Winning the toss and batting first, Homers we're in early trouble at 2-6 before the Hoffmann brothers combined to steady the ship.

Harry was unlucky to be run out at the bowler's end, triggering the fall of more wickets.

Zac van Buuren picked up 2 wickets in 2 balls to give the home side the upper hand.

A quick fire 19 from 13 by James Officer lifted Homers to a competitive 78 from their 22 overs.

The home side's chase got off to a slow start, with Nathan Hughes making a 19 ball duck.

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Poor running between the wickets contributed to a slow run rate and kept Homers in the game.

As is often the case at Laharum, a middle order collapse brought Homers back into the game with Matt Reichelt the only batter to put pressure back on the bowlers.

Lachie Hobbs and Ben Salter both picked up 2 wickets in the collapse leading to a thrilling finish with all results possible going into the final over.

With 4 runs required and one wicket in hand, some tight bowling left the game in the balance, with only 2 required off the last ball.

Despite the ball coming off the pad, a quick leg bye followed by an overthrow saw the Mountain Ants come away with the win, turning the tables on Homers from a similar contest last season.

Dunmunkle accounted for the young Saints in the other U16 match.

A maiden 50 no out from the mullet haired Seth Callaby set the foundations for a huge first innings total of 3-196.

Oscar Gawith and Connor Weidemann - fresh from taking four wickets in the Youth Premier League against the Mallee-Murray Suns - also cracked half tons for the Renegades.

In reply Alex Rees (22 not out) and Cody Keddie (18) were able to put a high price on their wickets with some resolute batting for the Saints.

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Down at the Tigers Den, Jung Yellow welcomed Homers for their U12 round 5 clash. Homers were first to pad up and started the innings strong despite a very slow outfield.

Phoenix Hopper finished his innings with 24 runs whilst Arkie Mackley (18), Will Hobbs and Flynn Mibus (both 15) top scored for the Pigeons.

The Tigers bowlers certainly didn't make the task at hand easy for Homers with Rhys Penny taking a very impressive 1-5, Noah Bouma 1-12 and Bailey Dridan 1-13.

The Tigers began their innings very strong with some great shots and running between wickets, the game looked to be a close one.

Penny and Rory Hudson both finished with 9 runs a piece whilst a number of Tiger Cubs finished the day with a consistent 8 runs.

Then the wickets started to fall which were not in the Tigers favor.

The Hopper boys Jazz (3-8) and Phoenix (1-7) were the pick of the bowlers which saw them take home a comfortable win.

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