A rampant display from its top order powered Berry Shoalhaven Head to victory in the T20 [astro] final.
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Berry played Nowra in the Shoalhaven District Cricket Association's astro T20 final on Saturday at Zealand Oval and produced a powerful effort.
Berry, after winning the toss, elected to bat first and made 5/186 in its innings.
Nowra in reply could only make 7/109 from its 20 overs.
Mal Windley and Aaron Coutts-Smith put Berry on track to smash its match-winning total.
The two opening batsmen put on an 82 run stand for the first wicket and Nowra never recovered from the onslaught.
Coutts-Smith was the first to go and his 45 runs included eight boundaries.
Windley stayed at the crease a little longer and had 40 runs with six boundaries next to his name by the time he was back in the pavilion.
James Milne and Richard Ingle also joined in the run-scoring feast.
Milne produced an unbeaten 45 runs and his blazing batting effort was brutal.
He smashed three maximums and four boundaries against the Nowra attack.
Ingle was also a man in a hurry and the four maximums and two boundaries were the highlights of his 32 run innings.
Berry shared the wicket-taking duties around with Joshua Weakley and Windley leading the way with two-wicket hauls.
Nowra, earlier in the day, got its place in the final by beating North Nowra Cambewarra.
Norths made 8/150 from its 20 overs and Nowra [4/151] recorded a six-wicket victory.
Norths' Levi Webber had a great day out with the bat.
Webber pounded 73 runs with five maximums and eight boundaries.
Berry [4/125] got its place in the final by beating Shoalhaven Ex-Servicemens [115].
Milne showed what was to come in the final by belting 69 runs against Ex-Servos.