ULLADULLA United have picked up a win in their first grade season opener, taking down Batemans Bay by four wickets at Hanging Rock.
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Ulladulla began the final day of the two-day match at 1/34 with Mark Allsop and Connor Hawkins at the crease, chasing the hosts first innings total of 271.
The visitors suffered a blow early on day two, with Allsopp being trapped lbw by Anthony Mortimer for 15.
Bay would not be able to take advantage of this early break though, as United quickly got the upper hand.
Opener Hawkins combined well with Aaron Wester to push Ulladulla’s run rate, as both men were knocking the ball around the park.
Hawkins quickly brought up his fifty, as both men looked settled in to take Ulladulla towards the target of 272.
The spin of Lachlan Croke would eventually draw a loose shot out of Hawkins for 68, an innings that included 12 boundaries.
Joel Turner would join Wester at the crease, but his short lived innings of 16 was brought to an end by Croke, and the match looked evenly poised heading into the second half of the day.
United skipper Peter King would make sure his side would take home the points, as he joined Wester for a match-winning partnership.
Wester frustrated the Bay bowlers, looking completely comfortable at the crease as his innings ticked past 50.
King would fall to the bowling of Lachlan Croke late in the day for 41, but Aaron Wester (101 not out) made sure of the win not long after, bringing up his century to cap off a fantastic individual performance.