The side made the same score as a day earlier, 140, but were much more disciplined with the ball to rip through CAW Country for 91.

James Benton (48) and Jack Torney (42) set the tone with a 75-run stand for the third wicket.

Sam Williams toiled hard for CAW Country with 46, but wickets constantly fell at the other end.

Wangaratta Blue coach Wayne Cooper said it was a much improved performance from the entire side in round two.

"The boys were much better today. They bowled a lot of wides on Sunday but today was a big improvement," Cooper said.

"Obviously James Benton and Jack Torney batted really well, but it was the efforts from the kids who aren't necessarily the stars of the team.

"Ben McMasters bowled really well, Kade Sullivan and Liam McManus also chipped in with wickets.

"As we spoke about as a team, everyone is really happy we're able to play cricket at the moment with the COVID situation, so our focus today was to enjoy being together as a team."

Cooper paid tribute to all Wangaratta and District clubs to help get the teams together and praised the work of the curators for preparing excellent wickets.

In other under-13s games, Wangaratta Gold (6-153) was too strong for Wagga (9-128), while CAW (7-245) piled on a massive score to defeat CAW Hume Strikers (142).

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This year's CAW under-14s group has won three Country Week titles in a row as they've progressed through the ranks and got their 2022 campaign back on track with a seven-wicket triumph over CAW Hume at Birallee Park.

CAW Hume was bowled out for 96, which included 28 extras, as captain Baxter Wilson and regular wicketkeeper Chad Brookes nabbed two wickets apiece.

Brookes then took charge of the run chase, smashing seven boundaries in his knock of 43 as CAW cruised to victory in the 24^th over.

Wagga (4-154) saw off Wangaratta Blue (107) in the other round two match.

The under-17s officially started at Corowa and saw Wangaratta hold its nerve to pass Wagga's total of 134 with three wickets to spare.

CAW (9-131) pipped Wangaratta Blue (119) by 12 runs in the under-16s, while under-15s was dominated by the two Wangaratta sides.

Blue were 115-run winners against Wagga and Gold toppled CAW by 83 runs.

In under-12s, CAW Hume overpowered CAW Country Sixers, CAW Country Thunder demolished Wagga, CAW Stars saw off CAW Renegades and Wangaratta Blue edged Wangaratta Gold.

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