Eagles bowl to soaring victory

The Eagles started day two of the match in a confident mood, with Georges River at 4/28 and chasing the Eagles 187.
However, it was clear from the first over of the day that the Georges River batters were prepared to dig in for the long haul and fight all the way.
Eagles bowlers toiled hard in perfect conditions and on a batter-friendly wicket, with good line and length bowling kept the pressure on and restricted the run flow from the Georges River batters.
The Eagles made a number of bowling changes to try and get a breakthrough against the determined opposition.
Eventually wickets started to fall, but Georges River were still fighting hard at 8/149 just 48 runs behind.
Having already taken four wickets, Ali wasn’t finished and took the final wicket to end the Georges River innings on 148. He was well supported by left arm pace bowler, Zain Khan who took 3/40.
The Eagles are away against the Epping Bulls next Saturday.
In other grades: Second Grade had a disappointing loss after declaring at 8/274, Georges River managed 9/275; Third Grade 172 def Georges River 154; Fourth Grade 7/112 def Georges River 110; Fifth Grade 5/245 def Warringah 212; and in the Chappelow Cup, Auburn Green def Auburn Gold and Auburn Eagles lost to Mounties.
The highlight of the Fifth Grade match was a well deserved 101 to Eagle stalwart, Sanketh Gitte – the club’s fourth century in two weeks.