Cricket North: Garwood lifts Blues, Lions devour neighbours

Meeting Mowbray in a reduced-overs fixture at a soggy Windsor Park, the Blues were 2-30 before a 76-run stand took the game away from the Eagles.

Garwood led from the front, taking Sam Freeman for 22 off one over before bringing up his 50.

The left-hander gave the same treatment to Jono Jones - whacking two sixes and a four in five balls - before the Mowbray quick snagged his second wicket off the last ball of the 20^th over.

Some late hitting from Matthew Kerrison (25 off 15) and Patty Mackrell saw the Blues to 5-157 from their 28 overs.

In reply, Mowbray made it to 1-56 after 12 overs but were unable to lift the run rate and finished their overs 8-112.

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"It was very similar [to a T20] - we just had to get away to a good start and have wickets in the shed," Garwood said.

"They bowled well but it was good to get a few big shots away ... I batted with Rama [Ramesh Sundra] and he gave me a fair bit of the strike which was good, it was a good team performance."

Riverside's performance was first-class but Eagles coach James Storay was equally impressed by the Blues' efforts to get the Windsor Park surface fit for play.

"Hats off to Riverside - it was so wet," Storay said.

"They worked tirelessly for hours to get the game to a point where we could get started so a big thankyou to them, we were very appreciative for that."

Captain Luke Scott was the pick of the Eagles, hitting five fours in an innings-anchoring 47 while Jason Snare hit a quickfire 12 to start the innings.

"[Scott] batted really well - he showed some good intent and really led from the front," Storay said.

"With the bat we probably left ourselves a bit short ... our plans needed to change and they probably didn't change as well as they should have, but that's just how it goes for round one - we're just happy to get a game of cricket in really."

A team batting performance saw LAUNCESTON home to a six-wicket home win over South Launceston.

Chasing 6-162 after Dihan Cloete (2-21) and Cam Lynch (2-22) accounted for four of the Knights' best batsmen, the Lions passed the total with three of their 40 overs to spare.

Cam Lynch, Dilan Sandagirigoda, James Curran and James Lee all made scores of between 29 and 42.

"It was a really good team effort," said Lions captain Alistair Taylor, who had earlier completed two stumpings.

"One-day cricket hasn't been our strong suit for a fair few years so to get a few points on the board is really vital.

"It was a good opening partnership of 50 with Cameron and Dilly and then James Lee and James Curran would have put on 60 or 70 together.

"James [Lee] against his old club was brilliant."

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Earlier, the Knights looked set to explode with gun pair Nathan Philip (29) and Sean Harris (36) at the crease.

Jeremy Jackson (33 not out) and Brodie Jarrad enjoyed a fruitful stand to round out the innings before the latter starred with the ball, taking 2-9 off eight overs.

"We thought [162] was going to be a competitive total but the thing that really costs us was we lost wickets at key times," Knights skipper Harris said.

"Brodie's been awesome - last year he put his hand up to be our number one spinner in first grade just with his performances and he hasn't looked back."

"He bowls his full complement each week and always keeps it tight and manages to pick up a few wickets so he's been fantastic."