SOME big hitting by Alchemy All Stars batsmen Gordon Kerr and Tom Briscoe helped their Riverside-aligned team to a first- up win over the Star Bar Slashers in their Carlton Mid Aussie 15s debut at Aurora Stadium last night.
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Kerr, from the University Club in Hobart, made 34 off 15 balls including three boundaries and a six.
Lindisfarne all-rounder Briscoe hit 30 off 14 with two sixes as the All Stars made a competitive total of 145.
The pair put on a valuable partnership to help their side recover from 3-11 at one stage to 5-116 - both batsmen belting some big hits straight for boundaries in the bonus scoring zone.
They were particularly hard on Slashers medium pacer Liam Reynolds, taking 22 off one over - Reynolds finishing with figures of 0-50 off three overs.
Richard Considine bowled well for figures of 3-16 and Legana's Matty Wells picked up 3-20, off two overs.
The Mowbray-aligned Slashers faced a big run chase to record their second win of the tournament and the task proved beyond them finishing at 10-135, off their 15 overs.
Openers John Le Fevre and Matthew Scolyer got them off to a good start hitting plenty of boundaries early - Le Fevre smashing three sixes in his knock of 23, off 13 balls.
Scolyer hit three fours and a six in making 24 and Ian Champion chipped in with 16 with two fours and a six.
But after being well placed at 3-85 off nine overs, wickets fell regularly and the required run rate became unmanageable.Alex Saunders took 3-37, off three overs and Kerr 2-25 for the All Stars earning him man of the match honours.
