The Hurricanes dismissed surprise packet Riverside for just 63 and then held on for a four-wicket win at West Park Oval with Josh Barry (34) again Burnie’s most dangerous with the bat.

Blues paceman Jesse Homan had the home side in strife at 4-12 as four of the Hurricanes’ top five went for ducks, but injury forced the rising star off the ground just 14 balls into his spell, which had already yielded 3-1.

“We started really well but the luck didn’t go our way in the end,” Blues skipper Tom Garwood said of his side’s effort with the ball. 

“The pitch was quite good but if you got it in the right areas there was a fair bit of movement either side.”

Tyler Johns (3-8 off eight) was crucial early for the ‘Canes, removing three of the Blues’ top order cheaply to reduce the visitors to 5-22. 

Recalled all-rounder Alex Saunders (17 not out) and Solomon Scott (16) put up some resistance before Kurt Lamprey polished off the tail.

MOWBRAY made headway in getting its season back on track by notching just its second win of the season.

The Eagles’ 47-run win over Ulverstone was led by UK import Ben Bodha, who put a succession of starts behind him to bat nearly the whole innings en route to a match-winning 89. 

Bodha had good support from skipper John LeFevre (27) in a 106-run fifth-wicket partnership as the Eagles posted 7-169.

“He took his time and was able to bat a considerable amount of time,” LeFevre said of his top scorer.

“He got to 50 and then started to accelerate from there and and enabled us to post a really competitive total.”

The Black Caps made it to 30 unscathed but then lost 10-95 with Sam Freeman and James Storay both snaring three wickets.

Freeman bowled in tandem with his older brother Jarrod, who took 1-13 off seven overs.

“We brought Sam on first and he was able to bowl really well ... he got the big wicket of Josh Walmsley as well which was very pleasing,” LeFevre said.

“He and Jarrod were able to bowl really tightly and really restrict the Ulverstone batsmen and made it hard to score and sort of forced them to play some risky shots.”

LAUNCESTON returned to the winners’ list with a five-wicket home win over Sheffield.

Alistair Taylor skippered his first 50-over game of the season and scored 49 not out to guide the Lions home after a shaky start. 

Chasing 107, the Lions fell to 3-20 thanks to a blistering opening spell from Aiden Marshall (3-18) before Taylor and Lachie Newland (28) wrestled back control. 

“It was good to spend some time in the middle with Lachie - he’s improved out of sight in the last couple of years,” Taylor said.

“It would have been nice for him to finish the game off and ice the game, but to be in a partnership of 60 when we were chasing a low total was good because we were in a bit of strife at 3-20.”

Earlier, Aaron McNab (19) top-scored in a Sheffield innings that had been looking particularly shaky at 7-48.

Daniel Smith (4-17) took his best figures as a Lion while Rowan Smith and Newland took two apiece. 

“The plan was to bowl full and hit the stumps,” Taylor said.

“Dan Smith was a key exponent of that, he bowled really well - he hit the stumps and bowled fast which was what we asked of him, it was great to see him get some reward.”

Nathan Philip fell five runs short of his second ton in three weeks as SOUTH LAUNCESTON collected a fourth-straight win at Wynyard. 

The left-hander enjoyed 50-run stands with Jeremy Jackson (38) and Will Beattie but ran out of overs as the Knights reached 9-185.

Hashan Abeyrathna was the best of the Blues’ bowlers with 3-34.

A team bowling effort then had the Blues dismissed for 97 in 33 overs, as a Sean Harris run out complemented six different wicket-takers including debutant Sisitha Jayasinghe. 

“He’s come from Switzerland and he’s working at the uni doing a PhD in health science,” Knights captain  Tom Waller said.  

“He batted three today and looks ok, he’s going to bowl some handy offies for us.

“He’s probably like Nathan Carter - we didn’t expect him but he’s hopefully going to be a good asset.”

Waller also praised his form batsman Philip, who has scored 133, 55 not out and 95 not out in his past three knocks.

“Nathan batted really well again - he was on a little bit of a different level and Jezza was a good foil for him in that partnership.”

WESTBURY made three late changes to accommodate Greater Northern Raiders trio Alex Kerrison, Jake Williams and Ollie Wood, and each played their role in a 92-run rout of Latrobe.

No batsman made more than Shamrocks number seven Corey Briggs (42) but the visitors still managed a competitive 206 as Will Donald (28) and Dom Barrett (31) got the innings off to a good start. 

Blake Weeks took 3-44 to be the most dangerous of the Demons’ bowlers, while Brent Rattray and Daniel Williams both took two wickets.

The home side then held out for 16 overs before Brandon King finally departed to Donald, sparking a fall of 10-79.

Kerrison took three wickets in the win while Richard Howe (2-6) bowled three maidens in his six overs.