His length was consistently superb which continually cramped the Bay batsman and denied them to get onto the front foot to attack.

His sight at the crease and desire to grab wickets was worthy of the occasion.

Linke, the other co-captain, picture perfect, with his arm over at right-angles to his torso, reached a good height as his left shoulder dipped was relentlessly and unluckily good with the new ball and was luckless in his pursuit to claim a wicket.

Churchill (3/5), the co-captain started the game agitated with an injured shoulder but finished off his time at the wicket with three astonishing caught and bowled dismissals.

His removal of three major middle-order batsmen, at a critical moment of the game was inspiring and extremely relevant in turning the tide of the game.

Ylias (1/14), gliding to the crease area with all his fluent weight placed forward was shockingly awesome.

His follow-through at the crease gave him maximum speed through the air as he both grabbed a wicket and terrorised the batsmen.

Haub (4/4), tall, and strongly assembled with a lissom run-up stunningly removed four batsmen in ‘picking-up’ the crumbs’ from where Tooth and Linke left-off with a continuous full bloodied line and length that virtually left the Basin batsmen aspirated in their attempt to get onto the front foot and attack.

Lee (0/6), the diminutive and unsuspecting off-spinner with a killer nature played an important and definitive role by taking the crease to relieve the rotation of the pacemen and kept his acute placement of the ball up on a full length throughout his spell at the wicket.

His role in the transition of battery attack in keeping his opponents tired down was extremely vital and in this foil he was perfect.

Final Result

After the five demolishers had finished their job, Bay and Basin were all out for 43. In reply, United (10/116) were reckless by throwing away their wickets cheaply in the bid to quickly grab a first innings lead however a terrific and classy display by opener Matt Condon (42) top-scoring and all rounder Aengus Ylias (28) chipping-in, the game was all over by mid-morning the following day.

In reply, Basin totalled 9/118 but the match was sensibly halted due to the heat as United had already won on the first innings.

All those who participated in the match or watched can now remember that fast bowlers or until human nature is somehow rendered infallibly and horribly uniform, as a pack will by design or otherwise, fast bowlers love to intimidate, batter and bruise batsmen if given the chance.

This was one occasion where the bowlers in tandem dominated however next time, the batsman might get their opportunity to take control as they hook half-trackers out of the ground, drive with fanfare, thrilling all but the bowlers.

To the rest of the premiership-winning side, that included the dynamic Jordon Jaffrey, Tegan Nash, Zach Smith, Brayden Stanford-Lees and Tim Curry along with the injured Luke Harvey.

Astute coach Greg Churchill with his assistants in Rob Lee, Craig Linke and John Condon and the players are to be congratulated on the victory.

In other late junior cricket news, both Ulladulla premier players Jason Linke and Zachary Churchill were both named joint-Shoalhaven District Cricket Association under 16s Junior Player of the Year last Sunday at the association presentation at Nowra Showground.

It was an outstanding result for both players and worthy of both their efforts throughout both the domestic and the representative season.

Senior Results

First grade Bay and Basin (7/209) jumped over its rivals to take fourth spot and a semi-final place after defeating Ulladulla United by 132 runs on the first innings.

Both skipper Aaron Basile and debutant Zach Churchill shared the top-score with 20 as the Gulls (77 and 79) played stoutly to avoid another outright loss with Jason Linke top-scoring with 32.

Bomaderry sensationally grabbed the minor-premiership by beating Ex-Servicemen by 215 runs and North-Nowra Cambewarra fought back after trailing on the first innings to win outright over Nowra as Berry had the bye.

Bay and Basin (8/229) defeated Ulladulla (109 and 33) in the second grade fixture as Ex-Servicemen (273) still remain undefeated after walloping Bomaderry (150) while Nowra (72 and 134) downed North-Nowra Cambewarra (13 and 3/57).

Ulladulla Golds’ (131 and 1/111) victory over the Ulladulla Blues (118) cemented their place in the oncoming semi-final series.

Rob Gilkes top-scored with a fighting 78 not out for the Golds while Shane Isherwood (25) top-scored for the Blues.

A brilliant fourth grade double century by Bay and Basin (250) batsmen Joey Parkes all but knocked Ulladulla United out last Saturday at Frogs Hollow.

On his way to 208 not out, Parkes banged 16 fours and 13 sixes in the slaughter.

The senior semi-finals start this Saturday and Sunday. In first grade, Bomaderry meet Bay and Basin and Berry play North-Nowra Cambewarra.

In second grade, Ex-Servicemen face Berry and Bay and Basin welcome Bomaderry.

In third grade, Ulladulla United v North-Nowra Cambewarra at the Bernie Regan Complex and in the fourth grade clash, Nowra play Ex-Servicemen and Sussex Inlet take on Bomaderry.