An impressive Metropolitan Inner South East bowling performance put Central Highlands on the back foot from the early stages of its under-16 Cricket Victoria State Championships.
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In the fourth round of the Dowling Shield Central Highlands could only muster 83 runs in the one-day clash.
It lost early wickets, slumping to 5-13 at St Patrick’s College.
Sam MacKay top-scored with 22 runs, combining for two handy partnerships to add some respectability to the scorecard.
Max Stephenson was the main destroyer, taking 4-20 from his 10 overs.
Metropolitan Inner South East had little trouble chasing down the total, passing it with five wickets in hand.
Central Highlands is without a win from its three outings and is currently sitting at the bottom of pool three.
Central Highlands will now take on the undefeated Barwon at North Ballarat before the Dowling Shield returns in January.
January’s round will be the final one before the qualifying finals, made up of each pool’s top two teams.
SCORECARD
Central Highlands 83 from 39.3 overs (S.MacKay 22, E.White 16; M.Stevenson 4-20, D.Weerasekara 2-3)
Metropolitan Inner South East 5-87 from 36.2 overs – player details not supplied
TABLE – POOL 3
Barwon 12 points, 1.2556 (NRR)
Metropolitan West 8, -0.2111
Metropolitan Inner South East 4, 0.0889
Central Highlands 0, -0.9556
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
JOURNEY SO FAR
ROUND 1 - NOVEMBER 12
BARWON 6-230 d CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 177
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
J Pegg c F McCombe b M Potter 53
EE White b R Berg 0
DJ Lalor c J Nagle b R Berg 17
S Dempsey c C Brogden b M Potter 25
J Doherty c L Neate b M Potter 7
DA McRostie c C Brogden b M Potter 7
SJ MacKay b F McCombe 21
R Aikman b J Garner 0
J Ginnivan b J Garner 0
C Palmer run out (T Bruhn) 19
JL McDonald not out 0
Extras 28
TOTAL 177
Bowling
R Berg 7-2-37-1
F McCombe 6.5-1-1-23
J Sorgiovanni 6-0-0-26
L Neate 4-0-0-19
C Stow 10-0-0-29
M Potter 10-0-4-32
J Garner 6-3-2-5
BARWON
M Keane b JL McDonald 0
TC Scott c & b J Ginnivan 46
C Brogden b J Ginnivan 22
T Bruhn not out 92
J Nagle c L Argall b DJ Lalor 22
J Sorgiovanni c & b DJ Lalor 0
J Garner b C Palmer 8
F McCombe not out 19
Extras 21
TOTAL 6-230
Bowling
CL McClure 3-0-0-11-0
JL McDonald 10-0-1-3-0
C Palmer 10-1-1-49
J Ginnivan 8-0-2-45
J Doherty 5-0-0-34
DJ Lalor 10-0-2-4
L Argall 4-0-0-16
ROUND 2 - DECEMBER 18
at WENDOUREE
METROPOLITAN INNER SOUTH EAST d 7-116 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 87
METROPOLITAN INNER SOUTH EAST
JF Smith c & b L Argall 3
M Stevenson c J Pegg b J Doherty 26
O Bilstonb C Palmer 5
J Burns lbw b JL McDonald 42
J Dekel c J Ginnivan b JL McDonald 20
J Harrington run out (SJ MacKay, JL McDonald) 0
D Weerasekara not out 1
M Traplin b JL McDonald 0
MO Delaney not out 7
Extras 12
TOTAL 7-116
Bowling
L Argall 4-0-1-13
CL McClure 4-0-0-23
C Palmer 1-0-1-4
J Ginnivan 4-0-0-27
JL McDonald 4-0-3-21
J Doherty 2-0-1-14
DJ Lalor 1-0-0-10
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
J Pegg b M Stevenson 3
EE White b H Nicholls 0
DJ Lalor b M Stevenson 4
S Dempsey b G Khanna 22
J Doherty run out (J Dekel, J Harrington) 21
DA McRostie c M Stevenson b G Khanna 4
SJ MacKay run out (D Jhamb, J Harrington) 7
C Palmer c JF Smith b D Weerasekara 9
J Ginnivan st JF Smith b J Harrington 0
R Aikman run out (M Stevenson) 1
JL McDonald not out 1
Extras 15
TOTAL 87
Bowling
H Nicholls 2.5-1-1-16
M Stevenson 3-0-2-14
D Jhamb 3-1-0-12
MO Delaney 2-0-0-13
J Harrington 3-0-1-9
G Khanna 3-0-2-13
D Weerasekara 1-0-1-7
ROUND 3 - DECEMBER 18
at NORTHERN OVAL
METROPOLITAN WEST 3-85 d CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 81
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
J Pegg run out (L Melican) 23
EE White c M Hatzoglou b M Birthisel 15
DJ Lalor b M Birthisel 21
S Dempsey st AA Salvado b CL Jackson 3
J Doherty st AA Salvado b CL Jackson 0
DA McRostie run out (M Birthisel) 9
C Palmer b CL Jackson 0
SJ MacKay c J Hall b L Melican 2
R Aikman b E Acevski 5
J Ginnivan c L Melican b E Acevski 0
L Argall not out 0
Extras 3
TOTAL 81
Bowling
G Sakkas 4-0-0-25
C Mayoum 4-0-0-15
L Melican 3-0-1-14
M Birthisel 3-1-2-6
CL Jackson 4-0-3-14
E Acevski 2-0-2-6
METROPOLITAN WEST
O Gordon c CL McClure b L Argall 31
C Jackson b CL McClure 1
M Hatzoglou not out 28
J Hall run out (JL McDonald) 8
M Birthisel not out 9
Extras 8
TOTAL 3-85
Bowling
L Argall 4-1-1-11
CL McClure 4-1-1-15
C Palmer 2-0-0-12
J Ginnivan 4-0-0-19
SJ MacKay 2-0-0-9
J Doherty 1-0-0-7
JL McDonald 1-0-0-7
DJ Lalor 2-1-0-4
ROUND 4 - DECEMBER 19
at ST PARICK'S COLLEGE
METROPOLITAN INNER SOUTH EAST XXXX d CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 83
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
J Pegg c M Traplin b H Nicholls 0
EE White run out (D Jhamb) 16
DJ Lalor st JF Smith b M Stevenson 4
S Dempsey c M Traplin b M Stevenson 0
J Doherty st JF Smith b M Stevenson 0
DA McRostie c & b M Stevenson 3
SJ MacKay lbw b J Burns 22
R Aikman c J Dekel b D Weerasekara 11
C Palmer c J Harrington b D Jhamb 5
J Ginnivan c & b D Weerasekara 2
L Argall not out 1
Extras 19
Total 83
Bowling
H Nicholls 5-2-1-6
M Stevenson 10-1-4-20
D Weerasekara 1-0-2-3
G Khanna 2-0-0-7
D Jhamb 11-1-1-27
J Harrington 4-1-0-6
J Burns 6-2-1-13
METROPOLITAN INNER SOUTH EAST
Total 5-87
No player details supplied