CITY United's brigade of young players made a powerful statement in their clash with South Tamworth on Saturday.
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Lead by a six-wicket haul from Tait Jordan, City rolled Souths for just 42, overcoming at times wild weather conditions.
Jordan was backed up by fellow young guns Joey Mead and Jack McVey, who went on to claim two and one wickets respectively.
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City's openers then went on to score the required 43 runs without losing a wicket.
City United captain Peter Mead praised the efforts of his young chargers.
"It is really great to see our young blokes stepping up," Mead said.
"It was an amazing effort from Tait because he had been sick all week.
"I probably made it worse by making him bowl into a gale of a wind, but his line and length was awesome.
"He'd bowled his full eight overs, even though he would have been in a bit of discomfort.
"As a captain, you can't ask for too much more than that."
Mead said his bowlers "stuck to a pretty straight line" throughout the innings, which proved to be the key in dismissing Souths for such a low total.
"Our fielders didn't really have to do too much because most of the wickets came as a result of either leg before or bowled," he said.
"It wasn't really a plan that we had really discussed, it just panned out that way.
"Either way, it's really left the group feeling really positive and injected some energy into the boys.
"Hopefully we can take this momentum into next weekend's game against Old Boys."
