November 1, 2014
Kingaroy RSL Services have continued their good start to the season with a four-wicket win over Warriors at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy this afternoon.
Warriors batted first but were all out for 179 off 41 overs.
Andrew Askin led the way with the bat, taking 95 runs.
Hayden Steen kept the board ticking over at the other end, making 25 before he was bowled by Adam Geiger.
Adam’s father Darren was the best of the RSL Services’ bowlers, taking 4/16 off eight overs; Cody Bauer took 3/21 off nine overs.
In reply, RSL Services took just 30 overs to make the target, finishing 6/182.
Mark Schmidt top-scored with 70, but David Hosking (33 n.o.), Brady Roberts (24) and Brett Porter (23 n.o.) also made a valuable contribution.
Luke Gogerly (2/34 off eight overs), Luke Smith (2/40 off five overs), Tony Jenkins (1/25 off three overs) and Hayden Steene (1/30 off five overs) took the wickets for Warriors.
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Murgon Crusaders have notched up their first win of the season, downing Nanango in their A Grade match at Nanango on Saturday.
Dean Olzard, who knocked out a half-century last week against Warriors, had another good day with the bat for the Scorpions, top-scoring with 93.
Brendan Weil (49) also had a strong knock and later took 1/40 with the ball.
Nanango finished 8/247 with Murgon’s Graham Brown taking 3/47.
In reply, Murgon lost just three wickets on their way to 250.
D Thompson top-scored with 53 while Jason Webber and Ashley Sippel both finished with 49 n.o.
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In B Grade, Kumbia were too strong for Murgon Diggers in Kumbia.
Diggers were all out for 98 off 29 overs.
Rodney Anderson (31) was best with the bat while Zac Dawson made a handy 18.
Joe Milsom took 4/12 off six overs.
In reply, Kumbia passed the target after 20 overs, finishing 4/102.
Ryan Kelly (27) and Alex Firman (22) were the best for the Rattlers.
Ryan Sommerfeld took 2/28 off six overs.
Kumbia won by six wickets.
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In the Warriors v RSL Services B Grade match, Warriors bowler Ian Haack starred with the ball, taking a hat-trick and finishing with the amazing figures of five wickets for just four runs off five overs.
Haack ripped through Services who were all out for 79.
Earlier, Warriors had set a formidable target of 257 for the loss of six wickets. Stuart Lavaring top-scored for Warriors with 70.
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