Cranbourne has only won two games for the season and both of those have come against fifth-placed Silverton after the Eagles once again knocked off the Bakers in a close one.
The Dandenong District Cricket Association (DDCA) Turf 2 match-up was always going to come down to the wire after some late wickets fell on day one.
Cranbourne won the toss last week and elected to bat first, scrapping to a total of 157 as Bailey Paroissien top-scored with 40.
Silverton had 14 overs to bat on day one and lost two of its most prolific run scorers, both Anmol Zakhmi and Rohit Sandhu for ducks.
Robert North worked hard for 28 off 99 balls, before he was bowled by Harsaroup Singh leaving the team at an ominous position at 5/76.
Hemal Ratnayake (49) and Varinder Virk (23) threatened to win the game for Silverton, but they fell at bad times and the Bakers were bowled out for 129 as a result – 28 runs short of the Cranbourne’s total.
Singh (4/38) and Tim Fathers (3/47) troubled the batters and helped the Eagles to a strong victory.
As expected, Coomoora banked another win after posting a huge total of 278 last week against North Dandenong.
The Maroons did well to save the game in the second innings and prevent an outright loss, keeping one wicket in hand at the end of the day’s play.
The Roos’ bowlers took control of the game and continued to pick up frequent wickets, with Malan Madusanka (4/12) and Jackson Noske (3/24) leading the way.
Rohien Sangwan (33) and Muhammad Dawa Khan (24) both worked hard and found the boundary, but it was never going to be enough as the Maroons were bowled out for just 91.
With 50 overs still remaining in the day, an outright loss looked inevitable for North Dandenong as it was sent back into bat, having lost the first innings by 187 runs.
Noske (6/32) was on fire with the new ball for Coomoora, taking the first five wickets of the innings to leave the visitors at 5/40.
Zarak Aseel (46) and Dawa Khan (38) pushed the score into triple figures, but wickets kept tumbling.
When Aseel was bowled by Sam Wetering, there was still 22 overs to bat and the Roos needed just two wickets.
Credit to Dinuka Perera (16 not out off 77 balls) and Masih Rawani (13 off 57) who prevented the outright loss by one wicket, with the ninth wicket falling on the last ball of the day.
In other games, Parkfield chased Lyndale’s total of 176 to win by two wickets thanks to half centuries from Sam Beadsworth (53) and Travis D’Souza (55).
Beadsworth’s knock was gritty as he faced 128 balls and resumed his innings from the previous week.
Despite losing eight wickets, Parkfield’s Sahan Jayawardana (29 not out) standing up at number nine to lead the side home alongside Zaron Chanel (6 not out off 33 balls).
Rajika Fernando (4/64 off 29.4 overs) was the pick of the Lyndale bowlers, doing everything he could to win it for his team.
HSD started the day at 2/68 chasing Narre Warren’s 154 and pushed on to chase the runs down, before going bananas and scoring a big total of 4/291 at the end of the day.
Riley Shaw (48 off 163 balls) played an integral role both late on day one and early on day two, as did Liam O’Connor (93 off 233 balls).
Before Anuda Akmeemana (103 not out off 83 balls) came out and belted the ball around, with the Cobras pushing on so that he could reach the special milestone, calling it after that.
