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BENDIGO ADVERTISER CRICKET HQ GOLDEN Square football team-mates Jayden Burke and Braydon Welsh have become rival grand final captains as they prepare to lead their sides in Saturday's Upper Loddon Cricket Association premiership decider. Burke will captain Bridgewater, while Welsh will skipper Kingower in the grand final at Newbridge from 1pm. "There's always been a bit of banter between us at footy training each week... you have a look at the scores and let him know if he didn't get many that week, so it's good fun," Burke said this week. "I'm sure we'll have a beer together afterwards no matter what the result is." Kingower and Bridgewater both defeated higher-placed teams in last weekend's semi-finals. The biggest upset was Bridgewater's victory over reigning premier Arnold. Having only secured its finals berth with a last-round win over Inglewood, fourth-placed Bridgewater knocked over minor premier Arnold by six wickets and will hit the grand final with plenty of momentum. Having sat sixth on the ladder after 11 rounds, the Bulls have lost just once in their past seven games, hitting their straps at the right time of the season. "After Christmas it started to turn for us... we got Luke Harrison, Alex Collins and Oscar McKinley playing with us, which has been good," Burke said. While Bridgewater has been at its best post-Christmas, Kingower has been consistent all season, finishing third on the ladder before making a mess of Newbridge with a 10-wicket semi-final demolition last week. Saturday will be Kingower's fourth-consecutive grand final as it aims to atone for last year's defeat to Arnold. "We've been fairly steady throughout the year and, hopefully, we can play some good cricket on Saturday," Welsh said. Welsh's 595 runs for the season have been surpassed by only Arnold's Matt Giri (783), while Bridgewater boasts one of the competition's leading wicket-takers in Ben Hann with 23. Last time the two sides met in a grand final Bridgewater (309 & 126) def Kingower (106 and 180) in a game where Burke made 133 and 41 for the Bulls. That game was played under the traditional three-day, two innings ULCA grand final format, but with the competition reverting to purely one-day games this season, Saturday's 35-over-a-side decider will be done and dusted in just a few hours. Kingower has won its three encounters against Bridgewater this season by 59 runs, 85 runs and 76 runs. Braydon Welsh (c) Runs: 595 Avr: 59.5 Highest score: 127* Wickets: 9 Avr: 25.1 Best bowling: 2-14 ............................................. Lachlan DeJong Runs: 21 Avr: 3.5 Highest score: 13 Wickets: 24 Avr: 12.5 Best bowling: 5-24 ............................................. Josh Essex Runs: 20 Avr: 6.6 Highest score: 10* ............................................. Tom Kairns Runs: 39 Avr: 13.0 Highest score: 15 Wickets: 8 Avr: 11.5 Best bowling: 3-45 ............................................. Jayden Leach Runs: 404 Avr: 40.4 Highest score: 79* Wickets: 16 Avr: 19.4 Best bowling: 3-12 ............................................. Ben Rose Runs: 98 Avr: 49.0 Highest score: 53 Wickets: 5 Avr: 18.8 Best bowling: 3-8 ............................................. Matthew Rowe Runs: 295 Avr: 24.5 Highest score: 66 Wickets: 1 Avr: 81.0 Best bowling: 1-15 ............................................. David Rose Runs: 87 Avr: 17.4 Highest score: 33* ............................................. Kyle Simpson Runs: 150 Avr: 15.6 Highest score: 32* Wickets: 13 Avr: 25.9 Best bowling: 3-33 ............................................. Jake Thrum Runs: 172 Avr: 43.0 Highest score: 54 Wickets: 10 Avr: 8.2 Best bowling: 5-12 ............................................. Brett Wilson Runs: 2 Avr: 0.67 Highest score: 2 Wickets: 16 Avr: 14.6 Best bowling: 3-17 ............................................. Jordy Woodfield Runs: 1 Avr: 1.0 Highest score: 1* ............................................. Jayden Burke (c) Runs: 84 Avr: 12.0 Highest score: 41 Wickets: 7 Avr: 17.8 Best bowling: 2-21 ............................................. Jay Bowen Runs: 54 Avr: 7.7 Highest score: 26 Wickets: 16 Avr: 17.1 Best bowling: 3-24 ............................................. Alex Collins Runs: 117 Avr: 29.9 Highest score: 69* Wickets: 5 Avr: 27.4 Best bowling: 3-20 ............................................. Ben Hann Runs: 34 Avr: 5.6 Highest score: 14 Wickets: 23 Avr: 7.4 Best bowling: 4-11 ............................................. Luke Harrison Runs: 138 Avr: 19.7 Highest score: 56 ............................................. Harry McKinley Runs: 95 Avr: 11.8 Highest score: 22 Wickets: 6 Avr: 22.0 Best bowling: 2-42 ............................................. Oscar McKinley Runs: 127 Avr: 21.1 Highest score: 58* Wickets: 0 Avr: - Best bowling: 0-11 ............................................. Tom McKinley Runs: 352 Avr: 32.0 Highest score: 57* Wickets: 18 Avr: 10.6 Best bowling: 4-19 ............................................. Toby Naughton Runs: 24 Avr: 24.0 Highest score: 11* ............................................. Peter Rothacker Runs: 158 Avr: 19.7 Highest score: 36* Wickets: 13 Avr: 16.0 Best bowling: 3-22 ............................................. Brad Wickham Runs: 99 Avr: 19.8 Highest score: 40 ............................................. Darcy Wood Runs: 35 Avr: 7.0 Highest score: 15 Wickets: 4 Avr: 15.5 Best bowling: 2-20 Player statistics according to MyCricket. RECORD - Won: 11 Lost: 5 Drawn: 1 Tied: 1 Runs per wicket for: 29.1 Runs per wicket against: 15.5 Round 1: 55 lt Inglewood 3-86 Round 2: 6-157 def Bridgewater 6-98 Round 3: 1-176 def Arnold 92 Round 4: drew Boort-Yando (washed out) Round 5: 6-112 def Wedderburn 9-111 Round 6: 6-182 def Newbridge 5-151 Round 7: 7-108 lt Serpentine 9-146 Round 8: def Inglewood (forfeit) Round 9: 2-152 def Bridgewater 67 Round 10: 7-158 lt Arnold 9-197 Round 11: 1-212 def Boort-Yando 108 Round 12: 7-102 lt Wedderburn 5-232 Round 13: 4-166 tied Newbridge 8-166 Round 14: def Serpentine (forfeit) Round 15: 5-114 def Inglewood 8-97 Round 16: 3-205 def Bridgewater 129 Round 17: 7-120 lt Arnold 134 Semi-final: 0-79 def Newbridge 78 RECORD - Won: 9 Lost: 6 Drawn: 2 Tied: 1 Runs per wicket for: 15.9 Runs per wicket against: 15.0 Round 1: 114 lt Serpentine 122 Round 2: 6-98 lt Kingower 6-157 Round 3: 9-106 def Inglewood 9-82 Round 4: drew Arnold (washed out) Round 5: 4-101 def Boort-Yando 9-92 Round 6: 1-132 def Wedderburn 100 Round 7: lt Newbridge (forfeit) Round 8: def Serpentine (forfeit) Round 9: 67 lt Kingower 2-152 Round 10: 119 tied Inglewood 9-119 Round 11: 107 lt Arnold 8-159 Round 12: 9-130 def Boort-Yando 65 Round 13: 126 def Wedderburn 124 Round 14: 2-39 drew Newbridge 0-0 Round 15: 6-144 def Serpentine 102 Round 16: 129 lt Kingower 3-205 Round 17: 7-138 def Inglewood 97 Semi-final: 4-174 def Arnold 169 Finished - 3rd Lost semi-final to Bridgewater by 6 wickets Record - 12-4-2 RUNS: 783 - Matt Giri 427 - Cameron Dale 415 - Phil Scholes 237 - Ryan Metelmann WICKETS: 32 - Ryan Metelmann 13 - Cameron Dale 12 - Henry McCullough 12 - Michael Dale Finished - 4th lost semi-final to Kingower by 10 wickets Record - 10-5-2-1 RUNS: 536 - Luke Cassells 462 - Tas Fitzallen 190 - Thomas Staniforth 165 - Tristan Fitzallen WICKETS: 20 - Eathan Collins 17 - Tas Fitzallen 16 - Michael Rogers 15 - Tristan Fitzallen Finished - 5th Record - 7-8-1-1 RUNS: 248 - Nathan Johns 213 - Rhys Roberts 165 - Robert Stranger 159 - Ben Power WICKETS: 27 - Jack McHale 19 - Rhys Roberts 15 - David Smyth 12 - Robert Stranger Finished - 6th Record - 6-9-2 RUNS: 283 - Steven Giorlando 17 - Owen Lockhart 215 - Chris Giorlando 187 - Will Holt WICKETS: 22 - Steven Giorlando 15 - Chris Giorlando 11 - Adam Postle 9 - Will Holt Finished - 7th Record - 6-10-1 RUNS: 233 - Justin Laird 190 - Charlie Bellenger 126 - Harry Gadsden 122 - Jayden Baber WICKETS: 8 - Denny Gladman 7 - Charlie Bellenger 7 - Justin Laird 7 - Harry Gadsden Finished - 8th Record - 1-15-1 RUNS: 229 - Ian McLean 161 - Will Perryman 152 - Drew Crilly 112 - Jono Lanyon WICKETS: 19 - Drew Crilly 9 - Jono Lanyon 8 - Daniel Balzer 7 - Austin Malone .......................................... 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