Young Saints cruise to victory

In reply the young Saints posted 138, with Harvey Swann top scoring with 17.

Leroy picked up the Federal Hotel Parmi Award and Kobe got the Loats Family Award.

This Thursday the Saints travel to Deniliquin.

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The under-14s Saints were at home against Katamatite.

Winning the toss, the Saints batted first.

Katamatite were on top with the Saints at 2/11 before Jordan Swann and Lachie Packer put together a 61 run partnership to set up the team’s score of 3/72.

Swann retired on 26 and Packer not out on 20.

In reply, the Saints’ opening bowlers of Swann (2/5) and Packer (1/5) had Katamatite on the back foot at 3/2.

The Katamatite batters were able to settle and build partnerships with the Saints bowling toiling away.

Katamatite required five runs from the final over.

Jack Smith restricted Katamatite to four however, and they finished 7/72 from their 25 overs resulting in a tie.

Ollie Batten took home the Berrigan Cafe Pizza Award and Blake got the Federal Hotel Parmi Award.

Next week the Saints host Finley in a two day match.

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In A-grade, the Saints hosted Cobram.

With some changes due to unavailability, the Saints had were able to give Lachy Whelan, Jordan Swann and the father-son combination of Simon Packer and Lachie Packer a run together.

Cobram won the toss and elected to bat.

The Saints grabbed an early wicket through Brady Bartlett (1/34), however partnerships built around Shaun Downie’s massive 94 runs allowed Cobram to post the score of 9/186 after their 45 overs.

Best of the bowlers were Jordan Swann getting 2/6, Jacob Bartlett 2/33 and Lachy Whelan grabbing 2/44.

In reply, Cobram’s bowling pressure had the Saints in all sorts of trouble.

The Saints were bowled out for 56 in the 35th over, with Jacob Bartlett the only shining star for the Saints finishing with 40.

The Tim Harris Harris Transport Award was shared by Jordan Swann and Lachie Packer for their efforts.

This week the Saints travel to Barooga for their first two day match of the season.