By ADEM SARICAOGLU
ST ANTHONY’S remains perched on the bottom of the table in the Gisborne and District Cricket Association’s McIntyre Cup after suffering its fourth successive loss on Saturday.
A winless St Anthony’s outfit travelled to Clarke Oval to take on Sunbury and after winning the toss, chose to send the hosts in to bat.
The visitors’ attack enjoyed a relatively successful day with Rod Oosterhoff claiming three wickets and Warren Haffenden and Andrew Steele each snaring two of their own.
However, Sunbury still managed to reach 9/163 in its 40-over dig, with Heath Boffey (48) and Paul Webber (45) each leading the way for the home team.
St Anthony’s then went on to struggle in its pursuit of 164, falling well short of the mark for the loss of nine wickets by the end of their 40-over reply.
Darren MacRae (22), Cameron Lewis (17) and skipper Michael Yates (13) were the only St Anthony’s batsmen to reach double figures for the day as runs proved hard to come by.
Ultimately the final winning margin for Sunbury was 83, with St Anthony’s ending the day at 9/80.
St Anthony’s will host Sunbury United in another one-dayer this weekend.
Meanwhile, Bacchus Marsh is well-placed in second spot on the McIntyre Cup table after claiming an 81-run win over Wallan on Saturday.
After choosing to bat first on Wallan’s home deck at Greenhill Oval, Bacchus Marsh enjoyed a day out in the middle, with opener Dylan Wright scoring 85 to set the visitors up nicely.
Wright watched four of his batting partners fall before his day was done with his side looking good at 5/158, and from there Thomas Wardell and Rhys Watson (22 each) then went on to steer Bacchus Marsh beyond 200.
Wallan’s chase never gathered any momentum as five of Bacchus Marsh’s seven bowlers got themselves among the wickets.
Mark Hooper (2/15), Tom McColl (2/16) and Watson (2/30) were all impressive with the ball while Nick Strangio and Ian Spiteri (each with figures of 1/12), also helped get the job done.
Wallan’s Matthew Bell (26) was the only batsman to get into the 20s as Bacchus Marsh cruised home, restricting the host to 8/121 by the end of the innings.
This weekend Bacchus Marsh will host third-placed Riddell in another one-dayer ahead of a full schedule of two-dayers for the remainder of November.
