January 19, 2015
South Burnett came away with the win after a close tussle with Gympie in their Goodchild Shield match played at Lyle Vidler Oval in Kingaroy on Sunday.
The visitors batted first and were dismissed for 189.
Lewis Waugh (48) and Zac Gagen (33) kept the scoreboard ticking over.
Wayne Kelly was the best of the South Burnett bowlers, taking 3/43 off his 10 overs.
Dean Olzard, who later starred with the bat, finished with 2/22 off his 10, while Will Mewburn took 2/20 off eight overs and Taylor Herrmann 2/31 off seven.
In reply, South Burnett started to methodically wear away at the Gympie lead.
Dean Olzard (45 not out), Brady Roberts (34) and Stuart Robinson (30) did the damage.
Troy Dennien came in at the deathknell to hit a quick 23, including the winning runs in the 37th over.
South Burnett finished with 7/192.
Jarrod Darrach was the best of the Gympie bowlers, taking 2/56 off nine overs.
South Burnett won by three wickets.
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Dean Olzard also starred in Nanango Scorpions’ win over Warriors in Nanango in their A Grade game played at Nanango on Saturday.
Nanango were all out for 188 in the 26th over after Olzard belted out a match-winning 111.
Benny Alexander (22) was the next best of the batsmen.
Craig Patterson (7/46 off 7.5 overs) and Kieran Askin (2-20 off 4 overs) were the best of the Warriors’ bowlers.
In reply, Warriors were all out for 112 in the 29th over.
Hayden Steene (52) and Phil Temperton (22) were the top scorers.
Best of the Nanango bowlers were Brendan Weil (3/37 off nine overs) and Dylan Gilliland (2/20)
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Kingaroy RSL Services continued on their winning way by defeating Wondai Wolves by seven wickets in their A Grade match played in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Wondai batted first and were all out for 114 off 34 overs.
Geoff Wallis led the way with 25 while Luke Hedges (18) and Will Mewburn (11) also added some valuable runs.
Best of the Kingaroy bowlers were Wayne Kelly (3/37 off seven overs), Brett Porter (2/11 off six) and Alex Dempster (2/21 off seven).
In reply, Kingaroy made the target in 23 overs for the loss off just three wickets.
David Hosking (35 not out), Peter Horne (29) and Mark Schmidt (27) made the runs.
For the Wolves, Kiall Rowberry finished with 1/10 off three overs, Luke Hedges (1/14 off three) and Clayton Graham (1/35 off seven).
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The Kumbia Rattlers downed Warriors by 145 runs in their B Grade game played in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Kumbia won the toss and elected to bat a decision that paid off when they clocked up 253 runs for the loss of just three wickets.
Edwin Simpson (82) Ryan Kelly (66 not out) and Tavis Hartwig (56) all made good scores.
Matt Nesbitt was the best of the Warriors bowlers in tough going, finishing with 2/44 of eight overs.
In reply, Warriors were all out for 108.
Ian Haak (26) Steven Heness (24) and Matt Nesbitt (15) all made starts.
Tavis Hartwig tore through the Warriors’ line-up, taking 5/21 off seven overs.
Jayden Steinhardt took 2/12 off four overs and Edwin Simpson 1/0 off two balls.
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A Grade Points Table after Round 8:
1. Crusaders 24
2. RSL 22
3. Wolves 13
4. Scorpions 12
5. Warriors 9
Crusaders, Scorpions and Warriors have all had 2 byes, RSL and Wolves have had one bye each.
B Grade Points Table after Round 10:
1. Warriors 27
2. Kumbia 26
Equal 3. Colts 22
Equal 3. RSL 22
5. Diggers 18
6. Barambah -8
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Former Kingaroy batsman Anthony Eden made a valuable 24 runs before being stumped to help Queensland Country win the 2015 Commonwealth Bank Australian Country Cricket Championships.
The Brahmans defeated West Australian Country by three wickets in their one-day match played at Harry Trott Oval in Bendigo on January 12.
It was Queensland Country’s first title success since 2009.
