Mt Clear has taken the first step towards a premiership double in season 2018-19 with victory in the Ballarat Cricket Association Twenty20 first grade grand final.
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The Mounties chalked up 7-121 batting first at Alfredton and then restricted East Ballarat to 99 all out.
Jarrod Burns top-scored with 28 for the victors, while teammate Nathan Yates made 23.
With the ball, skipper Darcy Thomson snared a brilliant 3-4 from three overs.
Tristan Dixon belted 33 through the middle order for the Hawks, but it wasn’t enough as his side fell 23 runs short of victory.
East Ballarat was bowled out in the 19th over.
Mt Clear is currently top of the first grade regular season ladder and will head into the upcoming finals series well fancied to win the flag.
In the second grade T20 grand final on Sunday, VRI Delacombe proved too good for Darley.
VRI batted first and made 131 before bowling the Lions out for 114.
