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Central Coast lost the final against Riverina in the Southern Pool of the Plan B Country Bash on November 23.
In Round 1, Central Coast competed against Western, winning the toss and electing to bowl.
Robert Lavery took the first wicket of an opening batter followed by three more wickets by Scott Burkinshaw, who finished the innings 4/11 off four.
Simon Keen took 2/21 off four, taking the side all out for 89 after 19.1 overs.
Central Coast sent out Simon Keen and Jake Hardy to open their batting innings and they didn’t disappointment with Jake Hardy putting 33* off 31 (4 x 4s and 1 x 6) on the board.
But, it was Simon Keen’s 50* off 35 (4 x 4s and 3 x 6s) that brought the side home with a massive six to take the win.
Central Coast reached 91 off just 10.5 overs, sending them to the final round.
Riverina and Central Coast met in the final and Central Coast won the toss electing to bowl.
Scott Burkinshaw 2/24 off four, Simon Keen 3/19 off four and Jack Harris 3/16 off three took a share of the wickets and only allowed three of Riverina’s batters to get into double digits.
After the innings, Riverina finished 8/124 and Central Coast took to the crease.
The opening batters were taken out, Simon Keen for five and Jake Hardy for a duck.
Brett Russell went out to steady the run rate hitting a quick 15 off 13 with 3 x 4s.
Jack Harris went on to hit 19* off 25 but the final wicket was Jake Holmes on 14 off 14.
After 15.5 overs, Central Coast were all out for 72.