HIT and Run and Grip it and Rip it clashed in an intensely hard fought Last Man Standing Twenty20 cricket game decided with the final ball.
Three Twenty20 cricket games were contested at Jimboomba's Glenlogan Park on Sunday, August 11, as part of the second season of the Last Man Standing series.
First in to bat, Grip it and Rip it scored 4-158 from their 20 overs.
Hit and Run fielders made a devastating mistake when they dropped Tom Jellie on zero.
Jellie went on to score 50 runs from 23 balls in partnership with Ryan Galea who scored 33 runs from 31 balls.
Hit and Run chased down Grip it and Rip It's total with the last ball of their innings and two wickets to spare.
Man of the match Max Harkin scored 42 runs from 25 balls and took two wickets for 25 runs.
Game two
Grip it and Rip it bowler Ryan Galea gave Hit and Run some trouble with his two wickets for 24 runs.
In game two, Duck Duck Gone went in to bat first against No Limits.
Duck Duck Gone scored 3-168 from 20 overs with man of the match Jesse Pointon scoring 55 runs from 28 balls and Steve Kuhnke (48) from 31 balls.
No Limits bowler Josh Sandnes was the only player to stem the flow of runs with figures of 2-27.
No Limits made 4-144 with Mark Wiggington scoring 51 runs from 32 balls.
Duck Duck Gone won by 24 runs.
Game three
In game three, the Beauy Bucheurs batted first against Jimby Crickets.
The Bucheurs scored 5-145 with a strong batting performance from Daniel Lake (53) from 29 balls.
Three run outs prevented the Bucheurs from scoring a higher total.
Jimby Crickets were in early trouble early in their batting innings at 3-28, but momentum shifted their way as Andrew Rice (52) and Colin Ginn (46) steadied the ship.
A man of the match performance from Craig Whatmore sealed victory for Jimby Crickets with 42 not out from 13 balls in an innings which included five sixes.
The victory guided Jimby Crickets to the top of the season ladder on 30 points, ahead of Hit and Run, who were undefeated until the previous week.
Duck Duck Gone is third with 24 points, Grip it and Rip it sits in fourth with 18 points, Beauy Bucheurs are fifth with 16 points and No Limits are at the bottom on 10 points.
