A COMPETITIVE day of cricket saw all three games in the Seymour District Cricket Association completed.
A big gap between the top two and the rest has now been established thanks to Tallarook’s eight-wicket win over Pyalong.
A good team performance from Tallarook was full of disciplined bowling, not allowing any Pyalong batsman to get away to a good start, with Matthew Wilkins’ 33 the best of the Pyalong batsmen.
Blake Munari-O’Dwyer, Xavier Arandt and Kalon Winnell each took two wickets as Tallarook held Pyalong to 9/108.
After that, Lachlan Watts guided Tallarook home as his 49 off 62 deliveries was more than enough to do the job.
Seymour sit in second, but had plenty of work to do to eventually secure a win over Avenel by five wickets.
It looked as though Seymour would have a dream day after Brodey Pointon scored a wicket with the second ball of the day, but Avenel worked hard to eventually score 7/147.
Pointon took 3/25, while Cameron Evans claimed 3/32.
In response, Seymour struggled to start with as it fell to 2/2, but Evans was the star of the show throughout the entire day as his unbeaten 81 was the key to Seymour finishing the job, ending on 5/150.
In the other result, Alexandra survived a thrilling affair against Yea, winning by two wickets, 8/82 chasing 81.
Tallarook scored a comfortable win against Pyalong in B grade, winning by seven wickets.
Pyalong had a great start with Peter Reynolds scoring 33 and Damien Zoch scoring 35, but Samuel Manchester would run riot through the Pyalong batting lineup, taking 4/28.
Pyalong looked to be in the game as it took three quick wickets to leave Tallarook 3/24, but Matt Whitfield’s 39 and Brendan O’Donnell’s 47 guided Tallarook home.
Seymour was no match for Avenel, losing by 38 runs.
Kharl Sison’s 3/24 led the way for Seymour with the ball, while Christopher Kemp, Braxton Tucker and Damian Murphy took two wickets apiece to roll Avenel for 113.
However, Seymour could not respond with the bat, with Murphy’s 24 and Doug France’s 17 the only scores in double figures as Seymour was bowled out for 75.
The other game saw Alexandra take a comprehensive six-wicket win over Yea, with the Tigers all out for just 24, and Alexandra 4/26 in response.
