By Steve Brown
THE Basin Huntsmen put the bite on the Johnson Park Sharks in the one-day game after the Christmas break.
Basin’s Josh Lee topscored with 40 and 29 to each of the Heskes brothers helped register 152 after 42 overs. But the Huntsmen regrouped after the tea break and quickly had the visitors reeling at 5/19 from 14 overs.
Alex Winters dismissed the association’s top bat, Bryn Gaunt caught behind for two, then had former Test cricketer Dulip Samaraweera caught for a duck and the day got worse for the Sharks.
Outswing bowler Shane Underhill continued the onslaught and captured 4/15 in a great display of controlled one-day bowling and the Park was knocked over for 48, the lowest score of the season.
Upper Gully was too strong in the end for an undermanned Lysterfield after the Kings put 200 on the board.
Leg spinner Alister Lord showed his all-round ability with 44 while in reply Lysterfield fell 29 runs short on 171 with Matt Whitty impressing with 35.
Belgrave inflicted more heartache on Eildon Park, which after playing off in last year’s final, is at the wrong end of the ladder with the same team line-up. The Magpies compiled 233 with Leigh Newey (76) and Ben Carnell (70) doing the damage. In reply the Panthers were just short with 8/219, despite a fighting knock of 94 from Shane Cosstick. St Johns Tecoma caused the upset of the year when it downed finals contender Upwey by seven runs.
Former Upwey player Corey Walters had the last laugh when he collected 5/20 against his old club and Jason Newman was at the crease in the end with an unbeaten 66.
Darren Spence scored a half century for the Tigers despite receiving a nasty blow to the nose and his team went away empty-handed after pencilling the game in for a win.
Blake Walter (55) steered Monbulk (155) to victory over fourth placed Rowville (147) with Nathan Bogar topscoring for Rowville with 61 and Ferntree Gully had an easy day when it toppled Knox Gardens for 83 with part-time spinner Shane Richardson taking four wickets.
The Gully batted time out to reach 5/212 with Country Week hopeful Luke Bowyer dominating with 69 not out.
@BT Sport Sub Mail:KNOX TAVERN CUP
Upper Gully 7/200 (Lord 44, Manning 3/33) d Lysterfield 8/171 (Peluso 31, M. Whitty 35, N. Whitty 43, T. Chivers 35), The Basin 152 (Lee 40) d Johnson Park 48 (Underhill 4/15),
Belgrave 6/233 (Newey 76, Carnell 70, C. Cosstick 3/22) d Eildon Park 8/219 (S. Cosstick 94, B. Morris 44).
St Johns Tecoma 6/150 (Newman 66*) d Upwey 9/143 (Spence 58, Walters 5/20).
Monbulk 5/155 (B. Walter 55, A. Walter 34) d Rowville 8/147 (Bogar 61, Morcello 46, G. Wright 3/42).
Ferntree Gully 5/212 (Handley 47, Bowyer 69*, Buckland 33*) d Knox Gardens 83 (Richardson 4/29).
@BT Sport Sub Mail:DECOITE SHIELD
Knoxfield 3/254 (Boxell 31, Morris 173*) d Footballers 9/245 (Brittain 42, Rawlings 51, Leathem 38, Holst 3/48, Morris 3/50). Mountain Gate 3/100 (Neilson 66*, Anthony 3/32) d Auravale 95 (Wimalaratna 3/5, Atacador 3/28). Knox v South Belgrave (No score supplied)
@BT Sport Sub Mail:DIVISION 3
Upper Gully 9/223 (Ziza 32*, Hart 40, Lapthorne 4/41) d Lysterfield 187 (Anderton 30, Beyer 4/54, Ziza 3/24).
Eildon Park 4/290 (Smyth 103, Hicks 37, Porter 37, J. Hicks 41*, R. Hicks 31*) d Belgrave 7/156 (M. Levell 55).
Johnson Park 5/220 (Rickard 105, Steele 47) d The Basin 7/215 (Harris 75, Blandgiardo 41, Sim 3/27).
Upwey 7/207 (McQualter 33, R. Marshall 57, A. Chandler 3/29) d St Johns Tecoma 149 (Manning 44, Buck 3/22, B.Wood 3/28).
Knox Gardens 8/225 (Zandt 48, Butcher 36, McLean 34) d Ferntree Gully 124 (Reed 52, Brewster 30).
Monbulk 8/203 (Heppell 50, Truscott 45*, Watson 34, Cullen 4/39) d Rowville 179 (Searle 63, R. Arnell 41*).
@BT Sport Sub Mail:DIVISION 4
Mountain Gate 9/156 (Carter 40, Rogers 34, Barry 32, Morgan 4/31, Walker 3/8) d Auravale 121 (Healy 32, Stewart 3/18). Knoxfield 6/193 (Scanlan 78, McKeown 3/50) d Footballers 149 (Storey 34, Malone 3/28). South Belgrave v Knox (No score supplied)
@BT Sport Sub Mail:BENDIGO COUNTRY WEEK SQUAD (JAN 17 -22)
D. Howe (capt, Upwey), M. Mulcahy (Upwey), B. Walter (Monbulk), A. Walter (Monbulk), S. Bowen (Johnson Park), J. Colee (Upper Gully), A. Burgess (Johnson Park), D. Carman (Johnson Park), S. Waters (Upwey), J. Bradbury (Ferntree Gully), B. Carnell (Belgrave), S. McKenzie (Knoxfield), S. Pimm (Eildon Park), A. Watson (Upper Gully).
Manager: Arnie Walters; scorer: Steve Flemming.
