Old Students Blue has slid into the top four with a resounding win over Waaia.
Students Blue finished even on points with fifth-placed Karramomus, but has secured a finals berth on percentage.
Some mammoth hitting from the likes of Oscar Lambourn (37), Andre Gagliardi (35), Mitchell Higgins (29) and Nicholas Cooper (20) had Students finish on a whopping 192-run total, after Waaia had been toppled for 61 in the first innings.
The big-hitting Students will face table-topper Notre Dame-St Brendan’s on Friday at Deakin Reserve, the Tigers cruising through to finals after an almost perfect campaign.
Numurkah was the latest side to fall to the dominant Tigers outift at the weekend, a stellar Yuvi Malhi (3-11) bowling performance tearing through the Blues’ batters in the first innings to restrict them to 66.
Rory Duffy’s 22-run knock for the Tigers had them over the line with two overs remaining.
The Blues are set to face third-placed Euroa at the weekend.
The Magpies secured finals despite going down to Mooroopna at the weekend in a scintillating contest.
Cohen Paul manufactured a tidy 32 off 19 balls in the first innings, with the remaining Euroa batters struggling to put scores on the board as they finished on 103.
The Cats’ batters were up to the task, escaping with the points in the dying embers of the match.
Tyler Nolen found a single in the second last over to tie the game, needing one run from the final over to seal the win.
He did just that, finding the winning run with three balls remaining.
- Cricket Shepparton’s under-16 A-grade semi-finals are set to take place on Friday, with Notre Dame-St Brendan’s to take on Old Students Blue at Deakin Reserve, while Numurkah and Euroa will go head-to-head at Kialla Park. Both matches will start at 6pm.
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