Finals spots go begging

William Sheffield. (Ljubica Vrankovic) 448424_10

A win on Tuesday night wasn’t enough for Yarraville to sneak through to the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association T20 competition finals.

The top six teams won both their matches, with the last two finals spots coming down to percentage,

Teams from seventh through to 26th all won one match.

The Eagles, Spotswood and Williamstown all had one win for the competition, but finished in 11th, 10th and 23rd respectively.

Yarraville gave itself a chance of finals with its first win of the competition, beating Spotswood on Tuesday night.

The Eagles made 6-169 from their overs with Alexander Wood top scoring with 55 at the top of the order.

Spotswood fell short in the final over, as it finished 7-166. Guest player Jay Vine top scored with 51.

Taylors Lakes also got on the board, beating Williamstown.

The Seagulls were restricted to 9-90 from their 20 overs with Jarrod Flood Bauce top scoring with 32 not out.

Aidan Brasher took four wickets for the Lions.

After the loss of an early wicket, the Lions got going and finished 4-94 with more than two overs remaining.

Captain Steffan Roberts top scored with 43 not out.

Altona finished the competition without a win, losing to Hoppers Crossing.

The A’s batted first and made 7-120 from their overs.

Adam Williamson top scored with 38. Shijit Chandran Poovathingal took three wickets for the Cats.

The Cats were able to chase the runs down in 17.2 overs, finishing 3-123. Chandran Poovathingal top scored with 37 not out.

Jack Blanche took two wickets for Altona.

Elsewhere, Werribee opened its account with a final over win against Coburg.

Coburg was bowled out for 138 with three balls remaining.

Stephen Plumridge, Finlay Cowell and Joy Patel took two wickets each for the Tigers.

The Tigers hit the winning runs with one ball remaining, making 5-139. Jacob Knight top scored with 26 not out off 22 balls.

It was enough to seal a finals spot.