It was a mixed weekend for both Kooringal Colts and Lake Albert to start the Twenty20 competition.
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Colts brought up their first win of the season with a dramatic win over Wagga RSL at Harris Park on Saturday but couldn't chase down a smaller target set by Lake Albert on Sunday.
Coming off a 99-run loss to South Wagga at Rawlings Park on Saturday, the Bulls were able to defend 113 at the same ground.
After Alex Tucker came back into the side and top scored with an unbeaten 58, Lake Albert captain Isaac Cooper was pleased with how the side kept things under control in the field.
"Around 110 or 120 is one of those scores in T20 cricket that isn't a big score but one you umm and ahh about the whole time," Cooper said.
"We just had to bat our 20 overs, get to where we got and obviously that was enough.
"It was really good."
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South Wagga dominated on Saturday as they posted 7-163 before bowling the Bulls out for 64.
However after needing to do plenty of regrouping, Cooper was thrilled with how the new-look team responded.
"When you have six players who played yesterday and you need to find four players last night to put a team on the park it was definitely a good way to bounce back," he said.
"Alex Tucker came back from injury after being out for a month, carried his bat with a solid 50 and got us to a target that we know would be tricky, especially if we took the pace out of the game."
Cooper snared three wickets while Joe Martin, after taking three against the Blues, Matt Tansey and Jacson Sommerville all picked up two wickets as Colts were bowled out for 101.
Lake Albert are looking to back up the performance against Wagga RSL after the Bulldogs became the first team to fall short against Kooringal Colts on Saturday.
After compiling plenty of runs to get the tournament under way on Thursday, a very different line up struggled to have the same impact.
They managed to finish at 5-134 but some late hitting from David Bolton (22 not out off) saw Colts sneak home with two balls to spare.
After the joy of a much-needed win, Colts captain Keenan Hanigan once again rued the lack of input from his batsmen.
"What's frustrating is we bowled well again to keep them (Lake Albert) to 113 - that's less than a run a ball - so you'd think any team could chase that down but that's just where we are at the moment," Hanigan said.
"Our top six have to be accountable as it's happened just way too often this year.
"Getting 20s is just not good enough in first grade cricket."