November 25, 2015
Kingaroy RSL Services chased down the Wondai Wolves to win by five wickets in their A Grade game played at Lyle Vidler Oval on Saturday.
Wondai won toss and decided to bat first; 43 overs later they were all out for 120.
Rob Robarts (57) and Clayton Graham (35) added the majority of the runs.
Brett Porter (2/7 off five overs) and Luke Medcalf (2/24 off seven overs) were the best of the Kingaroy bowlers.
In reply, Kingaroy made the target in 22 overs, finishing 5/122.
Top scorers were Mark Schmidt (32) and Wayne Kelly who was out LBW for 30.
Best of the Wondai bowlers were Clayton Graham (2/11 off five overs) and Kiall Rowberry (1/15 off four overs).
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Murgon Crusaders arm-wrestled with the Nanango Scorpions in stifling heat on Saturday for their A Grade game.
Murgon opened the batting and at times looked out on their depth especially when Steven Kirkland bowled nine overs straight, including seven maidens, to finish with figures of 0/5.
At the end of their overs, Murgon were 5/207 with Damian Sippel (76 not out) and Graham Brown (41 not out) saving the day.
Wicket-takers were Michael Davies (2/34 off nine overs), Dylan Gilliland (2/43 off nine) and Brendan Weil (1/9 off eight).
In reply, the Scorpions began to chase down the target.
Dean Olzard (65), Glen Doyle (42) and Brendan Weil (31) piled on the runs.
In the end, though, Nanango just fell short by five runs … all out for 202 in the 42nd over.
Best of the Murgon bowlers were Bryce Edwards (4/40 off 8.4 0vers), Tom Carney (3/39 off nine) and Graham Brown (2/34 off nine)
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B Grade cricketers began Round 2 of their competition with games in Nanango, Kingaroy and Murgon on Saturday.
In Nanango, Warriors won the toss against the home team and elected to bat.
Warriors posted a dauting target of 6/300, with Steve Heness (105 retired not out) posting more than a third of the runs.
Joe Roth (29), Justin Bunker (18) and Troy Litzow (18) also added valuable runs.
Best of the Nanango bowlers was Tom Springate who took 3/45 off eight overs.
In reply, Nanango tried hard but ran out of overs, finishing 7/183.
Joel Smallwood (43 not out), Tom Springate (41) and Lachlan Jones (24) were best with the bat.
Chris Bunker (3/44 off eight overs), Allen Ledger (2/40 off eight) and Dane Bloomfield (1/20) were the Warriors’ wicket-takers.
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Kingaroy Services took on Kumbia at the Taabinga State School oval in Kingaroy.
Kingaroy batted first and were all out for 118 off 37 overs.
Top scorers were Matt Patroni (25) and Cody Bauer (16).
Best of the Rattlers’ bowlers was Chris Medcalf (3/14 off 6.5 overs).
In reply, Kumbia made the total in 28 overs (4/120).
Shane Laherty (41 not out) and Tavis Hartwig (34) were the top scorers.
Phil Templeton took 2/41 off eight overs for Kingaroy.
Kumbia won by six wickets.
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The home team proved too strong in the game between Murgon Diggers and Wondai at Murgon.
Diggers won the toss and batted first, setting a target of 7/194.
Craig Klibbe (73), Nathan Nixon (44) and Steve Alexander (25) helped set the target.
Chris Bodey (3/32 off eight overs), Michael Evans (2/47 off eight), Thomas Eastaugh (1/32 off eight) and Deon Handford (1/40 off right) took the wickets.
In reply, Wondai were all out for 138.
Top scorers were Craig Handford (35), Chris Bodey (19) and Jack McDowell (18 not out).
Best of the Murgon bowlers were Al Woodall (4/23 off eight overs), Steve Alexander (1/8 off 6.1), James Brimblecombe (1/13 off four) and Hannah Allcock (1/16 off four).
Diggers won by 56 runs.
