Carlton wins by 3 wickets with 7 balls to spare.
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Great win by Carlton against reigning premiers.
Borg superb at end with 35 not out, Stevenson 13 not out.
Good day of cricket here at QEO going 99 of the 100 overs.
48 overs: Carlton 7-202.
7 needed off 12 balls.
Tight over by Winter-Irving there.
Haberfield will bowl 49th over. How will he respond?
Borg 30, Stevenson 11.
47 overs: Carlton 7-200.
Blues just took 16 off Haberfield's ninth over and should win from here.
9 needed off 18 balls for the Blues.
Borg 29, Stevenson 10.
46 overs: Carlton 7-184.
25 needed off 24 to win.
Haberfield back on.
Borg 27, Stevenson 1.
McKenna just out to a superb diving one handed catch by Dogs keeper Dylan Kight.
Carlton 7-182 in 46th over.
Cameron Stevenson new batsman.
Third wicket for Winter-Irving.
45 overs: Carlton 6-181.
McKenna 35, Borg 25.
28 needed off 30 balls.
Momentum Carlton's way.
44 overs: Carlton 6-169.
McKenna 33, Borg 15.
40 needed off 36.
Heading down to the wire here.
43 overs: Carlton 6-162.
McKenna 32, Borg 10.
47 off 42 needed.
42 overs: Carlton 6-153.
McKenna 31, Borg 2.
Carlton need 56 to win off 8 overs.
Plenty resting on McKenna now.
Winter-Irving back into attack and first ball bowls Welsford.
Carlton 6-150 in 42nd over.
Jayden Borg next in for Blues.
Winter-Irving has 2-18 in his 6th over.
40 overs: Carlton 5-140.
McKenna 29, Welsford 3.
Blues need to score at 6.9 per over.
Current run-rate 3.50.
Pilon out for 67, caught at cover.
Carlton 5-125 in 38th over.
Captain Tim Welsford - a former Kangaroo Flat player - new batsman for Blues.
Wicket taken by Michael Kelly.
He now has 2-36.
36 overs: Carlton 4-114.
Run-rate required 6.79.
Current run-rate 3.17.
Pilon 57, McKenna 17.
34 overs: Carlton 4-103.
Pilon 54, McKenna 9.
32 overs: Carlton 4-96.
Blues need to score at 6.28 per over.
Pilon 52, McKenna 4.
50 for Pilon. Batting well after he had been dropped on 1 earlier.
Carlton 4-93.
30 overs: Carlton 4-92.
Haberfield back into attack.
Not surprised to see the two batsmen call for the helmets again.
Blues need to score at 5.8 per over from here.
Current run-rate is 3.0.
Pilon on 49, McKenna on 3.
28 overs: Carlton 4-89.
Pilon has just hit a 4 that has landed in the swimming pool changerooms.
Pilon 46, McKenna 3.
First ball after drinks Smyth dismissed by spinner Michael Kelly for 13.
Carlton 4-80 in 26th over.
Lachlan McKenna new batsman for Carlton.
He has played a bit of footy on the QEO for Gisborne.
25 overs: Footscray was 2-93; Carlton is 3-80.
Time for a drink.
Pilon 40, Smyth 13.
Halfway through the innings.
24 overs: Carlton 3-77.
Pilon 39, Smyth 11.
Dean has 0-6 off 2, Kelly 0-7 off 2 for Footscray.
22 overs: Carlton 3-73.
Pilon 37, Smyth 10.
20 overs: Carlton 3-64 .
Pilon 30, Smyth 8.
Nalesnyik finishes with 0-22 off 10 overs of spin.
Very tidy figures... would have been better had Pilon not hit his last ball for 4.
18 overs: Carlton 3-53.
Pilon 24, Smyth 3.
16 overs: Carlton 3-49.
Pilon 22, Smyth 1.
Nalesnyik keeping it tight with his spin, 0-15 off 8.
Winter-Irving with a superb yorker bowls Pell for 14.
Carlton 3-46 in 15th over.
Pilon on 20, Thomas Smyth new batsman in for Blues.
They need 209 to win.
14 overs: Carlton 2-46.
Pell 14, Pilon 20.
Nalesnyik 0-13 off 7, Winter-Irving 0-9 off 2.
Pilon on to 20 - he survived lbw shout on 0 and was dropped on 1.
12 overs: Carlton 2-41.
Pell 10, Pilon 19.
10 overs: Carlton 2-34.
Pell 8, Pilon 15.
Haberfield 2-24, Nalesnyik 0-10.
7 overs: Carlton 2-26.
Pell 8, Pilon 7.
Target is 209.
5 overs: Carlton 2-21.
Pell 5, Pilon 6.
Haberfield 2-16.
2 overs: 2-9.
Pell 0, Pilon 0.
Dogs opening with lspinner Michael Nalisniyk from Barnard Street end.
1st over: All happened so far.
2 wickets and 9 runs off the firt ball of innings bowled by Haberfield.
McCormick (0) and Phelan (8) both out already.
Nathan Pilon new batsman for Carlton.
2:44pm: Carlton innings but a bad start.
Local Trent McCormick caught at slip off 2nd ball of innings from Haberfield for a duck.
Donobvan Pell and Mark Phelan the batsmen in for Carlton.
2:28pm: Russ faced 134 balls for his 110.
He hit 11 fours.
At one stage in his innings he went from 22 to 46 with six boundaries.
His knock included 44 runs in singles.
Carlton only bowled 3 maidens.
Russ and Kight put on 100 for 3rd wicket, taking score from 2-62 to 162.
2:15pm: Dogs finish 6-208.
Dean Russ batted through innings to finish 110 not out.
Great captain's knock.
Carlton need 209 to win.
Wicket to Stevenson, Winter-Irving caught for 7.
Dogs 5-207.
Michael Nalisniyk new batsman for Dogs.
48 overs: Dogs 4-205.
Russ 108, Winter-Irving 6.
Russ pulling out the good old reverse sweeps now.
47 overs: 4-197.
Russ 103, Winter-Irving 3.
Theres a ton for Footscray captain Dean Russ.
Brings it up in 47th over.
Top innings. Dogs 4-191.
Green out, caught long on for 17 off Pell.
Hamish Winter-Irving new batsman.
Dogs are 4-188 in 46th.
Russ on 97 and cloing in on ton.
45 overs: Dogs 3-184.
Russ 95, Green 15.
Donovan Pell on to bowl spin for Blues.
44 overs: Dogs 3-178.
Russ 94, Green 10.
Cam Stevenson to bowl for Carlton.
Young Brayden Stepien from White Hills running some drinks for the Blues.
1:49pm: Dogs 3-173.
Russ 91, Green on 8.
Sidebottom finishes with 2-38 off 10 for Blues.
1:45pm: Dogs 3-167 after 43.
Russ has 91.
1:42pm: Dogs 3-164 after 42.
Not many here watching at the moment.
Thomas Smyth coming on to bowl some spin for Carlton.
1:40pm: Russ now into nervous 90s.
1:37pm: Kight out for 39.
Caught cover, wicket taken by Ryan Sidebottom, who now has 2 wickets.
Benjamin Green new batsman for Footscray.
The Dogs are 3-162 in 41st.
Captain Dean Russ on 88.
1:35pm: Rus is on that number... 87.
1:32pm: Footcray 2-154 in 40th.
Russ on 86.
Kight on 33.
Russ has been at the crease since ball one.
QEO looks in good nick.
1:08pm: Footscray is batting first and is 2-121 in the 33rd over.
Captain Dean Russ is unbeaten on 70 off 91.
He has hit 10 fours.
Dylan Kight is 18 not out.
The batsmen out are James Crosthwaite (9) and Travis Dean (15).
Ryan Sidebottom and Chris Salm have wickets for Carlton.
1:15pm: Footscray-Edgewater is taking on Carlton at the Queen Elizabeth Oval in Premier Cricket's annual country round.
Read the preview with the captains here