By RANDALL WOODLEY
ALEX Bennett starred with the bat as Tewantin-Noosa under 16As batted themselves into a strong position on day one of their cricket match against Maroochydore at the weekend.
The team declared at 9-220 with Bennett scoring a solid 62.
At stumps, Maroochydore were 1-20 and will resume their run chase this weekend.
Meanwhile, the Under 12b Gold Tewantin-Noosa junior side found themselves involved in a unique game of cricket on Saturday, playing a tied match with rivals Nambour.
TNT batted first and were 3-108 with their opponents finishing their day at 8-108 . Best performers for TNT were Dylan Hayes with 26 not out and Kye Porter with 3-13.
Meanwhile, the Under 10s Gold Team, playing at home on Friday night, were involved in an enjoyable and exciting game of cricket.
In the end they scored 62, going down narrowly to Coolum Red who scored 79 runs.
The U12a Thunder continued their great start to the season, beating Maroochydore Red. Red batted first, making 4-88 with Thunder finishing with 120. Leading scorers on the day were Ben Stewart 25, Nick Roughly 18 not out and Cooper Langan 16 not out.
Mitch Langan starred with 51 as the Under 14As scored 5-217 in their game against Maleny at Maleny. After their 10 overs, Maleny were 2-25 at stumps with Kade North taking the two wickets.
Under 14B played the Caloundra team at their home ground. Batting first Caloundra scored 111 off their allotted 30 overs.
However, the TNT team could not reach this target and lost the game.
A good victory by Caloundra and an early reminder of how the game of cricket can change week by week.
Under 12 B Maroon
The team played a nail-biter against SC Grammar at Tewantin on Saturday. The TNT team lost by just two runs, with Grammar making 2-49 and TNT 1- 47 – both after 20 overs.
Meanwhile, in the senior cricket the four teams played Day one of their two-day matches.
The seconds, third and fifths all fared well after day one, and each team is in a good position to win their games, either on the first innings or outright.
The firsts are in trouble being bowled out for 45 against Gympie.
Gympie already have the first innings points, declaring at 6-153.
