Broulee will struggle to back up their outstanding win against Bermagui last Saturday as four of their key players will be missing from the side to play Tuross Head at Kyla Oval tomorrow.
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Captain Mitchell Wales, Jeremy Wales, Mark Jones and Ian Hall will all be away.
Mitchell Wales insists Broulee will field a side, weather permitting of course.
“We will really struggle, but we will have a game,” he said.
“We will have at least nine players.”
It is unfortunate timing for Broulee, who would otherwise be taking the strongest momentum all season in the game after their 65-run belting of Bermagui.
Their exploits with the bat finally matched those with the ball.
“Our last couple of batsmen usually get out for nought, but the tail put on 60 runs and numbers 10 and 11 had a 21-run partnership,” Wales said.
Tuross Head weren’t able to fight off Tigers last week, despite taking four quick wickets towards the end of the innings.
“We were a bit unlucky,” Tuross captain Nick Mason said.
“We could have won the game if we hadn’t dropped catches. We don’t do enough fielding training, so maybe I can rope the guys into some.”
Mason thinks his side also needs to bat with more maturity.
“We have to continue our starts, and play ourselves in,” he said.
Tigers, the current competition leaders, will take on Dalmeny at Dalmeny.
Cavaliers’ match with Dalmeny was washed out last weekend, so they will be eager to return to the field against Bermagui at Bermagui tomorrow.
The defending premiers are keen to get back to the form that saw them storm to the competition lead earlier in the season.
“We probably haven’t played our best cricket since the Christmas break, and we need to get our consistency back,” batsman Elliott Wain said.
“We need to stabilise our line-up and get back to playing good cricket at the back end of the season.”
In B grade, defending premiers Bodalla play Cavaliers, who they easily beat at Bodalla in the first round of the season.
Bodalla captain Charlie Saul knows it won’t be so easy this time.
“They were a bit understrength then but now they are coming fourth,” he said.
Bodalla found themselves in a tight situation against the All Stars at Hanging Rock last Saturday before the rain ended play.
“We were looking forward to the outcome of that match, because we knew we were facing a challenge, but the rain got too heavy,” Saul said.
A draw was declared.
Weather permitting, the All Stars host Bermagui at Hanging Rock. They have won one and lost one match against the southern club this season.
“A few of our blokes have hit form since then, so it should be a very competitive match,” All Stars captain Todd Chatfield said.
In other B-grade matches, Tigers play Tuross Head at Mackay Park and Broulee play competition leaders Moruya at Captain Oldrey Park.
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