Five Gisborne and District Cricket Association women’s players stepped up to play for the Central Highlands in the Victorian Country Cricket League women’s championship on Saturday.
It was the second year of the competition with every team playing two T20 matches with an overall winner decided at the end of the day.
Gisborne’s Brianna Woodburn and Ruby Watts, Bacchus Marsh’s Kim Bessell, Lancefield’s Nat Jeffery and Broadford’s Brooke Jeffery were part of the Central Highlands team.
The Highlanders started the weekend against the Mallee Murray women.
Mallee Murray won the toss and sent in the Highlanders, who made 6-173 from their overs.
Bessell finished with 52 before retiring not out, while Watts made a handy 16 not out at the end of the innings.
The Mallee Murray were 1-50 before the wickets halted its momentum.
While it was able to fight before it finished 7-148.
Watts finished with 3-28.
In game two, the Highlanders faced the South East Sharks.
The Highlanders batted first and were bowled out for 101. Woodburn, who game in at number nine, finished with 19, the second highest score.
The Sharks never got going and were restricted to 7-87.
Woodburn and Nat Jeffery took a wicket each for the Highlanders.
The Central Highlands team finished as one of three undefeated rounds after the weekend.
It finished third on quotient with the Northern Rivers side taking out the title.
