Tara Murray
Werribee’s hopes of a second straight win to start the Cricket Victoria Women’s Community Cricket Competition is on hold for at least another week.
Unlike the majority of the men’s competitions that didn’t go ahead on the weekend after heavy rain left many grounds unplayable, the women’s competition pushed ahead, having also gone ahead the previous weekend.
In the Shield 3 T20 competition, two of the four matches went ahead with grounds in Melbourne’s in Melbourne’s north-west among those the most heavily hit by rain during the week.
Werrribee’s match against Craigieburn was one of the two that didn’t go ahead with the match abandoned.
The two teams, that both won in round one, share points with the match declared a draw.
It was the same result in the Sydenham-Hillside and Ballarat Women’s (2) match.
In the matches that went ahead, Coburg and Melton Centrals were the winners.
Coburg easily accounted for Keilor.
The Blues were sent in and were bowled out for 62 with a ball remaining. Noura Abdul Qader top scored with 15 at the top of the order.
Maria Nativo top took 4-6 off her four overs. Coburg finished 1-64 in reply.
Melton Centrals had little trouble against Clifton Hill (2).
Clifton Hill made 1-83 off their overs with Rebecca Bonnici the wicket taker for Centrals.
Centrals finished 1-85 in reply hitting the winning runs with four balls remaining after losing an early wicket.
This Sunday, Werribee is set to face Ballarat (2) at Chirnside Park in Werribee. Sydenham-Hillside is set to host Clifton Hill (2), while Melton Centrals is set to face Keilor and Coburg (2) is set to play Craigieburn.
In the other two grades, all but one match got a result with grounds not as heavily impacted by the rain.
