Sport
28 March, 2024
Premiers
ALLANSFORD Panmure has successfully defended its 204 runs against Nestles to take out Warrnambool District Cricket’s division one premiership.
The Gators were sent in to bat by Nestles last weekend and openers Kade Parker and Shashan Silva worked hard to quickly get some runs on the board.
Silva was bowled for 25 while Parker was out lbw for 10.
Team-mate Christopher Bant made an impressive 38 in an innings which included five boundaries.
Other contributors to the scoreboard were middle-order batsman Daniel Meade with a quick-firing 42 (which included four boundaries) and Patrick Mahony with 33.
The Gators reached 10/204 in the 80th over.
Best of the bowlers for Nestles were Jacob Hetherington who finished the day with figures of 4/40 off 18.5 overs and Matthew Price 3/43 from 14.
In reply, Nestles was restricted to 10/138 in the 69th over with Michael Harricks the best with the bat making 52.
He was well supported by team-mates Jacob Hethertington (25) and Matthew Ringin who was unbeaten, also on 25.
For the Gators, Shiv Kumara took 3/19 from 18 overs, Rommel Shahzad took 3/41 from 16 overs and Simon Richardson finished the day with 2/31 from 14.
Single wickets also went to Ben Boyd (1/26) and Brandon Bant (1/19).
