Rovers and Nulla will take commanding leads into the second day of their matches with South West Rocks and Stuarts Point/Eungai, respectively, in round three of the Macleay Valley Cricket Association’s first grade competition.
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Nulla punished the Stuarts Point/Eungai side with both the bat and ball.
Nulla restricted Stuarts Point/Eungai to 49 runs in their opening innings and scored 258 in response to earn a first innings victory before they declared for a loss of three wickets after Angus Crotty rose his bat to celebrate a century.
It was the teenagers first century in first grade and he impressed teammate and MVCA president Ben Paix.
“I spent a bit of time at the crease with him and he was on fire,” Paix said.
“I thought he was getting tired around the 40 run mark but he toughed it out and picked up his first ton.”
Younger brother Corey Crotty (68) and and Paix (43) also scored freely to add to the total.
Stuarts Point/Eungai are seemingly heading for a loss as they look to avoid an outright defeat by scoring a massive total or batting out the entire final day.
Meanwhile Rovers posted a total of 339 their opening innings and South West Rocks are currently 5/61 in reply.
Rovers will look to force a follow-on and chase an outright victory.
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