A DISASTROUS collapse has resulted in the Red Cliffs Cricket Association losing its representative match against the Barrier District Cricket League on Sunday in Broken Hill.
The visitors were 5/69 chasing just 81 in the 21st over of their 40 over match however in the space of a mere 16 balls lost their last five wickets for just one more run to fall 11 runs short.
Nursery Ridge’s Shannon Bowen had top scored with 32 runs from 40 balls but his dismissal at the hands of Scott Mateer triggered the collapse.
The last four listed batsman in Mitch Shaw, Shannon Anthony, Peter Jory and Tyson Monaghan all failed to register a score from the two balls they faced each.
Only Monaghan was not out with the others falling to Jordan Vella, who finished with a matchwinning 3/5 from 2.2 overs.
Travis Landells was the other batsman to fall in the collapse for 14 off 14 balls.
Earlier the RCCA had struggled early in the chase and were 3/21, with Fire Brigade’s Lachie Rohde (13 off 37) steadying the ship.
Bowen, Landells and Rohde were the only RCCA batsman into double figures.
Rohde had a good all-round match with 4/33 in Barrier District’s innings, complemented by two wickets apiece to Millewa’s Scottie Clark, Bowen and Tempy’s Nic Monaghan.
