GOORNONG and Dingee both broke their season ducks on Saturday as all teams now have wins after three rounds of the Northern United Cricket Association.
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Goornong recorded a 37-run victory over Elmore.
After it was sent into bat, Elmore survived its 40 overs in making 9-138.
Leading contributions came from captain James Harney (29 off 51, four fours), Nick Kellow (28 off 20, one four, two sixes) and Lachlan Wilson (22 off 74).
A week after it was bundled out for just 44 against Raywood, five of Elmore’s top six batsmen scored in double figures.
Steven Hickson - the seventh bowler used - returned the best figures of 3-20 for Goornong.
Goornong fired with the bat in its chase, crunching 3-175 before stumps were pulled after 27 overs.
Opener Jesse O’Connell got Goornong away to a flyer with 44 off 34 balls.
O’Connell’s knock included seven fours and one six.
Captain Alex Hand (52 n.o. off 40, six fours) also provided plenty of entertainment in his innings.
• Dingee won a thriller against Bagshot, passing its target nine wickets down.
Chasing Bagshot’s 124, Dingee crashed from 5-114 to 9-123.
But the last pair of Anthony Lawry (9) and No.11 Jack Vinnicombe (0 n.o.) snuck Dingee over the line with a valuable five runs for the final wicket that pushed the score to 128.
Earlier, openers Scott Lawry (43) and Dale Anderson (12) got Dingee away to a solid start with a 57-run stand for the first wicket.
Stefan Anderson (3-39), skipper Marc Sherwell (2-23) and Aaron Wheelhouse (2-12 off eight overs) were multiple wicket-takers for Bagshot.
After it won the toss and batted, Bagshot lost wickets regularly in its innings, with only Ashley Patterson (40), Sherwell (24) and David Price (18) scoring in double figures.
Scott Lawry (2-11), Brett Holmes (2-21) and Anthony Lawry (2-22) took two wickets apiece for Dingee.
• For the second time in three games reigning premier Heathcote has been bundled out cheaply.
Calivil bowled Heathcote out inside 13 overs for just 50, with Anthony Dennis (4-18), Lachlan Ralphs (3-26) and David Dennis (2-0) doing the damage with the ball.
The Heathcote score would have been much worse had it not been for the effort of No.6 Jarrod Findlay.
Of Heathcote’s 50 runs, Findlay made 34 of them during his unbeaten innings.
Apart from captain Luke Bell (9), no other Heathcote player made more than two.
Heathcote - which two weeks earlier was bowled out for 51 by Elmore - gave itself a slim glimmer of hope when it had Calivil 3-11.
But with captain Garner Smith (47) leading the way, Calivil answered with 145 to win by 95 runs.
Findlay backed up his work with the bat by snaring 3-23 off seven overs, while Patrick Ring produced the superb figures of 2-7 off eight overs, including five maidens.
• Colbinabbin kept its unbeaten start to the season intact, defeating Raywood by 58 runs.
Batting first, Colbinabbin compiled 144 after being under pressure early at 3-19 and later 5-51.
The Colbinabbin innings was held together by Hadleigh Sirrett (63) and Phil Morgan (42), with the pair putting on 77 for the sixth wicket.
The Ducks later lost their last four wickets for no runs as Raywood’s Shaun Keogh (4-13) fired with the ball late in the innings.
Raywood fell well short in its run-chase after being bowled out for 86 against a Colbinabbin bowling attack that was well led by Chris Guinane (4-20) and David Price (2-15).
Only three batsmen reached double figures for Raywood - Nathan Johns (20), Matt Mai (15) and William Matthews (10).
The defeat was Raywood’s first of the season.