NARRE Warren’s Turf One team failed to defend its first-innings total and went down to Berwick in an exciting round-seven clash for outright second spot on Saturday.
Narre won the toss and batted on a variable deck and started well with captain Wendell Perumal and vice-captain John Simpson.
Simpson was out in the 14th over when the score was 74 for 30.
Shean Vanderwert came in and put on 77 with his skipper before Perumal was out for 89 off 90 balls.
Narre Warren then fell into a bit of a slump and lost 5/29 with Vanderwert, Simpson, Jensen-Schmidt and Scott all falling in this period.
Chris Jarrett and Dave Wheeler rescued the innings, putting on close to 40 and posting a decent total of 216.
Berwick loaded up its top order with the big guns and it was up to Narre’s bowlers to prove a point. With Wheeler picking up Evans when the score was 26, it brought the two most prolific runs scorers in the competition to the crease together.
Good shot selection with some inconsistent bowling, Berwick hauled down Narre’s total with 15 balls to spare and plenty of wickets in the shed.
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Narre Warren away to Hallam won the toss and elected to bat.
After 40 overs, Narre Warren reached 9/159.
Best of the bats was Matt Darvell with 51.
Defending 159 Narre had to bowl and field very well, however Hallam passed the score in the 28th over.
Best of the bowlers were Dwayne Hughes 3/50 and Bryce Millar 2/29.
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Narre Warren hosted Doveton in what turned out to be a game played in the best of sportsmanship, but unfortunately fell short in the run chase.
Batting for Narre Warren was in short supply with only Colin Perumal 35 really making the scorers work.
Good performances in the field were not enough to contain the opposition to a low score.
Best of the bowlers were Brendan Jarman (4/20), Mick Teeuw (3/17) were excellent for Narre Warren with a very good performance by Matt Brew.
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Narre Warren playing Dandenong West at Greaves won the toss and elected to bowl, restricting the opposition to 157 runs.
Best of the bowlers were Greg Sealby (0/23 off eight overs), Mick vanDam (2/32 off eight overs) and Andrew Waller (2/36 off seven overs).
Narre Warren then went into bat, losing its first wicket at 16 and then losing wickets steadily before Greg Young came in, putting on a 52-run partnership with Shane Johnston.
Narre Warren fell short on 126.
Best of the bats were Greg Young (16), Craig Mentiplay (22) and Shane Johnston (22).
