A QUICK-FIRE 74 from the bat of Josh Browning helped Beauy Bucheurs to a 23 run win over Grip it and Rip it in the latest round of Last Man Stands twenty-twenty fixtures.
Lance Newman also made a telling contribution in the Bucheurs victory, scoring 56 from 35 deliveries to help his side through to 155.
Grip it and Rip it made a good go of the run chase but were held to 5/132 from 20 overs.
BrokeBatMountain completed a demolition job of Crafty Tappers at Glenlogan Park thanks to three wicket hauls from Aaron Mitchell (3/0) and Matt Smith (3/12).
The Tappers were dismissed for 65 before the BrokeBatMountain batsmen piled on the pain, chasing the runs inside 14 overs.
Twin half-centuries for Brian Murphy and Sammy Matthew were not enough to see the Purple People Eaters through to victory in a tight match against Borobies.
The Purple People fell two runs short of the opposition's 147, with the match going down to the final ball.
Hit and Run also earned a nail-biting victory in the final over of the match, chasing down Lumberjack's 146.
Jagdeep Randhawa piled on 50 from 32 in a losing cause.
Close fought encounters continued in division two where Now or Never C bowled their way to victory at Glenlogan Park.
Hari SV claimed 3/14 from his four over spell to hold Duck Duck Gone to 123 and help his side to victory.
It was a different story at Newstead Park where No Limits chased down 132 inside 15 overs to claim an eight wicket victory.
Brian Murphy was in fine form for Purple People Eaters 2.0 but it was Keith Ford and Sandro Santo that did the damage for No Limits in the run chase, with both players scoring half-centuries.
Test Eagles defeated Jimby Crickets in the last over of the match thanks to a masterclass Michael Cullen and Shane Harris.
Cullen set up the victory with 46 from 31 deliveries to help the Eagles through to 130 before an astonishing spell of bowling from Harris, who claimed 4/15, finished the job.
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