North Geelong’s Dale Kerr blasted Lara’s top order off the pitch during the opening round of the Geelong Cricket Association ConnectTel T20 competitions.
Kerr took 6/19 and top scored with 22 against Lara. At one stage Lara was four down for just three runs, but Brenden Miller and Varinder Singh Cheema each made 40 to give the Cats something to defend with a 90-run stand, but the Magpies got home with three wickets and 14 deliveries to spare.
Bell Park’s Nik Pottabathini was the batting star of the round, making 113 from only 53 balls as the Dragons accounted for BPCA side Armstrong Creek.
DIVISION 1 & 2 CONNECT-TEL T20 CUP
North Geelong 7/115 (D. Kerr 22, B. Gillett 3/24, J. Guy 2/19) def Lara 9/114 (B. Miller 40, V. Singh Cheema 40, D. Kerr 6/19)
Bell Park 6/249 (N. Pottabathini 113, S. Elliston-Buckley 54, T. Smith 3/29) def Armstrong Creek 7/144 (C. Marsiglio 44, T. Smith 25)
St Joseph’s 4/145 def Barwon Heads 7/143
East Belmont 7/130 def Geelong City 6/125
Jan Juc 4/194 def Geelong West 174
St Peters 9/160 (J. Jackson 28, M. Sorgiovanni 25, W. Ford 21, P. McKenna 2/18, S. Taylor 2/20) def Newtown & Chilwell 124 (T. Windus 29, L. Sperling 27, J. Jackson 5/22)
Highton 9/148 (W. Thomas 3/20, C. Ford 2/25, T. Beasley 2/37) def Grovedale (N. Berry 44no, J. Windus 26)
South Barwon 4/88 (H. Hauenstein 56no) def Torquay 87 (I. Timms 20, N. Butters 3/4)
Byes: Alexander Thomson, Anglesea, Bell Post Hill, Leopold
DIVISION 3 & 4 CONNECT-TEL T20 CUP
Lethbridge 2/97 (H. Spiller 42no, S. Dillon 34no) def Bannockburn 93 (H. Lucas 20, S. Dillon 3/17, R. Pece 2/2, J. Sheehan 2/10)
Meredith 2/135 def Teesdale 6/134
Ocean Grove 3/101 (C. Snookes 50no) def St Albans/Breakwater 97 (D. Roddis 4wkts)
Newcomb & District 122 (H. Nield 45) def Thomson 96 (N. Keevil 4/12, E. Hurst 2/26)
Waurn Ponds Deakin 7/135 def Wallington 7/105
Modewarre 5/157 def Surf Coast 9/154 (R. Dawes 39, W. Liddle 34)
Murgheboluc 8/143 (M. Grace 3/14) def Corio 8/135 (E. Stanciu 39, C. Hewett 35, A. Grace 33)
Marshall Bears 4/97 def Little River 96
