October 29, 2012
Murgon Crusaders completed their dominance of the pre-season T20 competition by cruising to victory in the grand final played at Murgon on Friday night.
Wondai batted first and made 152 before being bowled out in the last over.
Top scorers for the Wolves were James Cameron (78) and Geoff Wallis (28).
Crusaders’ Andrew Rodderick tore through the Wondai batsmen, taking an impressive 6/16. James McUtchen also picked up 2/19.
In reply, Crusaders chased down the runs in 18.1 overs.
Ashley Sippel top scored for Murgon (58 n/o) followed by Damien Sippel (40).
James Cameron was the best of the Wondai bowlers, taking 4/15.
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In Round 2 of the regular competition, Kingaroy RSL won the toss and batted first in the A Grade match against Crusaders played at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday.
Kingaroy made 269 with Craig Sippel (45 n/o) top scoring. Mark Schmidt, Tony Dugdell and David Hosking all made 42.
In reply, Crusaders made 101.
Best of the Kingaroy bowlers were Wayne Kelly 3/59 and Tony Dugdell 2/14.
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In the other A Grade match, played at Nanango on Saturday, the Nanango Scorpions batted first against the Warriors, notching up 165 runs.
Best of the Warriors’ bowlers was Jimmy Dundas who took 3/35.
In reply, Warriors overhauled the target with the loss of six wickets. Shane Gray (79 n/o) was the best of the batsmen.
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In B Grade, Wondai Wolves took on Barambah at the Wondai Sportsgrounds.
Barambah batted first and were all out for 107 off 22 overs. Best with the bat were Gary Smith (26), Gordon Fisher (21) and Craig Currie (15).
Wolves bowlers Clayton Graham took 6/15 off six overs and Chris Bodey 2/31 off five overs.
In reply, Wondai chased down the target in the 17th over with the loss of just two wickets.
Geoff Wallis topscored (77 n/o).
Curtis Hill was the best of the Barambah bowlers, taking 1/33 off eight overs.
Wondai won by eight wickets,
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In the B Grade match played at Murgon, Kingaroy RSL won the toss and batted first against Murgon Diggers.
Kingaroy made 224 with Scott Evans (81), Jack Schaffer (33) and Adam Geiger (28) making the runs.
In reply, Diggers made 141.
Adam Geiger was best of the Kingaroy bowlers, taking 4/26.
