Rain brought to an end Plenty Valley’s Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association north-east season on Sunday.
It was a tale of two weather gods on the weekend for the start of the Subbies finals, with heat on day one before rain on day two.
The Bats, who finished the regular season in sixth, faced minor premiers Preston in a two-day clash on the weekend.
Preston won the toss and decided to send the Bats in to bat in the heat.
The Bats put on 38 for the first wicket before losing four quick wickets to slip to 4-60.
From there the Bats had a lot of starts and some small partnerships, but no one was able to go on with it.
The Bats were bowled out for 176 in the 63rd over.
Tobias Raper top scored with 48, while Karthik Singh scored 39 at the top of the order.
Rain fell on Sunday morning and caused a delayed start to day two action with it looking like there would be no play at some stages.
Eventually the Bullants got on and they set about chasing down the target.
The Bullants were 3-137 off 29 overs when play was stopped again and the match was abandoned. Shakeel Ahmad top scored with 64 for the Bullants.
Nimesh Bhagya Kariyawasam Maddumage had two wickets for the Bats.
With the Bullants the higher ranked team, they progress to the next round while the Bats are knocked out.
In the other two semi finals, both matches were abandoned with no play possible on day two.
Noble Park had made 9-317 against Mt Waverley, while St Bernard’s OC was bowled out for 215 against Brunswick.
Noble Park, St Bernard’s and Brunswick all progress through to the next round.
The Bats second XI also had its season come to an end after all three matches ended in draws.
