Tallarook will finish as minor premiers of the Seymour District Cricket Association following a thumping nine-wicket win over secon-placed Seymour.
The game was taken away from the Maroons early as they crumbled to 3-6, with Matt Archibald taking a couple of early wickets.
From there it was one way traffic despite some fight from Cam Evans (22).
Tarkyn Dundon (4-22) ripped through the middle order, with support provided by Andrew Dundon (2-11).
The run chase was simple for Tallarook, only losing opener Josh Rudge to a run out as they got home with nine wickets in the shed and 23 overs to spare.
Pyalong 1-156 (D Clancy 73no, D Sowden 27no) def Yea Tigers 152 (J Wilkins 4-20, M Wittig 4-35)
Pyalong put in a strong performance over the weekend to get the win over the third-placed Yea Tigers.
Yea was able to put a respectable total of 152 on the board batting first with youngster James Wilkins the most threatening of the bowlers, finishing with 4-20 off nine overs. Mitch Wittig was the other standout, also taking four wickets to wrap up Yea’s tail.
In reply it was Dermott Clancy who stood tall with the bat, finishing on 73 not out to guide Pyalong home in an innings that included 12 boundaries. He received solid support from Daniel Sowden who finished on 27 not out.
Puckapunyal 104 (C Davies 46, N Waugh 4-20, M Wal 2-2) def by Alexandra 9-226 (M Wal 45, J Leary 25, J Voogt 2-22, C Crabbe 2-38)
Alexandra has stayed within touching distance of the top four following a strong win over Puckapunyal.
Batting first, Alexandra saw strong contributions from its middle order with young gun Matthew Wal leading the way with 45, supported in the lower order by Dinesh Sivakumar (24no) and Justin Leary (25). For Puckapunyal, both James Voogt and Christopher Crabbe claimed two wickets.
Yet again it was Charles Davies who was the lone hand of resistance for Puckapunyal with the bat, finishing on 46 out of a team total of 102.
Nathan Waugh had his best day for the Redbacks, taking 4-20, while Matt Wal (2-2) and Vinu Hewage (2-20) chipped in with two each.
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Yea Tigers 19 (D Zoch 2-1, J Biagioni 2-4) def by Pyalong 8-223 (J Hill 67, D Zoch 33no)
Alexandra 81 (A Wood 24, R Andrews 22, M Nipperess 5-14, J Nipperess 4-6) def by Puckapunyal 8-209 (B Kingston 51, P Murtagh 44, R Kuttikadan 2-27)
Seymour 109 (D France 19no, Z Rawlings 18, S Watts 3-15, R Downie 2-15) def by Tallarook 4-110 (K Minter 53no, M Whitfield 17, S Liyanage 3-11)
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