It was a weekend of unpredictable results in the GDCA second grade competition this weekend with a number of upsets while there was a big win for Diggers.
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Coleambally were able to pick their second win of the season against Exies Eagles at Ted Scobie Oval.
Exies made a strong start with two quick wickets to have the Nomads sitting at 2/11 before Cooper Smith lead a fightback.
Smith (70), Sam Breed (17) and Shane Taylor (14*) got starts to see the Coleambally side bowled out for 137 inside 31 overs.
Exies were on the back foot early with Sanil Chilukuri (5/17) doing the damage as the Eagles fell to 8/27.
Adam Waide (19*), Daniel Duckworth (14) and Michael Culgan (12) put some respectability on the scoreboard by Jack Weymouth-Smith (4/35) cleaned up the final wickets to see Exies bowled out for 85 in 20.5 overs to hand the Nomads a 52-run win.
Diggers were able to pick up a 109-run win over Coro. Mark Favell (24) started the Diggers off on the right foot with Damien Browning (29), and T Harper (53) made runs in the middle order.
The damage was reduced by Justin Moat (3/11) picking up three wickets while Andrew McIntyre (2/39) and Andrew Potter (2/43) taking two wickets each to see Diggers finish their 40 overs on 8/158.
The Cougars were on the back foot early with Daniel Dossetor (3/30) doing the damage early before Brady French (25) tried to lead a fightback.
Unfortunately for the Cougars no other batsman was able to hang around with French as Browning (5/13) ripped through the lower order to bowl Coro out for 49 and hand Diggers the massive win.
In the final game, Hanwood were able to end Leagues unbeaten start to the season.
Ryan McWhirter (52) lead the way for the Hanwood side while handy contributions from Zac Ruediger (24) and Jordan Whitworth (13) saw the home side finish their 40 overs on 9/127.
Babar Safdar (3/9) did the damage for Leagues with the ball while Karam Brar (2/9) and Teao Woetai (2/17) picked up two wickets each.
Teei Piawi (33) and Brar (12) were the only batsmen from Leagues to get a start as Shannon Caughey (4/12), and Dean Catanzariti (3/11) ripped through the batting line up to bowl Leagues out for 69 and handed Hanwood a 58-run win.
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Liam Warren
As someone with an underlying passion about sport it is a privilege to report on the sporting landscape around the MIA
As someone with an underlying passion about sport it is a privilege to report on the sporting landscape around the MIA
