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Two ties in same div

One tie is rare enough, but two in on the same day in the same division is even rarer.

That was the case on Saturday in the Western Suburbs Churches and Community Cricket Association division 1 competition on Saturday.

West Point Titans and Truganina Strikers match ended in a tie.

Chasing the Titans 8-231, the Strikers finished 6-231.

Glen Orden Thunder and Manor Lakes also couldn’t be split.

Manor Lakes made 7-175 before Glen Orden was bowled out on the final ball for 175.

Williams Landing and 5ABI were the other winners.

Meanwhile, in the A.E Lowe Shield, Manor Lakes narrowly missed out on an outright win.

After making 293 on day one, Manor Lakes was able to bowl West Point Titans out for 192.

Apal Mehta top scored for the Titans with 59 not out, while Yuvraj Mahajan and Krishna Madiraju took three wickets each for the Storm.

Manor Lakes in its second innings was bowled out for just 72, giving it an 184 run lead.

Gurpreet Singh top scored the Storm.

Basim Awan had a day out with the ball for the Titans, taking 7-42.

The Titans finished 8-88 to deny Manor Lakes the full 10 points.

Mehta finished 16 not out off 43 balls to make sure his side didn’t go out.

The Storm sits atop the table with the Titans in fifth.

In other matches, Williams Landing lost to Altona Sports and Truganina Strikers lost to Tarneit Central.

Williams Landing was chasing Altona Sports 188 it set on day one.

It was bowled out for 162 in the 49th over.

Simerpreet Singh top scored with 38 for Williams Landing.

The Strikers had made 167 on day one of its match with Tarneit Central.

Tarneit made 263 in reply with the runs coming in 50.2 overs.

Amarbir Singh took five wickets for the Strikers.

The Strikers finished 5-154 in their second innings to hold out Tarneit.

Aditya Pratap made 37 for the Strikers.

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