A GRADE

EUROA A Grade travelled to Shepparton East to face Central Park/St. Brendan’s in Round five of the Haisman Shield.

Captain Scott Hamilton won the toss and elected to bat first.

The Euroa innings started slowly, faltering early by losing 2-6 within the first eight overs.

Despite the shaky start, Nic Hill and Josh Robertson offered a brief resistance, putting together a partnership of 31 runs.

However, the wickets continued to tumble around them, and Euroa struggled to find stability.

Ultimately, the team collapsed, losing 6-11 and being bowled out for 69 runs within 39.3 overs.

With only 70 to defend, Cohen Paul turned the game on its head by taking two wickets in the opening over.

His electrifying start provided a glimmer of hope for Euroa, as the visitors early breakthroughs left Central Park/St. Brendan’s reeling.

Despite Paul's valiant efforts and a few more disciplined bowling spells, the hosts managed to regroup and chase down the modest target in just 16 overs.

Euroa’s next game is against Old Students starting on Saturday at 12:30pm at the Friendlies.

SCOREBOARD: Euroa 69 (N Hill 22, J Robertson 18) lost to Central Park/St. Brendan’s 2-70 (C Paul 2-25, V Kirk 0-11).

B GRADE

Euroa B Grade hosted Central Park/St. Brendan’s in Round five of the B Grade Competition (Clive Young Shield).

Fill-in captain Jye Bjorksten won the toss and elected to bat first.

Despite a challenging start, losing 4-15 within the first 10 overs, Euroa B Grade found some stability through a commendable 57-run partnership from Carl Norton and Grayson Kirk for the fifth wicket.

However, as the innings progressed, the team struggled to maintain their momentum, ultimately losing their last five wickets for just 27 runs.

B Grade faced a similar fate to A Grade, with only 106 runs to defend, Central Park/St. Brendan’s made light work of the run chase.

Despite valiant efforts from bowlers Jack Walters and Leo Murphy, who each took a wicket, the visitors comfortably achieved the target with 27 overs to spare.

Euroa B Grade will travel to Kialla to face Old Students in the first two-day game of the B Grade competition, with the first ball set to be bowled at 12:30pm.

SCORECARD: Euroa 105 (G Kirk 25, C Norton 23) lost to Central Park/St. Brendan’s 2-106 (L Murphy 1-8, J Walters 1-32).

E GRADE

Euroa E Grade had the bye this week.

Next week they will travel to face Kyabram.