Baldivis girls pip Secret Harbour

Round 7 of the Peel Junior Cricket Association opened on Friday night with the Peel Perth Scorchers Girls’ League match at Rhonda Scarrott Oval.

Warnbro Baldivis (3-105) narrowly defeated Secret Harbour White (9-82), with some excellent skills on display from both sides and great individual and team performances.

On Saturday, it was the White Knights Baldivis again who defeated Secret Harbour Dockers Purple in the under-13s competition.

Secret Harbour batted first and were bowled out for 78, with Jai Prince, Rhyley Lewis and Sunny James all top scoring with 11.

Jordan Crudeli, Brayden Haskell and Jake Farmer were the best of Baldivis’ bowlers.

In reply to Secret Harbour’s 78, Baldivis scored 4-197, with Jordan Crudeli top-scoring with 32 not out.

Connor Styles and Kai Bartusch were the best of Secret Harbour’s bowlers.

Meanwhile, in the under-14s competition, South Mandurah defeated Warnbro Swans at Peel Turf.

Warnbro batted first and scored 9-72, with Kieren Clarke top-scoring with 17 not out.

Aiden Milner was the best of South Mandurah’s bowlers, taking 4-9. In reply, South Mandurah scored 4-155 from 30 overs with Matthew Leddin top-scoring with 22 not out. On Sunday morning, Kwinana Junior defeated Mandurah Junior at Meadow Springs Turf.

Kwinana batted first and scored 8-140 from 30 overs, with Kim Kothstein top-scoring again for Kwinana with 35 not out.

In reply, Mandurah scored 7-122 from their 30 overs.

Finally, in the under-17s, White Knights Baldivis continued their good form, defeating Halls Head at Peel Turf.

Halls Head batted first and were bowled out for 115 from 30.4 overs.

Jordan Hodgetts and Beck Bertoncin took 3-7 and 2-2 respectively.

In reply, White Knights Baldivis were bowled out for 184, with Mitchell Steele, Ben Merrifield and Ryan O’Keeffe all scoring 37.