New City’s hopes of finally snapping a provincial finals drought will rest on toppling competition leaders Lavington.
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The home club will resume on 4-69 after just 26.1 overs.
There’s bittersweet news for the Phoenix, with Lavington spearhead Daryl Tuffey set to miss the weekend, although fellow quick Nathan Brown returns from work commitments.
The match will assume normal conditions, given more than two hours was lost to rain, so New City will be chasing a score around 200 and bowl the Panthers out.
An interesting sidelight is who Lavington would like to face in finals, with New City’s star import Saif Zaib playing his final game before heading back to England.
Elsewhere, North Albury is 0-16, chasing Wodonga’s 104, Tallangatta is 6-106 against fellow top six outfit East Albury, while Albury will start its pursuit of Wodonga Raiders’ 52.
Lavington leads on 101.37, from Wodonga 95.16, Tallangatta 78.55, North 77.99, East 71.68, New City 69.82, Belvoir 68.24, St Pat’s 62.89.