Tara Murray
After a false start, the Northern Region T20 competition finally got underway on Tuesday night.
Teams from the Diamond Valley and North Metro cricket associations took to the field for round one, which had been postponed from the previous week due to heavy rain.
Despite the threat of more rain on Tuesday, most of the matches got a result.
Last season’s winners Bundoora Park started the competition on fire, easily beating Donath.
The Thunderbolts made 5-222 from their 20 overs with Tarwan Rennie top scoring with 52 at the top of the order.
Donath got nowhere near the total, finishing 6-102. Jarryd Culph took two wickets.
Greensborough accounted for Thomastown United.
Greensborough made 8-129 with Dulanga Lakmal taking two wickets. Thomastown fell just short, making 5-124.
Jake McSwain top scored with 67.
Epping easily accounted for South Morang. South Morang made 7-112 with Ricky Lee top scoring with 32.
Ethan Kunelius took 3-11.
The openers for the Pingers started well and they were 0-83. The Pingers hit the winning runs with 22 balls remaining.
Josh Henkel top scored with 43.
Bundoora United easily accounted for the Keon Park Footballers. The Footballers were bowled out for 118 in the final over.
Girithar Logeswaran took four wickets.
Raj Nand put on a show for the Bulldogs with 88 off 26 balls which included nine sixes and six fours as the side finished 0-119 in 7.1 overs.
Laurimar was too strong for Mill Park. The Power made 3-147 before restricting Mill Park to 9-113.
Andrew Crook was the star with 78 for the Power.
Bundoora got the job done against Keon Park. Bundoora made 6-148 before restricting Keon Park to 8-102.
Rivergum and Thomastown’s match along with Lalor Warriors and Lalor Stars matches ended in draws after not being completed.
Fairfield, Riverside, Lower Eltham, Hurstbridge, Northern Eltham Wanderers, Plenty and Rosanna were the other winners.
Round two of the competition is scheduled for next Tuesday.
