Bacchus Marsh is celebrating back-to-back Gisborne and District Cricket Association Twenty20 premier division titles after a comprehensive 57-run win against Sunbury at Clarke Oval last Tuesday night.
It was even more one-sided down the road at Eric Boardman Memorial Reserve as Ashfield captured the district division title with a nine-wicket win against Rupertswood.
Bacchus Marsh made 5-135 against Sunbury and faced few scares defending the total as the home team was out for just 87 in reply.
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The victory gives Bacchus Marsh a record third Twenty20 title as well as being the first team to go back-to-back.
The Bulls made a conservative start, 1-22 off the first five overs before Ian Spiteri (43) and Tom McColl (34) sparked an acceleration with 10 runs off the sixth over.
When Spiteri went at 2-69 the Bulls were going at better than a run a ball, but McColl missed out on the chance at a 50 as he was stumped in the 16th over running down the wicket at Brad Hunter (2-20).
Dylan Wright wowed the crowd with the shot of the game, responding to three straight yorkers from Jason McGann by pulling out the ramp shot for four in the final over.
Sunbury made a shaky start to its chase when Michael Treweek was caught at mid-wicket in the first over, then Patrick Tyler was run out in the decisive moment of the match in the second.
Having hit a full toss to long off, Tyler waited too long before committing to a second run, beaten to the keeper’s end by a throw from the deep by McColl.
Bacchus Marsh took great heart from the dismissal, and the impressive fielding performance continued as Brad Croxford held a catch on the deep mid-wicket boundary to dismiss Jacob Brewer.
Opener Stephen Treweek played a lone hand as partners came and went, with Heath Boffey bowled leg stump walking across the crease by Rhys Watson.
McGann then came and went for just two as Watson held a sharp chance at mid wicket off Spiteri’s bowling.
Another catch in the deep left Sunbury 6-47 at half way, with Treweek’s resistance finally ending for 27 in the 12th over as he was caught at mid-on.
A leg-side stumping ended the match in the 17th over, with Spiteri (4-31), Croxford (3-13) and Watson (2-13) the multiple wicket-takers for Bacchus Marsh.
At Boardman reserve, Rupertswood’s Jay King (20) and Haydn Ross (12) were the only batsmen to make double figures as Rupo was knocked over for 68 in the 18th over.
Ashfield lost one wicket early but powered to victory thereafter, with Ryan Pretty (27no) and Matthew Bulluss (34) getting the chase to 1-72 by the 14th over.
Pretty (3-12) was best of the Ashfield bowlers while King (2-17), Bulluss (2-13) and Branden Paul (2-9) all took multiple wickets.
