Walkerston Cricket Club have continued their resurgence in the 2023-24 Mackay Association Twenty20 Shootout Division One competition.
The high-flying Roosters grabbed a share of second position on the table after chalking up thrilling victories over Pioneer Valley and Brothers last weekend to bolster their finals claims.
They are joined by Pioneer Valley and Magpies on 24 points – six behind pacesetters Norths Devils (30 points) after seven rounds.
Spearheaded by trump cards Darryn Dyer and Lane Kohler, the Norths XI consolidated top spot with stirring wins over Souths and Magpies.
Dyer cracked 65 off 37 balls with six boundaries and two sixes while Kohler hit 44 off 39 balls to help the Devils (3-130) eclipse Souths (7-127) at Great Barrier Reef Arena.
The pair shared an opening stand of 99 with Cameron Keene (48 off 29) and Tom Bugeja top scoring for Souths.
Norths (7-128) pipped reigning champions Magpies (9-127) in a pulsating clash last Saturday at George Gorrie Oval.
Darryn Dyer (29), Josh Andrew (27), Mason Kohler (4-24) and Laren Dyer (2-18) shone for the Devils with Ben Zurvas (32), Jaxn Sign (31) and Tim Heard (2-15) impressive for the Magpies.
Walkerston (7-139) edged out Pioneer Valley (5-136) with Masters representative skipper Sam Vassallo and swing merchant Adam Knezevic the stand outs for the Roosters.
Vassallo smashed 56 runs off 40 balls that included two sixes and seven boundaries and shared an opening stand of 78 with Jakob Frerichs (26).
Knezevic kept the Valley at bay with an inspired spell of bowling that yielded 2-32 despite solid batting displays from Lochi Whitehead (45 not out off 30 balls), Cody Filewood (38) and Mahesh Rajaratne (25).
The Roosters rolled Brothers in a super over after both sides were tied on 119 at Great Barrier Reef Arena.
Luke Jackson (41 not out), Etienne Pretorius (27 not out) and Frerichs (25) helped Walkerston post 2-119 before Joseph Hackney (39), Floris Duvenhage (21 not out), Patrick Seaniger (20) and Jack Law (15) helped Brothers register 8-119 in a dramatic finale.
Nick Lotarski (3-22) and Chris Mceldowney (3-25) were the pick of the Brothers’ bowlers.
The Leprechauns (127) earlier downed the Magpies (102) at Jack Lancaster Oval with top contributions from Hackney (30), rising fifteen-year-old colt Jack Law (19 not out), Chris Dunn (19 runs and 2-17), Duvenhage (3-16) and Cameron Tomerini (2-15).
Magpies were best served by all-rounder Andrew Borg (46 runs and 2-13), Tim Heard (3-21), Todd Dixon (3-24) and Liam Zurvas (2-24).
Norths lead the 2023-24 Mackay Association Twenty20 Shootout Division One competition by six points. Ben Hinton made his division one debut for the Devils
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