Sport
13 January, 2025
Ducks fly as Atherton crumbles
IT was a tough weekend for the Atherton Cricket Club as they suffered a massive loss to Barron River in a game that saw seven ducks, including three golden ducks, halt the Tablelands side.
There was no luck either for the Mareeba Bandits after they fell short in another close match at Borzi Park, being run down by Mulgrave with five overs left to play.
Atherton travelled to Trinity Beach to take on the Barron River Cricket Club at Crathern Park.
Barron River won the toss and elected to bat first.
Atherton’s Brandon Green performed well with ball in hand, finishing on 3-27 off eight overs.
Cameron Davis also bowled well for the Tablelands side, taking 2-18 from seven overs.
The end of the first innings saw Barron River finish on a defendable score of 7/170.
Going out to bat Atherton had a big task ahead of them, but it was all done and dusted by the 18th over after they were all out for just 43 runs.
The Tablelands side notched up three golden ducks and four ducks, losing by a staggering 127 runs.
Atherton captain Logan Poggioli managed to earn his team 20 runs and Cameron Davis scored 10.
Despite this significant loss, the Atherton side are still sitting in third position on the ladder.
Meanwhile, the Mareeba Bandits took on Mulgrave at Borzi Park.
Mareeba won the toss and elected to bat. Opening batsman and former Mulgrave player Tristan Curmi, provided a good stint for the home side, scoring 34 runs.
Efforts from Ben Jones (10 from 18), Remo Esposito (21 from 43), Grant Hanlon (12 from 10) and a late surge from Tyson Brown, scoring 37 from 36, helped boost Mareeba’s final score to 9/144.
For Mulgrave, it was brothers Rhys and Kobi Johnston who comfortably led the run chase, scoring 40 and 44 runs not out respectively, with Rhys being recently selected for Queensland’s Under 17 team.
Other efforts from Matt Folpp (26 from 67) and William Robertson (10 not out from 11), were enough for the visiting side to chase down Mareeba after 35.4 overs.
Curmi proved determined to play well against his former teammates, taking 3-21 with ball in hand.
Following another narrow loss, the Mareeba side currently sit sixth on the ladder, comfortably ahead of last place Cyclones.
This weekend will mark Round 12 of the Cricket Far North competition, where Mareeba will face the Cyclones at Borzi Park and Atherton will have
a bye.
