By Casey O'Connor
RSL were sharing the top of the table with Souths coming into their weekend game against Valleys but knew they would have to be on their game and knew they were in for a tough game.
After the rain on Thursday RSL chose to bat on the CF White when they won the toss. Valleys knocked over opener Sam Dowie for a duck after facing just two deliveries. With the score at 1/1 they may have been regretting their decision to bat. His opening partner Chris Duff joined him in the clubhouse shortly after. Bowled by Sandro Stefanon for four – the score 2/18.
Nigel Perrett (20), Rohan Brady (29) captain Luke Brady (25) all got starts but had difficulty moving the scoring along. Noah Mackenzie (24) and brother Ethan (1) remained not out when the innings closed. RSL setting Valleys a moderate total of 125.
As the wicket dried out, Valleys 27 without loss when opened Chris Allen (15) was bowled by Noah Mackenzie. The score 1/27. There was a glimmer of hope for RSL as Valleys lost a few cheap middle order wickets however opener Andrew Middleton (29) proved difficult to remove. When Becker had him caught by Luke brady the score was and captain Damian Anderson and Steve martin 4/79. Valley’s captain Damian Anderson was the only batsman able to score quick runs. His 46 coming off 32 deliveries. Anderson and Steve Martin (23) cleaned up the remaining runs midway through the 33rd over. Valley’s win now has them level pegging with RSL on 14 points chasing South’s (18) at the top of the table
