Wall-to-wall cricket as season resumes

North Sportsman’s allrounder Nick McInerney has put in a man of the match performance to guide his side to an easy victory over South Gambier in cricket’s return to the oval after the festive break.

McInerney was unbeaten on 77 after South won the toss and elected to bowl. He clubbed nine boundaries and cleared the rope once, enjoying good support from veteran Michael Johnston (35) at the top of the order, as well as Elliott Fisher (38).

McInerney then ran through the South batting line-up, taking 4/19 from his eight overs.

Robbie Drenthen was the pick of the South line-up with both bat and ball, top scoring with 21 after taking three wickets. South skipper Stephen Easterbrook did his damage with the ball with 4/21.

East Gambier, on the back of a Riley Flamank half century, and some impressive bowling from skipper Alex Hentschke and Marc Roberts, both who finished with three wickets, easily chased down Mil Lel’s 9/135 to secure victory.

Mil Lel captain Jack Miller was best with bat and ball for his team, top scoring with 27 and taking 3/46.

Once West Gambier posted 7/247 from their 40 overs, it was always going to be a tough ask for Penola and the Eagles fell well short, dismissed for 74 with only Michael Waters (34) giving the scorers much work to do.

Sam Willis tore through the Penola batting line-up with a six over spell that yielded 5/3, adding his five wicket haul to the 67 he made with bat in hand, with Nuwan Gunawardana (71) also doing plenty of damage, with nine fours and a six.

In Crouch Shield action an unbeaten 96 from Jed Matthews (Glencoe) was the highlight, while in Cox Bros Shield Tarpeena number five Alex Carter put on a show with 127 no out in an entertaining hitting display that saw him clear the boundary an incredible 16 times as well as five fours.

MOUNT GAMBIER & DISTRICT CRICKET ASSOCIATION RESULTS

ONE DAY FIXTURES

T20 COMPETITION

ROUND ONE CATCH UP (Played January 14)

North Sportsman’s 9/97 (N. McInerney 30; W. Rowland 3/11; M. Douglas 2/17; D. Bachmann 2/21) d Mil Lel 77 (W. Rowland 38; M. Douglas 21; N. McInerney 4/2; T. Young 3/9)

West Gambier 5/130 (S. Willis 38; S. Nikethana 35; J. Prior 25; J. Alexander 2/14) d Penola 4/129 (J. Alexander 42; M. Waters 27)

South Gambier 5/91 (S. Easterbrook 21; D. Somerfield 19no.; J. Thompson 19; L. Turley 2/14) d East Gambier 8/90 (J. Carger 16; N. Maxwell 3/20; D. Somerfield 2/22)

ROUND THREE (Played January 11)

East Gambier 4/140 (A. Hill 34; A. Hentschke 28no.) d Mil Lel 50 (E. Marks 3/10; M. Roberts 3/17; L. Turley 2/6; A. Hentschke 2/9)

West Gambier 4/142 (J. Blackwell 51no.; R. Crute 34; R. Drenthen 2/16) d South Gambier 7/141 (R. Drenthen 52; J. Thompson 41; J. DeJong 3/15)

North Sportsman’s 7/120 (E. Fisher 32; M. Lewis 17ret.; M. Waters 2/3; Z. Zema 2/27) d Penola 8/111 (M. Waters 43; I. Mulraney 3/8; Z/ Clark 2/17; D. Kenny 2/22)

BARBER SHIELD

North Sportsman’s 8/180 (N. McInerney 77no.; E. Fisher 38; M. Johnston 35; S. Easterbrook 4/21; R. Drenthen 3/27) d South Gambier 104 (R. Drenthen 21; S. Bradbrook 20; N. McInerney 4/19; E. Fisher 2/16; I. Mulraney 2/21)

East Gambier 152 (R. Flamank 50; D. Stratford 38; N. Walters 3/32; J. Miller 3/46; C. Hicks 2/9) d Mil Lel 9/135 (J. Miller 27; A. Virtanen 20; A. Hentschke 3/21; M. Roberts 3/16)

West Gambier 7/247 (N. Gunawardana 71; S. Willis 67; B. Stephenson 32; J. Prior 20; L. March 2/34) d Penola 74 (M. Waters 34; S. Willis 5/3; B. Stephenson 2/10; J. DeJong 2/31)

CROUCH SHIELD

Glencoe 3/288 (J. Matthews 96n0.; Z. Cocks 69; T. Weaver 57; C. Hill 53) d South Gambier 8/152 (P. Sigley 21; K. Maxwell 20; T. McGrath 2/27; J. Agars 2/18)

Mil Lel 7/172 (C. Lock 49; T. Rowland 28; S. Grigg, B. Pfitzner 23; T. Bellinger 2/34; A. Maidment 2/29) d Kongorong 6/163 T. Bellinger 56; B. Long 32; W. VonStanke 23; P. Appleby 2/31)

Gambier Central 7/178 (J. Burston 53; J. Thomspon 33; B. Collins 29; Z. Clark 3/29) d North Sportsman’s 105 (J. Stafford 20; J. Phipps 4/20) N. Fox 3/15; H. Sanders 2/19)

COX BROS SHIELD

Yahl 8/156 (T. Ambrose-Pearce 57; J. Hatt 40; J. Haggett 4/29) d Mil Lel 7/85 (L. Cameron 22no.; J. Moody 2/16; R. Mulraney 2/11)

Tarpeena 6/319 (A. Carter 127no.; L. Carlson 59; S. Just 30; D. Vine 3/25) d Glencoe 51 (S. Haase 13no.; S. Lock 4/7; C. Leek 3/13)

O’DONOGHUE SHIELD

Millicent 5/105 (A. Lindner 20ret.; S. Hunt 19ret.) d Penola/Naracoorte 7/73 (L. Dolphin 11no.; C. Hateley 2/8)

No other scores available

HALL TROPHY

Penola/Naracoorte 1/92 (J. McClure 13ret.; S. Gericke 12ret.) d Mil Lel 5/64 (T. Virtanen 17; T. Fiegert 12ret.; F. Malone 2/6; M. Kidman 2/4)

Millicent 6/88 (P. Duldig, K. Kenny 12ret.) drew with South Gambier 8/88 (A. Page 29ret.; C. Watson 2/3)

Mount Burr 8/107 (C. Taylor 27; P. Lydeamore 14; B. Lock 2/12; K. Rainey 2/8) d Gambier Centrals/West Gambier 3/84 (B. Lock 18 ret.; T Richards 16ret.)

SIMS SHIELD

East Gambier 2/65 (J. Creek 15ret.; H. Clark 11ret.) d Mount Burr 3/41

Millicent 2/98 (J. Rowe 24no.; A. Sims 14; F. Mules 13no.; P. Fitzgerald 11no.) d Penola 8/27 (A. Sims 4/1)

Gambier Centrals 1/82 (H. Milne 10ret.; B. Brooks 10) d Glencoe 8/70 (H. Dale 15; B. Brooks 3/6; O. Liddle 2/9)

Mil Lel 3/90 (T. Anderson 10ret.; M. Bowering 2/3) d Yahl 4/34 (B. Whelan 7ret.; L. Albert 2/4).