B GRADE<\/p>\n
Euroa hosted Kyabram in the first week of finals, with the visitors winning the toss and choosing to bat.<\/p>\n
On day one, Euroa\u2019s bowlers made the ideal start, with Ryan Hill and Darby Wilson combining for two early wickets to leave Kyabram in trouble at 2\/14. <\/p>\n
The pressure remained on throughout the innings, with Will Jackson, Shammy, and Cohen Paul all taking important breakthroughs.<\/p>\n
Kyabram managed to steady through a number of partnerships, but Euroa stayed sharp in the field and never allowed the game to get away.<\/p>\n
At the close of play on Saturday, Kyabram had posted 9\/199, leaving Euroa with a challenging chase.<\/p>\n
Sunday did not begin the way Euroa hoped, slipping to 2\/9 early in the innings. <\/p>\n
Lachie Hill and Josh Robertson then combined for a crucial partnership to turn the momentum back Euroa\u2019s way. <\/p>\n
Robertson was dismissed at 3\/108 after an excellent half century, while Hill continued to anchor the innings before falling at 4\/118 after making 53.<\/p>\n
With the game in the balance, Shammy and Ryan Hill took control.<\/p>\n
Shammy produced some of the most exciting hitting of the match, including two big sixes, while Ryan Hill rotated the strike well and kept the scoreboard moving.<\/p>\n
After Cohen Paul was dismissed at 5\/136, Euroa still had work to do, but the run chase was completed in style as the side reached 5\/203 from 48 overs to secure a memorable finals win.<\/p>\n
Euroa now moves on to a semi-final clash with Central Park-St Brendan\u2019s at the Friendlies, with first ball at 12.30pm on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
SCORECARD: Kyabram 9\/199 (W Jackson 2\/22, C Paul 2\/28) defeated by Euroa 5\/203 (L Hill 53, J Robertson 50)<\/p>\n
D GRADE<\/p>\n
Euroa\u2019s D Grade side travelled to Kialla Park Reserve for its opening finals clash against Old Students on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Captain Connor McCombe won the toss and elected to bowl first, but Old Students got away to a strong start, putting on 73 for the opening wicket.<\/p>\n
The breakthrough came when Jordy Masters claimed the first wicket, with Cooper Goodall taking the catch.<\/p>\n
Two overs later, Masters struck again, this time bowling his batter.<\/p>\n
Tim Swift then made his mark, claiming a wicket when Jake Tunks held onto a catch, before picking up a second with the ball crashing into the stumps.<\/p>\n
Late in the innings, Mitch Saunders and McCombe also joined the wickets column, while Swift was involved in a run out as Euroa finished strongly to restrict Old Students to 7\/177.<\/p>\n
Euroa began the chase brightly, with Leo Murphy and Mitch Saunders taking the attack up to the opposition.<\/p>\n
Murphy made 29 before falling in the 10th over, while Saunders added 21 before being dismissed soon after.<\/p>\n
From there, Tim Swift held the innings together as wickets fell around him.<\/p>\n
His unbeaten 75 proved the difference, guiding Euroa home in the final over alongside Cooper Goodall to seal a thrilling one-wicket victory.<\/p>\n
D Grade now heads to Lemnos next week for a semi-final against Pine Lodge, with play beginning at 12.30pm.<\/p>\n
SCOREBOARD: Old Students 7\/177 (T Swift 2\/16, J Masters 2\/39) defeated by Euroa 9\/180 (T Swift 75 not out, L Murphy 29)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"B GRADE Euroa hosted Kyabram in the first week of finals, with the visitors winning the toss and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":545048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-545047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=545047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/545047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=545047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=545047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=545047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}