BDCA: Marist seal finals spot with 97-run win over Hay Park, Colts edge out Dalyellup by two wickets

Marist made a sure thing of their participation in the Bunbury and Districts Cricket Association men’s first-grade finals with a 97-run win over Hay Park at Hay Park on Saturday. A brilliant bowling effort saw the Blues defend their total of 172 by routing the Redbacks for 75, a result which cruelled Leschenault’s slender hopes of vaulting into fourth. Brandon Hughes-Philpott’s stunned the hosts at the start of the second innings with a brilliant opening spell of 4-10 from six overs, leaving them in a huge early hole at 5-11 which they could not recover from. Marist’s score in the first innings was set up by a 91-run third-wicket partnership between Haydn Slodecki (53 from 69 balls) and Cooper Clarke-Dehring (41 from 72 balls). Spinners Lucas Pedrochi (3-39 from 10 overs) and Fida Hussain (2-43 from 9.3 overs) were the best of Hay Park’s bowlers. In a preview of this week’s qualifying final, first-placed Colts edged out second-placed Dalyellup by two wickets at Dalyellup College. Colts veteran Murray Goodwin proved the difference-maker in the game, with his 49 not out from 100 deliveries seeing the minor premiers get over the hosts’ total of 127 in a tricky chase. The visitors were in all sorts of early trouble at 6-34 in the second innings until Goodwin combined for a 76-run seventh-wicket stand with Morgan Baxter (29 from 61 balls) to get the game back on their terms and found another partner Clayton Caltsounis (11 not out from 35 balls) to see them home. Caltsounis’ contribution with the bat came after he continued a standout finish to the season with the ball in the first innings, taking 3-23 from his 10 overs. Leschenault’s season finished with an 88-run win over sixth-placed Collie at Leschenault Recreation Park. The Green Caps needed both to secure a bonus point win over the visitors and for Marist to lose to jump into fourth but could not hold up their end of the bargain, only bowling the visitors out in the 40th over for 144 after making 232 in the first innings. Corey Chantrill’s 89 from 106 balls underpinned the hosts’ batting effort, with veteran spinner Blair Malatesta (3-34 from 10 overs) the best of the bowlers for Collie. Leschenault’s Shazad Gondal bamboozled the visitors’ lower order in the second innings, finishing with figures of 5-36 from 8.4 overs, with wicketkeeper Chantrill playing a hand in each wicket by claiming four stumpings and a catch.

BDCA: Marist seal finals spot with 97-run win over Hay Park, Colts edge out Dalyellup by two wickets

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