Grand final showdown this weekend

DECISIVE wins to Allansford-Panmure and Dennington last weekend sees the two teams set to meet in the Warrnambool Moyne and District Cricket Association premier division one grand final.

In the semi-final at Allansford, the Gators won the toss and elected to bat first against Mortlake, posting an imposing 9/320 from their 80 overs.

Openers Kade Parker and Shashan Silva put on 131 for the first wicket to set up the innings.

Parker made 70 from 82 balls, with seven fours and two sixes, with Silva scoring an innings high 87 from 188 balls, with eight boundaries and a six.

Other contributions came from Chris Bant with 40 from 59 balls, Zavier Mungean with 34 from 50 and Charlie James with 29 from 43.

Damien Goddard led the Mortlake bowling with 5/52 from 11 overs, with veteran Clinton Baker taking 2/58 from 14 and Kalhan Sineth 1/97 from 32.

Charlie James got a wicket with the first ball of the Mortlake innings, trapping Adam Atwood leg before wicket to give the Gators a perfect start on Sunday.

Mortlake’s innings never got going, the Cats losing regular wickets to be all out for 79 in just 26 overs.

Opener Charlie Mahncke top scored with 19 from 36 balls, while for Allansford-Panmure, Brandon Bant took 4/22 from 13 overs and Ethan Boyd 3/16 from six.

In the semi-final at Purnim, Dennington scored a seven wicket win over Nestles.

Electing to bat first, Nestles were all out in 79.4 overs for 190.

Tim Ludeman led the way with 106 from 174 balls, hitting three fours and two sixes in his third ton of the season.

Dennington opening bowlers Xavier Beks and Ben Rantall took four wickets each.

On Sunday, Dennington took just 49.3 overs to run down Nestles score for the loss of three wickets.

Dilip Tharaka led the way with an unbeaten 90 from 135 balls, hitting seven boundaries, with Samitha Sepala making 50 from 85 balls and Farooq Qureshi 45 from 59.

Sanjaya Arachchige took two wickets for Nestles.

This weekend’s premier division grand final between the Gators and the Dogs will take place at the Reid Oval.

In the championship division, Allansford-Panmure and Hawkesdale both scored semi-final wins.

Batting first at Dennington, Spring Creek was bowled out for just 59 in 40.5 overs by the Gators.

Henry Collins was the only player to make double figures with 30 from 73 balls, with Allansford-Panmure off-spinner Simon Richardson taking an impressive 6/31 from 20 overs after taking the new ball.

Allansford-Panmure replied with 6/181 from its 80 overs.

Opener Lachlan Rea scored 85 from 202 balls, with Kyall Timms 37 from 52.

James Dalton and Lachlan McCosh took two wickets each for Spring Creek.

In the semi-final at Terang, Koroit was bundled out for 50 in 39.2 overs, batting first against Hawkesdale.

Number 10 Bailen McDonald was the only player to make double figures with 11 from 48 balls, with Hawkesdale’s Will Morrison taking four wickets.

Hawkesdale replied with 142, dismissed in 66.5 overs.

Opener Jordan Dwyer top scored with 23 from 108 balls, with Glen Moore taking 3/40 from 22 overs for Koroit.

The Saints had a second innings, hitting 8/143 from 24 overs.

Patrick Sinnott top scored with 44 from 48 balls, with Seamus Brady making 43.

For Hawkesdale, Lachlan Glare took four wickets.

With 20 overs to play, Hawkesdale was 3/33 when stumps were called.

Allansford-Panmure and Hawkesdale will meet in this week’s grand final at Mortlake’s DC Farran Oval.

The division two grand final at Koroit on Saturday saw Russells Creek score a seven run win over Port Fairy at Koroit.

Batting first, Russells Creek was dismissed for 91 in 39.5 overs.

Emmanuel Coomaraswamy top scored with 20 from 36 balls for Creek, with Eamon Dempsey and Andrew McCartney taking three wickets each for Port Fairy.

In reply, the Pirates were all out for 84 in the final over.

McCartney top scored with 15 from 36 balls, with Russells Creek captain Brett Nuske taking 3/18 from nine overs in the win.

This week’s division three grand final will be between Dennington and Port Fairy after both teams won their semi-finals on Saturday.

At Allansford, Allansford-Panmure were bowled out for 109 batting first against Dennington.

Warren Heron top scored with 29 from 76 balls for the Gators, with Dennington’s Brad Coleman taking 4/13 from eight overs.

The Dogs lost just one wicket in chasing down the total in 27.1 overs, Jamie Fogarty making 46 not out from 78 balls and Nick Squires 49 not out from 42.

In a low scoring game at the Noorat Recreation Reserve, Port Fairy had a six run win over Wangoom.

Batting first, Port Fairy was bowled out for 65 in 31.5 overs.

Opener Tim Fraser top scored with 14 from 43 balls, with Wangoom opening bowler Matthew Rook taking 4/11 from eight overs.

Despite 24 not out from 47 balls to Nathan Adams, Wangoom was dismissed for 59 in 29.3 overs.

Lewis Carmichael led the Pirates bowling 5/7 from 5.3 overs.

This week’s decider between the Dogs and the Pirates will be at Brierly number two.

In the division four grand final at Purnim, Warrnambool scored its first ever premiership cup with a six wicket win over Dennington.

Warrnambool won the toss and sent the Dogs into bat, with Dennington dismissed in 33.2 overs for 59.

For Warrnambool, Nick Mills took 3/8 from five overs, with brothers Archie and Ned Bolden taking two wickets each.

Warrnambool passed the score in just 14.1 overs for the loss of four wickets to claim the win, with Ned Bolden unbeaten on 28 from 21 balls, with his father and Warrnambool captain Nick Bolden also at the crease when the winning runs were hit.