THE Batemans Bay Cricket Club’s first grade side’s chance at an appearance in the Shoalhaven District Cricket Association’s one-day final was shot down by Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens on Saturday.
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Batemans Bay won the toss and elected to bat on the turf at Hanging Rock and openers Paul Gallen (24) and Gav Ladmore (30) started well.
The pair ticked the scoreboard over and took the total past the half-century mark.
Ladmore was the first to go, caught off the bowling of Matt Ganderton with the Bay 1/54.
The home side took the score past 70 when a small collapse triggered by Ganderton (3/37 from nine overs) and Graham Phillis (2/5 from six) had it reeling at 5/75.
Trent Innes (22) and Paul Windsor (19) steadied the innings but the Bay could not get its score flowing after constant rain over slowed the outfield, and it finished 8/133 after its allotted 45 overs.
Batemans Bay opened the bowling with Paul Britt (0/26 off five overs) and Marc Stiller (2/17 off eight overs).
Stiller nabbed the first breakthrough when he bowled Matthew Tyler (8) with the visitors at 1/20.
Innes (0/18 from four), Andrew Malcolm (0/13 from four), Tim Sethi (0/11 from three) were thrown the ball but could not break Graham Phillis’ (60) and Chris Bramley’s partnership.
The pair put their side on the front foot until David West (2/21 from 8.4 overs) tempted Bramley to leave his crease as Gallen did the rest at wicketkeeper to stump him for 38.
No further runs were added to the score as West trapped Simon Schmotz (2) leg before wicket leaving Ex-Servos at 3/88.
The home side could not trigger a collapse and Shoalhaven cruised to the total with 9.2 overs to spare.
Batemans Bay faces competition frontrunners Berry-Shoalhaven Heads, who are assured a place in the one-day grand final, at Berry Sporting Complex on Saturday.