Smoke blanketed the Border and North East, but it didn't hamper many of the opening matches of North East Junior Country Week.
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CAW Albury finished the day strongly in the women's competition with a 58-run victory against Wangaratta.
The Border side reached 1-136 from its 20 overs, set up by a strong opening stand.
Rosie Blain posted an unbeaten 43 from 31 balls, while her opening partner Sara Burns also retired not out on 38 off 36 balls.
Ascha Harvey-Comey took 1-7 for Wangaratta.
CAW Albury's bowlers restricted Wangaratta to 4-78, with Burns the chief destroyer with figures of 2-8 from three overs.
Grace Kerwin was Wangaratta's best with the bat, clubbing five boundaries in her knock of 26 off 24.
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Wangaratta Gold emerged as the team to beat in the under-16s after demolishing CAW Country by nine wickets.
Batting first, CAW Country could only muster 95, with Sebastian McKenna's 19 the top score.
Caleb Mitchell (2-10), Waitai Tua (2-12) and Joshua Jones (2-16) were all multiple wicket-takers.
Wangaratta Gold had enough after 20 overs, finishing 1-97 following a 90-run opening partnership between Thomas Rosser (41) and Tua (31 not out).
CAW's under-15s scored a seven-wicket win against Wangaratta Blue.
The visitors were restricted to 6-97 from their 40 overs, with Nick Paton (2-4) and Jack Stewart (2-7) productive with the ball.
CAW cruised to a comfortable win, passing the total in the 32nd over.
Will Noonan (37 not out) and Stewart (30 not out) were the stars of the show.
Wangaratta Gold piled on the runs against CAW Hume, reaching 7-218 thanks to 59 from Tyler Nanson and 49 from William Ashton.
John Ryan was the only multiple wicket-taker with 2-39.
Hume managed 81 in reply, 22 coming from the bat of Ned Harvey.
Wally Gemmill ripped through the batting order with outstanding figures of 4-7 from four overs.
The only completed under-14s match saw CAW (8-159) topple Wangaratta Blue (136).
Kaizen Taylor made 33, while Judah Hood claimed 3-18 in standout performances for the Border side.
The match of the day in the under-12s saw CAW Hume (209) pip CAW Country Thunder (207) in a thriller.
Cody Odgers (49) and Noah Andrews (38) starred with the bat for Thunder, while Harry Greenhill nabbed 3-9 for Hume.
However, a superb 71 from Jayden Forge guided Hume to victory.
Four matches played in Wagga in under-12s, under-13s, under-14s and under-16s were called off due to poor air quality.
Beau Greenway
I like to tell the stories of great people in our communities. Email: beau.greenway@austcommunitymedia.com.au
I like to tell the stories of great people in our communities. Email: beau.greenway@austcommunitymedia.com.au
