Saturday Sundries | Chasing of tails and tall targets highlight the weekend’s lower-grade cricket

This week there is a quickfire 198*, four-legged streakers, a nine-wicket bag and plenty more lower-grade cricket action in the Saturday Sundries.

News photographer Megan Fisher was behind the lens as Old Students played Nagambie in the Whitelock Shield.

Four-legged streakers steal the show in E-grade

In a one-sided E-grade contest between Old Students and Nagambie on Saturday, players and spectators were treated to a brief break from the cricket as two intruders made a dash through the field.

Unlike most pitch invaders nowadays who are simply drunken spectators or carrying a politically charged message, these two rascals did streaking the old-fashioned way — clothes-free.

The two four-legged intruders bounded around the ground during Nagambie’s innings, stopping only for a sniff and a belly rub.

While Students would have been hoping the break in the game — thanks to the two dogs — could help inspire a comeback, the Lakers returned to play and chased down Old Students' first innings total of 90 with ease.

Nagambie’s Arandt goes bonkers in B-grade

Nagambie continued its strong start to the B-grade season, coming within a whisker of securing an outright victory over Shepparton Youth Club United.

At Nagambie Recreation Reserve, the Lakers were bowled out for 209 from 57 overs in the first innings, with SYCU performing well to dismiss one of B-grade’s top sides early.

However, it was with the ball that Nagambie worked its magic.

Opening bowler Xavier Arandt did his chances of a recall to the ones no harm, claiming 4-13 from 15 overs.

SYCU lasted a similar amount of time (54 overs), but could only manage 80 runs before losing its 10th wicket and being sent back into bat.

With not long left in the second day’s play, the Lakers went on a tear again thanks to Arandt who claimed 5-12 from seven overs.

Nagambie got SYCU to 9-39 before the bails were removed and the visitor escaped an outright loss.

Brown removes Thorn pain from Kyabram

After winning the toss and electing to bowl, Kyabram would have been sweating bullets heading into the sheds for lunch during its one-day E-grade match at home against Northerners.

The visitors had gone ballistic in its innings, thanks largely to Scott Thorn who blasted 152 not out from 80 balls.

Thorn’s innings included 18 boundaries and eight sixes as the middle-order batter took Northerners’ tally to 346 after 40 overs.

The Redbacks got off to a shaky start in response, sitting on 3-35 after 5.1 overs.

However, Kyabram’s Ross Brown must have brought Dennis Lillee’s aluminium bat to the crease because he started blasting the ball at a feverish pace.

Brown quickly raised the willow for a ton, before the 150-run mark was soon also in his rear-vision mirror.

The Redbacks’ power hitter finished the match two runs short of a special double century (198* from 93 balls).

The innings included 18 boundaries and 15 sixes as Kyabram cruised to 4-351 with 6.1 overs remaining, winning the match comfortably.

Bawa bags ton for Bloods

Karramomus’ Jagjit Bawa proved he was a class above during a D-grade match between the Bloods and Murchison.

Coming in at number three, Bawa crunched 18 boundaries on his way to 110 runs from 101 balls to help guide his side to a 98-run win.

After his impressive knock while wielding the willow, Bawa has moved into fourth overall on the top run-scorers list in the SJ Perry Shield.

Meanwhile, Karramomus has jumped to sixth place after its strong win.