Aaron Hazlewood compiled one of his finest knocks as Old Boys rammed home their dominance on the second day of their two-dayer against City United.
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The allrounder was at his destructive best, plundering a better-than run-a-ball 154 to lift Old Boys to 7(dec)-315 in reply to City's paltry 66, which he had played a prominent role in with 4-21
Surpassing his previous highest score of 135 back in the 2013-14 season, incidentally also against City, it was the 31-year old's fifth first grade century since My Cricket records began but first for a while.
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He conceded post-match he couldn't remember the last time he scored one but thought it would have been "a couple of seasons ago".
For the record it was the 2018-19 season, an unbeaten 104 in round 14 against Bective-East.
"[It's] Good to get one back under the belt and hopefully get in some form for the rest of the season," Hazlewood said.
"It's been a bit of a hit-and-miss season really so it was good to find the middle of the bat again."
Prior to this round he had scored 10, 59, 6, 0, 19, 18, 54* and 2.
He said there wasn't anything that really felt different. He was probably a bit more patient early in his innings.
It was comparably conservative Hazlewood last Saturday, but he wanted to make sure they got the runs in case there was rain on Saturday, and then push for the 75 for the bonus point.
"I sort of did the hard work last week and then cashed in this week with a few of their bowlers out injured (three of their frontline bowlers were unable to bowl on Saturday)," he said.
Resuming on 29 on Saturday, he targetted the short boundary with devastating affect, dispatching nine sixes and 10 fours during his 134-ball stay.
His only complaint was that he couldn't go on with it more.
"It was good to get 150, but there was plenty more left out there to get there," he said.
"I was a bit disappointed I threw it away when I did but anyway happy overall."
He had good support initially from Zac Craig, the teenager scoring 27 in a 117-run stand.
Hayden Baker then joined the party, the spinner sharing a 62 run partnership with Hazlewood on his way to a best for Old Boys 50 off 41 balls.
Batting again City were 4-107 at the end of play, Richie O'Halloran showing good resolve and some good touch. He made 54 while Tom Fitzgerald was unbeaten on 25, the two effectively staving off Old Boys' hopes of an outright.
They still accrued 16 points from the game - eight for the first innings win and the four bowling and batting bonus points, to move to the top of the table.
However, they weren't the biggest winners for the round with South Tamworth outrighting West Tamworth.
Defending 265, Souths' young quicks did the job for them with Josh Attard and Sam Murphy both claiming three wickets as they routed Wests for 68.
They then sent them back in and rolled them for 141, Oliver McGill doing the damage with 6-37.
Dan Lawrence also chimed in with 3-30.
Next door Karl Triebe made a valuable cameo for North Tamworth.
With his City side having the bye in Armidale, Triebe made the trip down the Moonbis and led the charge with 5-17 as the Redbacks dismissed Bective-East for 112 in reply to their 157.
Toby Whale and Luke Paterson were the Bulls' best performers with 20.
