A match-saving century from Alistair Taylor has seen Launceston's captain named player of the round for the second time this season.
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At 7-108 chasing Mowbray's total of 184 in last weekend's clash, the Lions were in a tumultuous position but a 57-run partnership between Taylor and paceman Tom Gray put the ladder-leaders on the right path and secured victory in the final over.
Launceston's main man finished with an unbeaten 118 off 131 balls, amassing 12 fours and a six, to seal the win and the player of the round victory sees him follow in the footsteps of Cam Lynch, who has also won it two times.
ELSEWHERE IN SPORT
The keeper-batsman heads into red-ball cricket having scored 361 runs at an average of 51.57 - sitting fifth on the run-scoring tally having scored two half-centuries before bringing up three figures against the Eagles.
His ton amazingly marks Launceston's fifth triple-figure score of the season after Lynch (112) broke a 10-year drought for one-day centuries in round five.
Since then, James Curran (116) and Ben Humphrey (132) joined the party with twin tons against Westbury in round seven while Lynch backed it up with another one in round nine against Wynyard.
Cricket North resumes competition with T20s on January 9.
2020 PLAYERS OF THE ROUND
- Round 1: Alistair Taylor (Launceston)
- Round 2: Tom Garwood (Riverside)
- Round 3: Not awarded (Rain)
- Round 4: Pete New (Riverside)
- Round 5: Cam Lynch (Launceston)
- Round 6: Spencer Hayes (Mowbray)
- Round 7: Chathura Athukorala (Westbury)
- Round 8: Nathan Philip (South Launceston)
- Round 9: Cam Lynch (Launceston)
- Round 10: Tom Waller (South Launceston) and Dan Murfet (Westbury)
- Round 11: Alistair Taylor (Launceston)
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