Biddon-Tooraweenah charged back into semi-final contention, following two victories at the weekend.
Playing a catch up game on Friday night in Warren, Biddon-Toora in a surprise result, defeated the reigning premiers USC before going on to defeat a young Coonamble side on Saturday.
The two wins elevated Biddon Toora to 51 points putting them in a tussle for third and fourth spot with Gular on 53 and USC 52. Curban still sits on top of the ladder with 76 points with Town Services in second position on 60.
In other matches played on Saturday, Town Services inflicted USC with their second loss for the weekend, while Curban defeated Gular at Gular.
The Gilgandra Bowling Club best performances with the bat this week include Cameron Morse (Biddon-Toora) 57, John McKay (USC) and Guy Allen (Gular) 31 and Jarred Couley (Curban) 30.
Best with the ball was Wes Lummis (Curban) who took the honours with 5/19. Other fine performances were given by Mark Ferguson (Biddon-Toora) 4/9, “Marksy” (Biddon-Toora) 3/8 and Ben Jenkins (Biddon Toora) 3/16.
This week will see the competition revert to the 20/20 format with Town Services, USC, Gular and Biddon Toora playing in Gilgandra while Coonamble will host Curban.
In the first round to be played in Gilgandra, Town will play USC at Ernie Knight with Gular to play Biddon Toora at McGrane. These games will commence at 1pm.
At the completion of these matches, all teams should make their way to McGrane oval for a short barbecue before playing their second match at a venue to be decided that afternoon.
The Coonamble /Curban game will start at 4pm with the Curban bus leaving the Tatts Hotel at 3pm.
Match Report
Gular versus Curban.
Curban travelled to Gular on Saturday with the home team desperately needing a win to stay on track for a semi-final appearance.
Gular won the toss and elected to bat on a brand new synthetic wicket laid during the week. Chris Allport bowled Gular opener Ben Ryan to claim the first wicket on the new deck.
Jarred Graham and Brandon Hammond proceeded to see off the Curban opening bowlers but after Wes Lummis was brought into the attack, the Gular fortunes drastically changed.
Lummis picked up four quick wickets to have Gular in big trouble at 6 for 42 and an early finish looked likely. Gular captain Guy Allen had other ideas and with Zac Fuller providing support at the other end, the pair put on 59 for the seventh wicket before the partnership was broken in the 35th over.
Wes Lummis returned to claim his fifth wicket with Gular posting a respectable 9/121 after 40 overs. Lummis with 5/19 was the pick of the Curban bowlers while Chris Allport generated plenty of pace and grabbed two wickets for 12 off seven overs. Jarred Couley bowled six overs for a miserable 10 runs and was very unlucky not to have a claimed a couple of wickets because of some poor catching.
The Curban run chase didn’t get off to the best of starts with Curban 2/24 after seven overs. Jasen Carter picked up both wickets while Brandon Hammond was applying plenty of pace from the other end. Andrew Newstead joined Jarred Couley and together they put on 51 for the third wicket to steady the Curban innings.
The Gular bowlers never gave up, taking a further three wickets before Curban reached their total in the 32nd over for the loss of six wickets. Couley was the best of the Curban batsmen with 30 runs completing a fine match. Gular conceded 34 extras which is something needing to be addressed should they make the semi-finals. Zac Fuller, with 2/6 and Carter with 2/20 were the most successful bowlers for Gular.
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