Moama, Elmore and Echuca have established themselves as the leading contenders, all 6-4 in an even competition.
Echuca joined Moama in a share of the lead after taking down the Mowers by five wickets.
The Mowers couldn’t complete the allocated overs, Kirk Teasdale again the leader at the top of the order with 45 as his side posted an all-out 125.
Harry Ripon was Echuca’s best with the ball, taking 3-34.
A balanced and determined Echuca batting line-up got its side to the target within 27 overs, Rhys Varcoe (37), Lachlan Hogan (34 not out) and Thomas Kerr (30) the leading contributors.
The other leader, Elmore had a relatively comfortable time out against Stanhope, picking up the win by 64 runs after setting a first innings target of 5-177.
James Harney (47) anchored the early part of the innings, while a late partnership of co-captains Luke Price (39 not out) and Tyler Oliver (38 not out) put the finishing touches on a strong total.
Stanhope was dismissed for 113, Harney (3-12) and Shivam Goel (3-25) the leading bowling duo for the Redbacks.
Strong bowling put Bamawm-Lockington United over the top against Rushworth.
The Tigers were restricted to 123 as Charlie Mundie (4-32) and Charlie McIntyre (3-6) kept the opposition off balance throughout.
Despite the efforts of Rushworth’s Shannon Jarrett (4-25), BLU put together a composed batting effort, six players reaching double figures as the Lions got home by four wickets.
Colbinabbin was rolled by Cooma for 81 runs, the chase then completed in less than 12 overs.
Kane Moroney’s 31 was the only standout batting effort for the Ducks, while Jack Norris (3-26) and Joel Stephens (3-2 from 5 overs) tore the opposition apart.
Cooma didn’t lose a wicket in the run chase, Liam Scopelliti notching a quick 51 not out to secure the points.
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Leitchville-Gunbower made short work of Nondies-Cohuna’s 119, beating the target in 15 overs and without loss.
After the bowling unit kept the objective within reach, openers Casey McNaught (45 not out) and Kaleb Quinn (59 not out) didn’t require their teammates' assistance to score the win.
Moama fell just short of running down Echuca South’s 101, bowled out for 95.
Adam Goodes (34) was best in the South innings, while Cameron McMullan took 4-6 to ensure the Swans got home.
Rochester batted well to easily run down Tongala’s 92 run total.
Tonny looked like it may fall for even less, but was saved late by Travis Johnstone (41 not out).
However, Rochy was able to make easy work of the chase, losing only one wicket as Brian Dwyer (40 not out) and Matthew Harrington (39 not out) took their side home.
Kyabram Fire Brigade had the bye.
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BLU had no trouble chasing down Echuca South after bowling the Swans out for 70.
Jai Bailey took 3-8 at the head of the Lions’ bowling attack, while Nathan Neville scored 39 not out, doing the majority of the work in the chase.
Echuca also executed a successful run chase, hunting down Cooma’s 9-112.
Jaxon Hogan stood tall with the ball for Echuca, taking 3-20, before his batters ran down the target in 28 overs.
To complete a low-scoring round, Girgarre restricted Stanhope to just more than two an over, the Lions posting 6-87, easy pickings for the Roos’ chasers.
Jayke Fisher tried to get the Lions together with 38, but the runs didn’t flow fast enough, Girgarre led by Charles Lowe with 43 not out.
Rochester had the bye.
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BLU had enough in reserve to chase down Colbinabbin’s 115.
A trio of Lions took three wickets, Nick Simpson (3-6), Nigel Riordan (3-13) and Emma Beal (3-30) starring before Col Pearse (30), Nigel Riordan (29) and Julian Pearse (28 not out) stood up with the bat.
Girgarre had an easy time hunting down Stanhope’s 131 first innings total.
The wickets were shared around the Roos’ bowlers, three players taking two each, and Simon Tomasini (34 not out) was among the leaders in the chase.
Echuca crushed Murchison in the second innings, bowling the host out for 88 runs.
Jamie Scott scored 60 from 48 deliveries to assist Echuca in posting a target of 146 and Kai Maddox 3-17 was among the bowling efforts that removed Murchison easily.
Rushworth had the batting quality to chase down Tongala’s small total of 88.
Shannon Scorse took four wickets and competition namesake Peter Raglus made an unbeaten 50 to take the Tigers home.
