A good old-fashioned run feast is the way to sum up the Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens and Sussex Inlet Shoalhaven District Cricket Association second grade match on Saturday.
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Ex-Servos won the toss and decided Hayden Drexel Oval looked to be a nice strip and they batted first.
The home side made 210 in its innings and Sussex got the needed runs with four wickets to spare.
Opener Paul Meakins produced a masterful innings for Ex-Servos.
Meakins' 84 runs included 10 boundaries and he only faced 110 balls.
The Ex-Servos top order, with Harminder Singh and George Dicke in good form, established a good platform for their side.
However, the middle to late order hardly supplied any runs to the total.
Singh's 44 runs included a maximum and seven boundaries, while Dickie's 26 runs included four boundaries.
Sussex's Kyle Jarrett produced a devastating effort with the ball.
Jarrett picked a six-wicket haul which included Meakins' prized wicket.
Pretty much all the Sussex batsmen played a role in their team's victory.
Daniel Lea made 47 runs with six boundaries, Jarrett added to his efforts with the ball by making 36 runs with three boundaries, Deklin Matson was unbeaten on 26 runs, Dave Goodwin smashed five boundaries to reach 24 runs and Geoff Benning's aggressive 24 runs included three boundaries and a six.
Pardeep Negi with two wickets was the pick of the Ex-Servos' attack.
Nowra v Bay and Basin
Another group of batsmen hit solid form when Nowra played host to Bay and Basin at the Nowra Showground and one blazed away to score a century.
Nowra's Justin Wallace produced a man of the match effort when he made 104 runs on Saturday.
His powerful century included 14 boundaries and five sixes.
Meanwhile, the Bay, after winning the toss, elected to bat first and put a handy 7/233 total on the scoreboard.
Nowra, with Wallace in a mood to make runs, did not have too much drama getting the required score and won the match by six wickets.
The Basin batsmen were keen to make runs and make them at a fast pace.
Brandon Labb only needed 26 balls to make his 42 runs.
Labb hit two sixes and six fours in his quick-fire innings.
Nathan Thorn was also in an aggressive mood and he hit five boundaries and a six to reach 41 runs.
Aden Twiner 36 runs, Brad Miller 23 runs, Tom Mason 22 runs, and Stu Dryburgh 20 runs contributed to the Basin's health total.
Sam Watts was Nowra's most successful bowler with three wickets.
Hayden Strand also had some fun with the bat for Nowra and his 53 runs included four boundaries and two maximums.
The always aggressive Blake Horton contributed a quickfire 30 runs with three boundaries and a six for Nowra.
Thorn capped off a strong match by picking up two wickets.
Berry Shoalhaven Heads v North Nowra Cambewarra
A late batting charge by Chris McCarron pushed Berry Shoalhaven Heads to a match-winning total against Nowra Nowra Cambewarra at the Berry Sports Complex.
McCarron, batting at number nine, smashed 46 runs from only 32 balls and helped Berry reach 197.
Norths, in reply, made 168 runs.
McCarron's innings included two maximums and two boundaries.
James Milne with 39 runs with four boundaries and Aaron Coutts-Smith 19 runs were also in fair batting form.
Justin Rumble and Hayden Batson took two wickets each for Norths.
Jack Sweet and Graham Davidson tried to bat Norths to victory.
Sweet top-scored with 58 runs which included seven boundaries and Davidson's 48 runs wielded him two boundaries.
Daniel Troy and Alec Dobson picked up four wickets apiece for Berry.
Bomaderry v Ulladulla United
Ulladulla United recorded a more than handy first innings victory over Bomaderry on Saturday at Bomaderry Oval.
United, after winning the toss, elected to bat first and had 7/126 on the scoreboard when its innings closed.
Bomaderry would have been disappointed that it could only make 95 runs.
United's top order took control for their team and set up what would be a match-winning total.
Chris Corrin, Robert Saker and Matthew Moodley led the charge for United.
Corrin's 44 runs included five boundaries and two sixes, Saker found the fence on five occasions to make 35 runs and Moodley's 20 runs included three boundaries.
Troy Cole and Luke Jurancic bagged two-wicket hauls for Bomaderry.
Adam Watson dug deep for Bomaderry and he made a handy 35 runs with four boundaries.
Greg Wellington 13 runs, Anthony Johnston 12 runs and Mathew Bell 12 runs got into double figures for Bomaderry.
Alex Baccarini did most of the damage with the ball for United and he picked up a five-wicket haul.
Angus Rutherford and Saker snared two wickets apiece for United.
