Nicole Edwards - 32 not out for Ballarat Bolts

Ballarat Bolts have taken over leadership of the Victorian women's community cricket north-west A one-day competition.

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Bolts took advantage of two games being abandoned to overtake Caroline Springs on percentage.

Ballarat defeated Clifton Hill by 42 runs to go to the top.

Sent in, Ballarat batted steadily to get 7-150 off 36 overs at Clifton Hill.

Opener Sara Kennedy made 27 (2 fours, 2 sixes), Annabelle Moloney 27 (4 fours) and captain Nicole Edwards 32 not out.

The Bolts then chipped away, picking up wickets is groups of two right through Clifton Hill's innings.

Kennedy capped off a strong all-round performance with 2-4 off four overs.

Freya Palmer picked up 2-9 - her first bag of multiple wickets for the season - and Victoria Berton finished with 2-18.

LADDER

BALLARAT 26, 1.5301

CAROLINE SPRINGS 26, 1.0477

MELBOURNE UNI 22

CLIFTON HILL 18

Holy Trinity 14

Coburg 12

SCOREBOARD

BALLARAT

SC Kennedy c J Aldridge b H Watson 27

S Dehnert lbw b A Howell 8

A Moloney run out 27

A Brown c E Johnson b R Nolan 12

C Hull c R Nolan b L Chester 4

N Edwards not out 32

M O'Beirne c & b R Drake 11

IC O'Brien c I Fenner b L Chester 2

F Palmer not out 16

Extras (nb 5, w 1, b 5, lb 0) 11

Total 7-150

Overs 36.0

FOW: 31 (S Dehnert) 47 (SC Kennedy) 75 (A Moloney) 79 (C Hull) 97 (A Brown) 117 (M O'Beirne) 127 (IC O'Brien)

Bowling: H Watson 7-0-1-12, R Nolan 6-1-1-31, I Fenner 3-0-0-17, A Howell 8-1-1-29, L Chester 9-0-2-35, R Drake 3-0-1-21

CLIFTON HILL

L Chester c SC Kennedy b F Palmer 29

I Fenner b H Fleming 12

R Gray c V Berton b F Palmer 6

J Aldridge b SC Kennedy 1

M Arnottc S Dehnert b SC Kennedy 0

H Watson b M O'Beirne 11

H Gray c IC O'Brien b V Berton 0

R Drake lbw b N Edwards 5

A Howell not out 13

R Nolan c IC O'Brien b V Berton 2

E Johnson run out 0

Extras (nb 9, w 15, b 5, lb 0) 29

Total 108

Overs 32

FOW: 13 (I Fenner) 25 (R Gray) 37 (J Aldridge) 37 (M Arnott) 60 (H Watson) 63 (H Gray) 81 (L Chester) 83 (R Drake) 104 (R Nolan) 108 (E Johnson)

Bowling: H Fleming 4-0-1-21, A Moloney 4-1-0-16, A Brown 4-0-0-11, F Palmer 4-0-2-9, SC Kennedy 4-1-2-4, N Edwards 3-2-1-4, IC O'Brien 3-0-0-15, M O'Beirne 2-0-1-5, V Berton 4-0-2-18

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Ballarat bolts to top of women's cricket ladder