Leaders fall victim again

MUCH like the results in A1, the Division Two semis were won by the teams finishing lower on the ladder.
Top side MDU fell to Koonwarra/Leongatha RSL while Wonthaggi Miners was defeated by Kilcunda Bass.
In the first match Koony won this game primarily because of the performances of one bowler and one batsman.
Sam Sperling, in for the injured Jason Kennedy, was brilliant with the ball on Saturday with a magnificent 7/53. Sam Hughes led the Cougars to a great run chase on Sunday thanks to his opening score of 92 not out meaning Koony could reach 4/178 chasing MDU’s 164.
On Saturday MDU won the toss and batted and with opener Gary Webster making 60, Matthew Olden 18 and Wayne Prosser 17, MDU was able to post a reasonable score. Down the order Nick Eddy posted 24 not out to give MDU a winning chance at the match played on the Korumburra turf.
Apart from Sperling’s seven wicket haul Nishadh Liyanage took 3/56.
On Sunday Hughes steady innings was all the more impressive because he had wickets falling around him early with the score at 3/38 at one stage.
Fortunately he found a partnership with young Ben Perry, 44, as they added 84 runs for the fourth wicket. With Liyanage scoring 21, and with Hughes still in Koony was able to pass the total without the loss of any more wickets.
Best of the MDU bowlers was Michael Patching 2/36.
In the other semi final Miners won the toss and batted on Butch West oval however only two batsmen made their mark in an innings of disappointment; Miners all out for just 95.
Jason O’Reilly opened and made the top score of 36 but nine batsmen out of 11 made just single figure scores. Down the list Joel Piasente made 20 not out.
For Kilcunda/Bass Stephen Leman took 4/17 and Andrew Donohue 3/16.
In reply Killy Bass scored 131 with Ashley Oats with 29 the best of the scores with quite a few batsmen getting high teens and low twenties. The winning score was passed with the loss of just five wickets.
Miners went into bat for a second dig but at 6/86 there was never a chance of an outright.

Tight spell: Koony’s Nishadh Liyanage was another fine bowler for Koony, claiming 3/56. More photos at www.mdphotos.net

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Mar 16 2016. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry