Court House found their groove with the ball again on Saturday, and it didn't auger well for Kookaburras.
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After being routed for an embarrassing 12 in their last outing, Kookaburras batting woes continued as they were rolled for a paltry 44. They were 5-19 at one stage, teen quicks Ollie Thomas and Lachie Straney showing some good pluck late in the innings.
Thomas top-scored with 12, Paddy Paul (10) the only other batsmen to make double figures. Kookaburras weren't helped by the fact they only had 10.
Court House skipper Farran Lamb was the chief perpetrator of Kookaburras' demise snaring 5-5. He was well supported up front by Darrin Cameron (1-18), Sam Doubleday (2-13) and Brodie Cleal (1-8) then finishing off the job.
"It was a good bowling effort today, which was good. We haven't bowled that well the last few games we've played in," Lamb said.
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"To bowl well today was good, leading into the finals especially."
One of the big differences was they didn't bowl as many bad balls as they had been.
"Everyone bowled really good lines and lengths and got it in the right areas and we took our chances," he said.
He wasn't too disappointed when Kookaburras decided to bat first, with a bit in the deck, which they were able to exploit.
"It was moving early on so we took advantage of that and got a few wickets early," he said.
It was all about building pressure. Lamb set the tone, bowling five maidens in his eight overs.
Court House then took only 10 overs to chase down the runs, Cleal (8no) hitting the winning runs. Jay Urquhart was deservedly unbeaten on 23 up the other end after doing most of the leg-work.
Kookaburras were pretty well fighting a losing battle but did mange to pick up three wickets, Straney (2-6) and Thomas (1-28) the two successful bowlers.