A revitalised Brown Hill is one of only two remaining unbeaten teams after three rounds in Ballarat Cricket Association firsts.
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The Bulls kept their unblemished early season record intact with a three-wicket win over North Ballarat at the Northern Oval on Saturday.
Opener Leigh Lorenzen gave the Roosters hope after being sent in with an unbeaten century.
Lorenzen made the most of a couple of chances to get 113 (13 fours, one six) to guide North Ballarat to 9-197.
Connor Miles, 28 (five fours), and Jason Crosbie, 21, were the only others to reach double figures in compiling a competitive total.
Ryan Knowles returned the best figures of 3-44.
Brown Hill took a while to get going, being 2-29 before Jason Knowles stepped up with the bat with 54 (nine fours).
Ryan Knowles also contributed 33 (three fours, one six) in the middle order, although there was nothing easy about the run chase late.
MT CLEAR is also undefeated after Nathan Yates made its run chase against Golden Point in the grand final rematch look easy at the Eastern Oval.
With Yates getting a masterful 121 not out (12 fours, three sixes), the Mounties cruised past Point's 5-204 with 1-205 off just 35 overs.
Matt Ward, 49 (six fours), played more than a handy support role to Yates in an unbeaten second wicket stand of 144.
Golden Point had earlier made 5-204 - largely thanks to an unbeaten sixth wicket partnership of 104 between Dan White, 76no (five fours, five sixes), and Sam Harris, 37, in a patient knock.
NEW kid on the block Buninyong had its most significant win to date, with playing coach Liam Brady tasting success against his former team Wendouree at Wendouree.
Buninyong reached 6-217 inside the last three overs to run down the Red Caps' 5-213.
The experienced duo of Bobby Hind, 61 (nine fours), and Stuart Squire, 71no (nine fours), anchored the Buninyong run chase.
They added 67 after the Bunnies had reached 3-54 and then Squire kept them on target in stays with Michael Flynn, 22 (four fours), and Liam Rigby, 26.
Wendouree produced an even batting performance with five players getting past 20. Jack Peeters top scored with 45.
EAST Ballarat was rarely troubled against a disappointing Darley at Darley.
The Lions could manage on 118, with opener Ryan Ali the only one to get going on 44.
The Hawks saluted by eight wickets.
Lewis Hodgins, 61 not out (five fours), and Harry Ganley, 52, put on 110 in East Ballarat's 2-121.
BALLARAT-Redan opened its winning account by six wickets against Napoleons-Sebastopol at Alfredton.
Luke Corden, 72 (four fours), was the backbone for Naps-Sebas to ensure the home team had a testing chase.
Jayden Hayes took 4-22.
The Two Swords reached the target with five overs to spare thanks to an even contribution by all batsmen in the top order.
Zac Jenkins led the way with 59 not out (six fours).
ROUND 4
East Ballarat 2-121 (L Hodgins 61no, H Ganley 53) d Darley 118 (R Ali 44; J Brown 2-15 C Jerram 2-20) at Darley
Buninyong 6-217 (S Squire 71no, R Hind 61, L Rigby 26; J Wall 3-29) d Wendouree 5-213 (J Peeters 45no, R Simmonds 38, C Roscholler 33, G Webb 32, H Pyke 26; L Rigby 2-40) at Wendouree
Ballarat-Redan 4-192 (Z Jenkins 59no, J Hayes 40, T Sutton 28; M Messemaker 2-29) d Napoleons-Sebastopol 189 (L Corden 72, A Taylor 27, U Qureshi 25; J Hayes 4-22, S Allan 2-51) at Alfredton
Mt Clear 1-205 (N Yates 121no, M Ward 49no) d Golden Point 5-204 (D White 76no, S Harris 37no, M De Zoysa 32, J White 27; N Hucker 2-36) at Eastern Oval
Brown Hill 7-195 (J Knowles 54, M Sandford 34no, R Knowles 33; A McCafferty 2-35) d North Ballarat 9-197 (L Lorenzen 113no, C Miles 28; R Knowles 3-44, J Knowles 2-35, M Jennings 2-40) at Northern Oval
LADDER (unofficial)
BROWN HILL 18
MT CLEAR 18
WENDOUREE 12
BUNINYONG 12
East Ballarat 12
Golden Point 6
North Ballarat 6
Ballarat-Redan 6
Darley 0
Napoleons-Sebastopol 0