Great Boulder hold off gallant Norths for seventh win

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Great Boulder hold off gallant Norths for seventh win

Great Boulder skipped two games clear in the battle for the Eastern Goldfields Cricket Association’s A-grade minor premiership when Bevan Bennell’s sublime batting and Prash Nagaraja’s six wickets led an eight-run victory over North Kalgoorlie on Saturday.

Bennell fell agonisingly short of a third century this season and 29th overall — dismissed for 99 off the first ball of the final over, but it was still the linchpin of the Two Blues’ 6-207.

Camera IconGreat Boulder’s Bevan Bennell was dismissed for 99. Credit: Carwyn Monck/Kalgoorlie Miner

The right-hander’s aggressive knock from No.4 comprised 80 deliveries, punctuated by six fours and five sixes at a strike rate of 123.75.

After Great Boulder started the innings at 2-36, Bennell and player-coach Warren August (37 off 47 ******) later put on 93 runs for the fifth wicket.

Norths’ attack was anchored by Trent Mais, Noah Moore and Michael Noble — each with two wickets.

Harris Carnegie and Nick Willis then put Norths on a solid path in reply with an opening stand worth 77 runs.

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Willis faced just 32 ****** in racing to 51, with five boundaries and three sixes, and Carnegie contributed 46 off 63 ******.

But Norths inexplicably lost 3-6 and later 4-2, as Daniel Colling formed a brilliant tandem with Nagaraja.

In the 15th over, Mais and Sam Burge each fell to Nagaraja in the space of three ****** and Carnegie followed six overs later.

Colling got in on the act with a dynamic 22nd over when he was on a hat-trick by removing Kodee Lowe and Fletcher Edwards.

Jordan Delbridge played out a dot ball as the new batter to foil Colling’s hat-trick, but he became another Nagaraja victim off the fourth ball of the next over.

Jake George (17 off 60 ******) and No.10 Cooper Bennett (34 off 45) dug in bravely, but Norths fell just short in the run chase — dismissed for 199 in 38.1 overs.

Nagaraja finished with career-best 6-36 and Colling grabbed 2-22 that sealed Great Boulder’s seventh win.

The Two Blues will carry a five-game winning sequence in this Saturday’s round 12 clash against Hannans.

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