THE Batemans Bay Cricket Club’s second grade team suffered an outright loss to Bomaderry at Hanging Rock on Saturday.
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The Bay resumed at 0/42 at the start of day two but previous not-out batsman Paul Windsor was unavailable and was retired on 24.
Opener Lachlan Paterson resumed on 14 and was joined by captain Brett Woolridge.
Paterson (20) added six runs to his overnight total and was then bowled by Anthony Johnston.
Shaun Lloyd couldn’t get off the mark, bowled by Johnston, with the score at 2/49.
Chad Salmon (8) and Mark Reidy (17) couldn’t replicate their early season form and both were back in the sheds at 4/77.
Woolridge kept ticking the score over and his side was close to a century when he was caught by Johnston off Michael Blattner for 15.
The Bay was now 5/94.
The Bay’s middle and lower order provided some resistance but batsmen who made a start failed to turn in a big score.
Cory Maddison (18), Scott Nicholls (14) and Sam Bennett (23) took the score close to 150 but when Heath Muller bowled Bennett the Bay was all out on 146 from 51.2 overs.
The Bay was sent in again as Bomaderry chased an outright win.
The home side changed its batting order but Reidy (7) and Salmon (0) were unable to capitalise and the Bay was quickly on 2/11.
Maddison (18) and Chad Pickett (10) steadied the side but the budding partnership was undone when Pickett was caught off Johnston.
Lloyd joined Maddison and the pair looked settled but a mistimed pull shot by Maddison brought his innings to an end and his side was 4/44.
Woolridge and Lloyd put together the side’s best stand on day two, however, it ended when Lloyd went after Muller and was caught for 25.
Paterson and Bennett couldn’t replicate their first innings’ dig.
Muller dismissing both of them to leave the score at 7/84.
In the following over Woolridge (19) was caught off Johnston and the short-handed Batemans Bay was down to its last pair at 8/84.
Jamie Prior and Nicholls made a short stand and passed 100 but a short time later Muller claimed his fourth wicket of the innings to bowl Batemans Bay out for 101 from 36.2 overs.
The Bay’s final match of the season will be against Nowra at Nowra Showground over the next two Saturdays.