Tallarook won the toss and opted to bat in its round six clash with Puckapunyal.
Openers Mitch Itter and Hamish Melville got Tallarook off to a solid start before Melville was finished for 16.
Itter did most of the damage through the middle of the innings before holing out for 73. His innings was supported by Josh Rudge (24) and Leigh Irving (22).
Danny Fountain was the pick of the bowlers, finishing with 4-28 as Tallarook slumped from 4-152 to be all out for 167.
Blake Munari-O’Dwyer picked up the crucial wicket of Charles Davies early in Pucka’s reply and a tight spell of bowling from Ben Trezise saw him also pick up a couple of early wickets.
Despite some lower order resistance from Fountain (31) and Jacob Nipperess (22), Tallarook cooked a 56 run win, with skipper Kal Winnell backing up his six wickets last week with 4-21.
Avenel 110 (T Stefanos 14, W Dowley 14, W Ashton 6-21) def Alexandra 63 (S Whitehead 17, J Kanters 6-11)
Avenel played host to Alexandra with Avenel looking to secure its first win of the season.
It proved to be a difficult day for the batters with runs hard to come by. Travis Stefanos and Warren Downey both scored 14 as the ball held the upper hand throughout the day.
For Alexandra it was Will Ashton who took all before him, claiming the sensational figures of 6-21, going right through Avenel’s middle order to bundle them out for 110 after 41 overs.
With a low total on the board to run down, Alexandra got off to a positive start through a 35-run partnership between Scott Whitehead and Ben Wallis.
Once they were dismissed the momentum changed completely as Jamie Kanters did to Alexandra what Will Ashton had done to Avenel earlier in the day.
Kanters dominated the afternoon as Alexandra lost all 10 wickets for 28 runs, Kanters himself finishing with 6-11, taking Avenel to their first win of the season.
Pyalong 7-136 (J Pryor 32, J Hadjiloukas 28, L Drummond 2-29, D Bergowicz 2-36) def by Seymour 5-138 (L Drummond 86)
Pyalong versus Seymour was set to be the match of the round with second spot on the ladder up for grabs.
Jamie Pryor (32) and James Hadjiloukas (28) combined to set up a strong position for Pyalong with the bat. Alexander Ryan chipped in with some handy lower runs as Pyalong posted 136 from 44 overs.
In reply Lachlan Drummond was the star of the show for Seymour, smashing 86 in opening the batting, including seven fours and two sixes.
He played a lone hand as the Maroons ran down Pyalong’s total with plenty of overs to spare.
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Tallarook 9-92 (B O’Donnell 54, V Agnew 4-12, L Kirk 2-11) def by Puckapunyal 136 (M Nipperess 33, P Brennan 30, B Dundon 2-8, B O’Donnell 2-20)
Seymour 5-146 (D Murphy 46no, S Liyanage 35, D Sowden 2-26, J Hill 2-35) def by Pyalong 4-260 (D Zoch 141no, P Reynolds 59, D France 2-45)
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