Tara Murray
Bundoora Park’s Northern Region T20 title defence remains on track after winning through to the semi finals on Tuesday night.
All four qualifying finals were able to get completed, despite heavy rain falling later in the night.
The Thunderbolts made light work of Rivergum at Bundoora Park.
The Thunderbolts made a massive 5-201 from their overs with Tarwan Rennie starring at the top of the order, making 67 off 37 balls.
Nathan Fowler took two wickets for the Kookas.
With skipper Matthew Perri gone early, the Kookas were behind the eight ball. They never looked close to getting the runs, finishing 8-105.
Fowler backed up his performance with the ball, making 31 off 14 balls.
Bundoora is also through to the semi finals after beating Riverside.
Riverside made 5-148 from its overs
Rubal Singh-Dhillon and Prince Singh took two wickets each for the Bulls.
The Bulls top order came out swinging and it paid off as they chased down the runs with five overs to go.
The Bulls finished 2-152 from their overs.
Singh-Dhillon top scored with 52 not out off 29 balls, which included five fours and three sixes.
North Eltham Wanderers ended Laurimar’s run.
The Power made 8-171 from its overs, with Jonathon McAleer making 56 off 34 balls.
The match went down to the wire with the Wanderers hitting the winning runs with one ball to spare.
They finished 6-172. Andrew Crook took three wickets for the Power.
Rosanna is also through to the next round having beaten Montmorency.
Montmorency made 7-98 from its 20 overs.
Rosanna hit the winning runs with 13 balls to spare, finishing 6-99. Nick Rowe finished with 37.
The semi finals will be held on January 31.
