{"id":938660,"date":"2026-10-24T00:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T00:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/938660\/"},"modified":"2026-10-24T00:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T00:38:19","slug":"luke-cox-century-leads-lawrence-to-cricket-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/938660\/","title":{"rendered":"Luke Cox Century Leads Lawrence To Cricket Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Tim Howard<\/p>\n

Cox\u2019s explosive 109 powers Lawrence to victory as Tucabia survives a late scare against Maclean.<\/p>\n

Lawrence middle-order batter Luke Cox has scored the first century of the Clarence Valley Cricket Association\u2019s first-grade season, smashing 109 from 73 balls at J J Lawrence Fields, South Grafton.<\/p>\n

Cox led an exhilarating display of power batting as Lawrence racked up 6\/218 from 30 overs against the combined Easts\/Brothers\/South Services side.<\/p>\n

Lawrence, last season\u2019s premiers, restricted their opponents to 8\/160 to record a comfortable win.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t a good day for the Grafton-based team, with no bowler able to keep the scoring rate close to a run a ball.<\/p>\n

Cox hit 14 boundaries and two sixes, receiving good support from Luke Moloney, who scored 32 from 31 balls, and Charlie Rouse, who contributed 23.<\/p>\n

Spinners Dave Bruton, with 2\/30, and Brenden Cotten, with 2\/39, were the best of the bowlers, each sending down six overs.<\/p>\n

Lawrence\u2019s bowlers had the home team on the rack from the outset, dismissing opener John Martin for a first-ball duck to leave the hosts at 1\/2.<\/p>\n

Explosive opening batter Shannon Connor enjoyed a brief cameo, smacking 26 from 15 balls, while Lewis Chevalley top-scored with 41. But no-one could match Cox\u2019s fireworks as the chase quickly fell behind the required run rate.<\/p>\n

Max Forwell was next best with 29, but the innings fell away as the Lawrence bowlers got on top.<\/p>\n

At the Ulmarra Showgrounds, Tucabia Copmanhurst Ulmarra Hotel chased down Maclean United\u2019s 131 with three balls to spare to record a thrilling win.<\/p>\n

Tucabia invited Maclean to bat and kept the pressure on the visitors from the outset with accurate bowling.<\/p>\n

Opener Brady Walker top-scored for Maclean with a patient 33, while Shakila Perera, batting at No. 3, made 20.<\/p>\n

Myles Adamson, Declan Ensby and Matt Pigg each picked up two wickets.<\/p>\n

Opener Travis Anderson\u2019s 51 from 47 balls got the run chase off to a flyer. When he was the second batter dismissed, with the score at 2\/81, Tucabia appeared comfortably placed.<\/p>\n

But a flurry of late wickets to Christo Marallich, who finished with 5\/27 from eight overs, kept the batters on their toes.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Harwood, which had the opening-round bye, begins its season by hosting Tucabia at Harwood Oval.<\/p>\n

At Ellem Oval, Grafton, GDSC Easts\/Brothers\/South Services takes on Maclean, while Lawrence has the bye.<\/p>\n

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