Representative quick Cameron White will be chasing his first five-wicket haul in two years as East Albury looks to end Lavington’s three-month unbeaten run.
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The Crows will look to defend 143, with Lavington 4-43.
White bowled superbly to claim four wickets as the Panthers crashed to 4-22, before launching a late recovery.
“That’s by far the best he’s bowled this year,” Kris Milosta said of his team-mate.
“He just didn’t bowl a bad ball, he bowled plenty of good length deliveries, just consistent on the spot, and ‘Lavi’ was good enough to nick them I suppose.”
That’s by far the best he’s bowled this year, he just didn’t bowl a bad ball, he bowled plenty of good length deliveries.
- Kris Milosta
White’s wickets were all taken behind the wicket, continuing the day’s trend where all but two of the Crows’ dismissals fell in the same manner.
“Cameron swung it pretty consistently, and cut it as well,” Milosta said.
“I think Whitey swings it most of the time, but last week was pretty good.
“He was swinging it against the wind too, which was surprising.”
White’s 4-16 is his best haul of the season.
He failed to take a five-wicket haul last summer, but grabbed three the previous year in leading the association’s wicket-takers with 45.
The Crows are currently just out of the top six.
“I suppose we just take confidence into beating Belvoir, if we won, it’d be a big, big achievement for our young blokes,” Milosta said.
Milosta says the wicket of Panthers’ captain Sam Harris, who’s at the crease, is crucial to the team’s hopes of defending its mediocre total.
After Lavington, the Crows meet another finals contender in Belvoir, but then completes the regular rounds against bottom sides Wodonga Raiders and New City.
The rest of round 12 also looks evenly-balanced.
Tallangatta is at home as it chases down Belvoir’s 253.
The Eagles defended a similar score last season at Rowen Park.
Meanwhile, St Patrick’s’ season could well rely on restricting Wodonga to less than the home team’s 260.
The Patties had a horror start, winning only one of its first eight games, and despite claiming two of the last three games, still sits 16½ points from the top six.
Albury could well lose its spot in that top six, depending on East’s result, if it can’t defend a mediocre 149 against North Albury, which is 1-19.
The one positive though is that North’s leading batsman Ash Borella is already out.
And New City is 3-38, chasing Raiders’ 159, with its leading scorer Callum Langlands not out.
