Victoria have started the National Indigenous Cricket Championships with a dominant victory over South Australia whilst NSW and Tasmania remain undefeated in the men's division of the NICC.
Victoria (0-58) defeated South Australia (10-57) by 10 wickets
The opening match of Round 2 of the Championships was a one sided affair, with Victoria easily accounting for South Australia.
After winning the toss and electing to bat, the Boomerangs were skitlled just 57 with no batter accumulating double figures.
Victoria bowled the South Australians out early in the 19th over thanks to an even spread of wicket takers, with openers Lachlan Jackson (2-12) and Bohdie Jones (2-8) damaging up front, with Bailey Toseland (2-11) and Mackenzie Casson (2-8) the other multiple wicket takers.
Experienced Victorian duo Jhiah Baxter (32* from 30) and Ryan Donovan (19* from 35) made light work of the chase, with Victoria only requiring 10.5 overs to chase down South Australia's score.
Tyrell Sinclair was the pick of the South Australian bowlers, with only 11 runs scored from his four overs.
Tasmania (1-72) defeated the Northern Territory (8-70) by 9 wickets
Tasmania made it two consecutive wins to begin their NICC campaign, easily accounting for the Northern Territory at Jim McConville Oval.
The Territory struggled early in the innings against Tasmania's young pace bowling attack, with Ben Spinks (1-5 from 3) and Brandon Copper (1-10 from 3) delivering economical overs with the ball.
However it was the medium pace of Tasmanian debutante Trent Steven that did the damage for the Tasmanian side, finishing with figures of 4-5 from his four overs.
The Territory had three batters dismissed with out scoring, with only Imparja Cup and National Indigenous Cricket Championships stalwarts Adrian McAdam (24 from 41) and Bernie Lamont (13* from 10) making it to double figures.
Tasmania came out all guns blazing in chase of the low total, only requiring 6.4 overs to end the match.
Hard-hitting opener Josh Barry did the majority of the damage with the bat for Tasmania, scoring 47 not out from just 25 balls.
The left hander bludgeoning three boundaries and three sixes, taking the game away from the Territory in combination with fellow opening batter Brayden Devries (24 from 12).
Ethan Fitzpatrick (1-25) was the sole wicket taker for the Territory, which sit at the bottom of the ladder, winless after two matches.
New South Wales (4-114) defeated Western Australia (9-93) by 21 runs
In the round's tightest contest, New South Wales prevailed against a spirited Western Australia, victors by 21 runs.
After sending NSW in to bat at Traeger Park, the Western Australian's had the reigning champions in trouble at 3-41 with big names Pat Rosser (23 from 20) and captain Tyran Liddiard (11 from 19) back in the sheds.
However NSW recovered through a 59-run third wicket stand between Brynley Richards (40* from 41) and Kobe Ross (26 from 30), to post a modest 114 from their 20 overs.
Craig Jones was the pick of the Western Australian bowlers, taking 1-17 from his four overs with left arm orthodox bowler delivering four economical overs, finishing with figures of 0-15.
Western Australia started the chase positively through experienced NICC campaigner Bevan Bennell (27 from 41) and Hugh Sando (13 from 12) to be 0-27 after four overs.
However after Kealon Blattner (2-15) took back-to-back wickets to begin the innings' fifth over, momentum swung back in favour of New South Wales.
From then on a steady flow of wickets prevented Western Australia's batters from regaining control, with the remaining eight wickets falling for just 53 runs to see WA limp to 9-93 after 20 overs.
Experienced NSW campaigner Pat Rosser was the standout with the ball for NSW, his left arm orthodox spin collecting 5-16 from four overs.
Round 3 of the NICC continues today with Western Australia facing Victoria and Queensland up against South Australia at Albrecht Oval, with the undefeated Tasmania and New South Wales sides locking horns at Jim McConville Oval.
