Reece Maguire was able to make a flying start at Diggers defeat Exies Eagles

The Eagles won the toss and elected to bat and were struggling 6/68 after 21 overs before Mason Ashcroft and Phil Burge tried to get their side to a defendable total.

The seventh-wicket stand was eventually broken by Maguire (4/15), and he picked up the remaining three wickets to see the Eagles bowled out for 132.

Diggers looked to be in cruise control, with Dean Bennett (32) and Paresh Patil (56) putting on 69 for the first wicket before Bennett's wicket saw a wobble.

They lost 5/38 with Angus Boulton (3) and Josh Lanham (9), both departing with Maguire (2*) helping his side reach the target with 5.1 overs remaining.

In the other first grade clash, Hanwood was able to take a nail-biting win over Coro.

Brent Lawrence tried to get the Cougars off to a strong start at the top of the order with a 24-run stand with Jake Rand before Rand (10) fell while Lawrence (6) followed closely behind.

Mathew Axtil (12) was able to get a start in his first game with the Cougars but was unable to push on, while Thomas Camm (5) couldn't handle the bowling of Luke Docherty (4/23) as Coro were eventually bowled out for 119.

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The slow bowling kept the Cougars in the game after a strong start from Hanwood's top order as Lawrence (3/15) picked up crucial middle and lower order wickets, but it wasn't enough for Coro as the Hanwood side came away with a two-wicket win with 7.1 overs remaining.

In second grade, Chris Iannelli had another good performance for the Coleambally Nomads.

Iannelli (2/14) picked up two key wickets as their opponents, Coro, reached the end of their 20 overs on 7/101.

In reply, Jack Kidd (4) fell early while Iannelli (12) broke double digits as they reached the end of their 20 overs on 9/77 to hand Coro a 25-run win.

In third grade, Blake McDonald (1/12), Charlie Lamont (1/7) and Vula Wate (1/11) picked up wickets for Coly while McDonald (28*) tried to get the Nomads home, but they fell 18 runs short against Diggers.

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