January 21, 2016
The South Burnett XI have earned the right to host the Goodchild Shield final in Kingaroy despite a narrow loss to Gympie on Sunday.
The Bush Pigs fell just five runs short of Gympie’s 157.
Ashley Sippell and Tom Carney each took three wickets, but the South Burnett batsmen struggled and were bowled out in the 39th over.
The final, to be played on Sunday February 14 at Lyle Vidler Oval, will be a re-match between the two sides, this time played on the South Burnett’s home turf.
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Warriors secured an outright win on Day 2 of their A Grade cricket match against Wondai in Kingaroy on Saturday.
Resuming at 8/99, the Wolves were were chasing the Warriors’ first innings total of 140 but were bowled out just two runs shy of the target, giving the home team first innings points.
Opener Andrew Askin starred in the Warriors’ second dig, scoring 65 of the team’s eventual 148 runs.
Rain interrupted play at times, forcing the cricketers on and off the field.
In reply, Wondai was tested by some good fielding from the Warriors, especially Mitchell Crossley who took three catches.
The Wolves were bowled out short of the target, giving Warriors 10 points for the game.
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The second two-day A Grade game, between Murgon and Nanango, also resulted in an outright win.
Crusaders resumed at 3/174 having already overtaken Nanango’s first innings total of 118.
Murgon put on another 122 runs before sending in the Scorpions to bat.
Jeff Rose (58) followed on from Jason Webber’s 68 from last Saturday to help build the Crusaders’ tally.
Chasing Murgon’s lead of 178, Nanango fell six runs short meaning the Murgon batsmen were given a second innings holiday and the Crusaders took 10 points from the game.
Mitch Olzard was the topscorer for Nanango with 51.
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Rain affected the B Grade match between Warriors and Wondai, reducing the game to 36 overs.
Wondai won the toss and elected to bat, finishing with a total of 7/174.
Top scorers were E. O’Rourke (75), C. Handford (57) and C. Bodey (13).
In reply, Warriors fell short at 7/156.
Veteran Paul Clegg top-scored with 56.
Wondai won by 20 runs.
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In the B Grade game between Nanango and Kumbia, the Scorpions won the toss and batted first, ending all out 132.
Top scorers were S. Scott (31) and C. Shute (25).
J. Milsom took 2/15 off six overs.
The Rattlers overtook the target in the 15th over for the loss of just two wickets.
C. Crawford (65 not out) and J. Milsom (37 not out) did the damage.
Kumbia won by eight wickets.
