174-run partnership by Mitch McGrath and Stuart Turner had Tatura’s fate sealed. In reply, Tatura made it through their 45 overs to finish at 9/141.
Waaia overcame Katandra in a thriller, winning by one run. Batting first, Waaia finished at 7/147. However home side Katandra came fast and made it to 123 at the loss of only 2 wickets.
Waaia’s bowlers, led by Conner Brown, then routed the Katandra line-up, taking 8/23 in a spectacular collapse. The final wicket fell in the 40th over with the home side left two runs short of victory.
Over in Tallygaroopna, Northerners got on top of Kyabram by just six runs in another close one. Northereners posted 6/181 batting first, and managed to hold off the Red Backs through disciplined bowling. Northereners’ Grant Hutchins was sharp with 1/16 from his nine overs. Kyabram ran out of overs, stranded at 9/175.
