Worcestershire opener Ed Pollock gave another display of explosive hitting but his side, St. George, just failed to claim outright victory in their two dayer against Mosman in the New South Wales Premier Cricket first grade competition.
The left hander had smashed 51 off just 24 balls on the opening day last weekend to help St. George to a first innings lead of 142.
Pollock was even more destructive on the second day as St. George attempted to chase down a 203 target in 21 overs.
He made 83 off 56 balls with six sixes and three fours and put on 114 for the second wicket with Luke Bartier (62 not out).
Pollock took a particular liking to the bowling of Matthew Moran, twice hitting him for two maximums in an over.
He also struck England spinner, Dom Bess, and Jake Turner over the ropes in a destructive display.
It lifted his match run tally to 134 runs off just 80 deliveries before he was caught at cover.
St. George eventually had to be content with first innings points as they closed on 170-2 from 20.4 overs.
Mosman, who had been bowled out for 86 in their first innings, provided much stronger resistance second time around in making 344 all out.
Henry Cullen is approaching 500 runs for the winter after top-scoring for Woodville on day one of their South Australian Premier Cricket first grade meeting with Southern District.
Cullen took one catch – off the bowling of Nathan McAndrew – to dismiss number three Lachlan Murphy – as Southern District were bowled out for 197 in 52.3 overs after being put in.
McAndrew, who played County Championship and Vitality Blast cricket for Sussex last summer, finished with 3-40 off 14 overs.
Cullen opened the batting and made an aggressive 45 off 41 balls with two sixes and three fours.
His two maximums both came at the expense of Huw Stone before he was lbw to Zachary Munn in the 13th over.
But the day ended with the game in the balance with Woodville standing on 130-6 from 37 overs.
Fateh Singh’s side, Canterbury, went down by 184 runs on day two of their Eastern Cricket Association encounter with Edinburg.
Singh had taken five wickets on the opening day as Edinburgh were bowled out for 281 in 77.3 overs.
But Canterbury, who resumed on 0-0 from two overs, were bowled out for 97 in 51 overs with Singh – 14 off 19 balls batting at six – the joint second highest scorer.
