Ready and waiting: Jason Leocata and Paul Newman.
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Kyabram has lost its second successive game and its third for the season, failing to match Mooroopna’s score in Saturday’s sixth round of Cricket Shepparton Haisman Shield games.
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Kyabram’s bowlers had Mooroopna 6-91 but late-order knocks swelled the home team’s score to a respectable 8-169.
Kyabram’s Tom Holman in his first A-grade game for the club had Mooroopna on the back foot early with three wickets before left arm off-spinner Darin Ohlsen chimed in with 3-10 off nine overs.
But skipper Luke Zanchetta and Jake Wright produced respective knocks of 48 and 30 not out late in the innings in what proved a match-winning stand of 57 for the eighth wicket.
Kyabram had 47 runs on the board without loss in its run chase but when opener Paul Newman fell for 34 off 37 balls Kyabram crashed to 6-70.
Cade Mueller and Kyle Fitzgerald provided hope with a 61 run-stand for the seventh wicket, but once Fitzgerald fell for 29 the last three batsmen could only muster six runs, leaving Kyabram 23 runs short in its run chase.
On a string: Charlie McLay.
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Cade Mueller finished with an unbeaten 44 off 41 balls including three fours and two sixes.
Jake Wright completed a top all-round performance for Mooroopna, taking 5-18 off seven overs.
In the field: Kyle Fitzgerald.
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Kyabram has to start winning games if it hopes to play finals. It hosts Euroa this Saturday before the Christmas break and has the bye when the season resumes on January 8.
Steaming in: Jackson McLay.
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Kyabram’s B-grade side bounced back on to the winner’s list with a four-wicket success over Mooroopna at the Kyabram Recreation Reserve.
With Nick Chambers and Lukas Hanslow showing the way with the ball, with 4-27 and 3-20 respectively, Kyabram bowled out the visitors for 153 in 35.4 overs.
Kyabram was 4-38 in reply but Gaganjot Singh and Hanslow produced a match-winning 110-run stand for the fifth wicket to take their side to the cusp of victory.
Singh clouted 61 off 64 balls including 10 fours and a six while Hanslow chipped in with 37 with six boundaries and a six.
Veteran Ross Brown again showed Kyabram’s C-grade side the way to victory over Euroa.
The classy batsman defied a knee injury to smack nine fours and three sixes off 27 balls to guide Kyabram to victory in 18.1 overs.
Earlier opener Aidan Robinson with 38 and Noah Ryan (30) produced a 46-run stand for the second wicket while Mitch Fitzgerald (20) also made a handy contribution to the win.
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