By MARK O'LOUGHLAN

A Reserve

Delatite CC 10/172 def Wangaratta Magpies 10/157

ON a very hot day in Wangaratta, Delatite CC skipper Joe Kelleher lost the toss and was sent in to bat.

This quickly looked like the wrong decision by the home team, with openers Mark O'Loughlan and Nathan Goodes forming a century opening stand at a rate of over a run a ball.

Things slowed down considerably when Goodes departed for 37, with a flurry of wickets dragging the game back to a more even contest.

Wickets continued to fall, and it looked like Delatite were going to squander their bright start when O'Loughlan departed for 88.

However, Max O'Loughlan came in towards the end and played beautifully for 26 not out, allowing the team to post a very defendable total.

The weather cooled a little after the tea break, and Lochie Pymer got the early breakthrough for the visitors.

The Magpies then put together a partnership of 80 runs, and things started to get away from Delatite.

Joe Kelleher brought himself back into the attack after drinks and took the vital wicket of Magpies captain Daniel Larkings for 71, and then things started happening for Delatite.

Max O'Loughlan removed the new batsman with a vicious inswinger.

Koby Middleton and Kane Hoskin took two wickets each in quick succession, and Nathan Goodes grabbed the last wicket to give Delatite the win.

Awesome work by the team to secure win number two for the season.

Under 16s

Delatite 10/106 def by Benalla Bushrangers 8/263

WITH a big score to chase, things were always going to be tough for the Delatite lads.

Two early wickets didn't help the cause, but Cooper Martin (25) went to work, forming partnerships with Nick Hoskin (11) and Will Benton (22) to make the Bushrangers work hard for their wickets.

Charlie Watts played a swashbuckling innings of 14, keeping Benalla out there until the end.

It was another strong effort by the team, digging in and only being bowled out in the second last over.

Results aren't going our way at the moment, but every week shows improvement and will lead to some wins soon.