BCA 1st XI review: George claims 5-wicket haul as Mt Clear scrapes in | SCOREBOARDS

Ash George secured the match-winning wicket - catching leading edge off a brave Josh Smith off his own bowling to dismiss the Hawks for 157 at Russell Square on Saturday.

The Mounties close within one point of third-placed East Ballarat with two rounds to play and keep their nose in front of Wendouree.

East Ballarat resumed on the second day on a precarious 5-52

It was always going to be tough to chase down Mt Clear's 161 and when it stumbled to 9-124 the match look out of the Hawks' reach.

Tom Walton had contributed 25 (4 fours) and Adam Eddy and Harli Givvens had each reached double figures, but it did not look like being enough with Mt Clear's attack led by George's leg spin and Grant Trevenen tightening the screws.

However, Smith and Josh Brown had other ideas.

They dug in and the reigning premier slowly, but surely closed in on what looked like an unlikely win.

The task proved just too much, with a courageous last-wicket stand ending within touching distance of the premiership points after contributing 33 runs in 12 overs.

Smith made 38 (6 fours) and Brown finished 11 not out.

George had the figures of 5-70 off 21.5 overs and Aja Mada took 3-42.

A win would have locked in a finals campaign for East Ballarat, but now like Mt Clear and Wendouree it is going to have to fight all the way.

Mt Clear captain Tom Le Lievre admitted there were plenty of nerves in each camp as the match tightened.

"Full credit to East, they took it right up to us, but it was the sort of pitch on which something is always a chance of happening we put our trust in our processes."

Le Lievre said Mt Clear had gone into the fixture well aware of the importance of it.

GOLDEN Point and Wendouree each secured the wins they needed, but were kept honest all the way in Ballarat Cricket Association firsts competition.

The Pointies retained top position with a 41-run victory over Bacchus Marsh and Wendouree stayed in touch of the top four by three wickets against Napoleons-Sebastopol.

Golden Point was temporarily displaced by Ballarat-Redan after its outright win over Buninyong on the first day of a two-day fixture, but order was restored on Saturday.

Protecting 8-299, Golden Point always looked in control of Bacchus Marsh at the Eastern Oval.

Daniel Lalor made sure the Pointies had to work all the way though with 156 as the Bulls reached 9-258.

He hit 18 fours and two sixes off 219 balls - batting at number four and being the last wicket to fall for the day.

Bacchus Marsh looked like falling well short in the heat when it slumped to 8-145.

Lalor was joined by Brad Oxford and they prolonged proceedings with a 108-run stand.

Oxford finished on 41no (4 fours, 2 sixes).

Daniel White had the best bowling figures of 3-8 off nine overs.

Mohomed Feshal took 3-31.

Wendouree needed all but four of its allocated over to get 7-247 and bring Naps-Sebas, 244, undone.

The Red Caps had the ideal start with the experienced duo of Mick Nolan, 56 (9 fours), and Cole Roscholler, 47 (5 fours), putting on 102 for the opening stand.

They were dismissed in quick succession and this signalled a steady flow of wickets to have Wendouree 5-147.

Heath Pyke, 69no (8 fours), steadied the ship with the valuable down the order knocks by Ash MCafferty 35, and Tom Batters 30 (4 fours).

Sajith Dissanayaka captured 3-67.

GOLDEN POINT 63

BALLARAT-REDAN 61

EAST BALLARAT 523

MT CLEAR 51

Wendouree 45

Darley 31

Bacchus Marsh 27

Brown Hill 21

Naps-Sebas 9

Buninyong 9

MOUNT CLEAR

Matt Ward b Joshua Brown 6

Samuel Harris c Josh Smith b Adam Eddy 9

Thomas Le Lievre c Adam Eddy b Joshua Brown 0

Zack Maple c Jacob Eyers b Josh Smith 14

Jack Jeffrey c Jacob Eyers b Abhilasha Rodrigo 28

Joel Moriarty c Josh Smith b Lewis Hodgins 9

Jacob Smith c Abhilasha Rodrigo b Harry Ganley 51

Grant Trevenen st Jacob Eyers b Abhilasha Rodrigo 21

Ajay Mada c Josh Smith b Joshua Brown 8

Ashley George c Finlay Baker b Joshua Brown 10

Dylan Hocking not out 0

Extras 5

TOTAL 161

Bowling: Adam Eddy 10-2-1-14, Joshua Brown 13.1-1-4-43, Abhilasha Rodrigo 15-3-2-49, Josh Smith 4-0-1-22, Lewis Hodgins 4-0-1-15, Harli Givvens 4-0-0-11, Harry Ganley 4-2-1-15

EAST BALLARAT

Lewis Hodgins c Jack Jeffrey b Ashley George 19

Finlay Baker c Joel Moriarty b Ajay Mada 0

Chris Jerram c Jacob Smith b Grant Trevenen 1

Harry Ganley lbw Ashley George 21

Jacob Eyers c Jacob Smith b Ajay Mada 6

Abhilasha Rodrigo c Jacob Smith b Grant Trevenen 2

Adam Eddy b Ajay Mada 16

Harli Givvens c Jack Jeffrey b: Ashley George 14

Tom Walton c Zack Maple b Ashley George 25

Josh Smith c&b Ashley George 38

Joshua Brown not out 11

Extras 4

TOTAL 157

Bowling: Ajay Mada 14-1-42-3, Grant Trevenen 14-4-30-2, Ashley George 21.5-5-70-5, Zack Maple 3-2-8-0, Thomas Le Lievre 1-0-4-0

NAPOLEONS-SEBASTOPOL

Nathan Doonan c Heath Pyke b Tom Batters 5

Sam Peters lbw Ash McCafferty 0

Daniel Scott not out 73

Sajith Dissanayaka lbw Ash McCafferty 133

Lachlan Sheridan lbw Tom Batters 3

Luke Corden lbw Tom Batters 2

Tom Appleton c Cole Roscholler b Aaron Johns 10

Dylan York run out 2

Harry Peirson run out 3

Jake Scott run out n 0

Zac Healy not out 1

Extras 12

TOTAL 9-244

Bowling: Ash McCafferty 15.5-5-3-31, Tom Batters 14-3-3-44, Tom Godson 11-2-0-32, Aaron Johns 17-6-1-58, Brandon Weatherson 19-3-0-67

WENDOUREE

Cole Roscholler c Luke Corden b Sajith Dissanayaka 47

Mick Nolan c Sajith Dissanayaka b Zac Healy 56

Liam Brady b Sajith Dissanayaka 6

Heath Pyke not out 69

Monty Maloney lbw Luke Corden 5

Liam Wood c Daniel Scott b Luke Corden 1

Ash McCafferty b Harry Peirson 25

Tom Batters c Luke Corden b Sajith Dissanayaka 30

Aaron Johns not out 1

Extras 7

TOTAL 7-247

Bowling: Harry Peirson 16-3-52-1, Luke Corden 20-8-47-2, Dylan York 5-0-31-0, Sajith Dissanayaka 23-6-67-3, Zac Healy 6-1-23-1, Jake Scott 6-0-21-0

MOUNT CLEAR

Matt Ward b Joshua Brown 6

Samuel Harris c Josh Smith b Adam Eddy 9

Thomas Le Lievre c Adam Eddy b Joshua Brown 0

Zack Maple c Jacob Eyers b Josh Smith 14

Jack Jeffrey c Jacob Eyers b Abhilasha Rodrigo 28

Joel Moriarty c Josh Smith b Lewis Hodgins 9

Jacob Smith c Abhilasha Rodrigo b Harry Ganley 51

Grant Trevenen st Jacob Eyers b Abhilasha Rodrigo 21

Ajay Mada c Josh Smith b Joshua Brown 8

Ashley George c Finlay Baker b Joshua Brown 10

Dylan Hocking not out 0

Extras 5

TOTAL 161

Bowling: Adam Eddy 10-2-1-14, Joshua Brown 13.1-1-4-43, Abhilasha Rodrigo 15-3-2-49, Josh Smith 4-0-1-22, Lewis Hodgins 4-0-1-15, Harli Givvens 4-0-0-11, Harry Ganley 4-2-1-15

EAST BALLARAT

Lewis Hodgins c Jack Jeffrey b Ashley George 19

Finlay Baker c Joel Moriarty b Ajay Mada 0

Chris Jerram c Jacob Smith b Grant Trevenen 1

Harry Ganley lbw Ashley George 21

Jacob Eyers c Jacob Smith b Ajay Mada 6

Abhilasha Rodrigo c Jacob Smith b Grant Trevenen 2

Adam Eddy b Ajay Mada 16

Harli Givvens c Jack Jeffrey b: Ashley George 14

Tom Walton c Zack Maple b Ashley George 25

Josh Smith c&b Ashley George 38

Joshua Brown not out 11

Extras 4

TOTAL 157

Bowling: Ajay Mada 14-1-42-3, Grant Trevenen 14-4-30-2, Ashley George 21.5-5-70-5, Zack Maple 3-2-8-0, Thomas Le Lievre 1-0-4-0

GOLDEN POINT

Andrew Falkner b Daniel Lalor 63

Manjula De Zoysa c&b Angus Jones 78

Joshua White c Alex Porter b Jack Powell 29

Joshua Pegg c Angus Jones b Jack Powell 28

Lukas Pegg c Taeje Baker b Hamish Lyle 51

Daniel White c Daniel Lalor b Jack Powell 5

Lachlan Anderson c Alex Porter b Hamish Lyle 21

Darcy Aitken c Alex Porter b Hamish Lyle 17

Mohomed Feshal not out 1

James Lewis not out 0

Extras 6

TOTAL 8-299

Bowling: Hamish Lyle 11-2-3-56, Angus Jones 12-3-1-42, Bradley Croxford 16-5-0-44, Jack Powell 23-4-3-70, Alex Porter 2-0-0-10, Connor Ascough 2-0-0-12, Daniel Lalor 14-2-1-62

BACCHUS MARSH

Alex Porter st Andrew Falkner b Joshua Pegg 11

Thomas Wardell c Joshua White b Daniel White 1

James Lidgett c Andrew Falkner b Daniel White 4

Daniel Lalor Nick Strangio c Lukas Pegg b Manjula De Zoysa 12

Connor Ascough c Andrew Falkner b Daniel White 3

Angus Jones lbw Andrew Warrick 3

Hamish Lyle run out 10

Taeje Baker lbw Darcy Aitken 4

Bradley Croxford not out 41

Jack Powell not out 2

Extras 12

TOTAL 9-258

Bowling: Andrew Warrick 16-6-47-1, Daniel White 9-5-8-3, Joshua Pegg 3-1-7-1, Darcy Aitken 12-3-44-1, Manjula De Zoysa 19-4-63-2, James Lewis

10-1-2-30, Mohomed Feshal 9-0-31-0, Joshua White 2-0-27-0

BROWN HILL

Nathan Porter c Drew Locke b Benjamin Longhurst 1

Nick Cochrane c Josh Murphy b Hasitha Wickramasinghe 44

Ryan Knowles b Benjamin Longhurst 8

Akila Lakshan c Axel Morton b Benjamin Longhurst 1

Jason Knowles c Axel Morton b Hasitha Wickramasinghe 27

Lahriu Gunasinhage c Hasitha Wickramasinghe b Liam Cornford 22

Viraj Pushpakumara c ? b Hasitha Wickramasinghe 7

Shashi Fernandoc Axel Morton b Liam Cornford 2

Byron Wynd b Madushanka Ekanayaka 4

Jarrod McIntyre c Drew Locke b Madushanka Ekanayaka 0

Ben Sheard not out 1

Extras 10

TOTAL 127

Bowling: Madushanka Ekanayaka 9.3-0-16-2,

Benjamin Longhurst 13-0-20-3, Chamika Sattambi 5-0-12-0, Brodie Ward 7-0-17-0, Hasitha Wickramasinghe 13-0-20-3, Liam Cornford 8-0-33-2

DARLEY

Dilan Chandima c Akila Lakshan b Byron Wynd 4

Axel Morton c Akila Lakshan b Lahriu Gunasinhage 26

Brodie Ward c Akila Lakshan b Byron Wynd 0

Liam Cornford c Nick Cochrane b Shashi Fernando 1

Josh Murphy c&b Ryan Knowles 4

Chamika Sattambi c Lahriu Gunasinhage b Ryan Knowles 1

Bradley Barnes st Akila Lakshan b Shashi Fernando 14

Hasitha Wickramasinghe c Akila Lakshan b Viraj Pushpakumara 3

Drew Locke c Ben Sheard b Jarrod McIntyre 71

Madushanka Ekanayaka not out 9

Extras 10

TOTAL 9-143

Bowling: Byron Wynd 10-3-19-2,Viraj Pushpakumara 29-9-36-1, Shashi Fernando 11-3-14-2, Ryan Knowles 11-1-15-2, Jason Knowles 7-1-21-0, Lahriu Gunasinhage 4-0-26-1, Jarrod McIntyre 1.1-0-6-1

BUNINYONG

FIRST INNINGS

Naditha Tissera c Jayden Hayesb Matthew Aikman 5

Justin Irvin c Riley Fisher b Nathan Patrikeos 0

Brad Byrnes c David Cartonb Matthew Aikman 0

Luke Cole c&b Nathan Patrikeos 0

Mitchell Tierney c Riley Fisher b Nathan Patrikeos 5

Clayton Geddes lbw David Carton 18

Campbell Palmer c Riley Fisher b David Carton 1

Brodie Wells c Connor Ronan b Jayden Hayes 3

Tausif Pattan c Robert Hindb Jayden Hayes 1

Hudson Palmer not out 2

Wasim Ali b David Carton 2

TOTAL 42

Bowling: Nathan Patrikeos 9-5-3-10, Matthew Aikman 6-5-2-9, David Carton 5.4-0-3-17, Jayden Hayes 3-1-2-3

BALLARAT-REDAN

FIRST INNINGS

Robert Hind not out 55

Randhir Sandhu c Brodie Wells b Hudson Palmer 20

Jayden Hayes c Justin Irvin b Campbell Palmer 7

Zac Jenkins c&b Mitchell Tierney 24

Connor Ronan c Brodie Wells b Hudson Palmer 1

Riley Fisher b Wasim Ali 5

Max Riding not out 23

Extras 7

TOTAL 5-142dec

Bowling: Hudson Palmer 8-0-2-47, Campbell Palmer 6-0-1-37, Mitchell Tierney 4-0-1-33, Wasim Ali 3-0-1-20

BUNINYONG

SECOND INNINGS

Naditha Tissera c Matthew Aikman b Nathan Patrikeos 0

Justin Irvin c Chris Egan b Matthew Aikman 3

Brad Byrnes retired not out 12

Luke Cole lbw Nathan Patrikeos 0

Mitchell Tierney c Connor Ronan b Matthew Aikman 3

Clayton Geddes c Connor Ronan b Matthew Aikman 0

Campbell Palmer run out 6

Brodie Wells c Connor Ronan b Matthew Aikman 4

Tausif Pattan c Riley Fishe b Nathan Patrikeos 0

Hudson Palmer not out 2

Wasim Ali b Nathan Patrikeos 2

Extras 2

TOTAL 9-34

Bowling: Nathan Patrikeos 7.3-2-4-13, Matthew Aikman 7-1-4-19