Bennell leads WA to third consecutive victory as Vic's trump Queensland and NSW remain undefeated at National Indigenous Cricket Championships

Callan Morse Published February 28, 2023 at 11.15am (AWST)

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Western Australian captain Bevan Bennell's quick fire half-century lead WA to victory over the Northern Territory. Image: Chris Hyde.

A second consecutive half-century from Western Australian captain Bevan Bennell has lead Western Australia to victory over the Northern Territory whilst Wade King's unbeaten innings guided Victoria to victory over Queensland. New South Wales remained undefeated with a win over South Australia.

Western Australia (2-88) defeated Northern Territory (7-84) by 8 wickets

Bevan Bennell's second half-century of the tournament saw Western Australia comfortably account for the Northern Territory at Traeger Park.

Bennell plundered five boundaries and three sixes in his 28-ball 50, as he and fellow opener Hugo Collins (21 from 22) put on 88 for Western Australia's first wicket, seeing Western Australia home inside 10 overs.

The contest began equally as one-sided, with the Northern Territory posting just 7-84 with Ethan Fitzpatrick and Greg Lewis joint-top scoring with 19 a piece.

Ballardong right armer Gordon Narrier (3-5 from three) was the chief destroyer with the ball for Western Australia, with the left arm orthodox of Michael Bailey (2-20 from four) also picking up multiple Territory wickets.

Victoria (1-87) defeated Queensland (9-86) by 9 wickets

Victoria bounced back from their loss to New South Wales, comprehensively beating Queensland by nine wickets.

Victoria's bowlers restricted Queensland to 9-86 from their 20 overs, with Wade King (2-11 from four) and Ryan Donovan (2-15 from four) the multiple wicket takers.

Opener Tyran Eggmolesse top scored for Queensland, the hard-hitting left hander striking four boundaries and a six on the way to a run-a-ball 35 whilst Jamieson Allen contributed an unbeaten 20 (29) in the middle order.

Eggmolesse (1-14 from three) then dismissed dangerous Victorian opener Jhiah Baxter (2 from 5) in the second over of Victoria's chase.

However Baxter's departure was the last of Queensland's success in the match, with captain Wade King (46* from 38) and opener Tyler Nanson (32* from 26) wasting no time in chasing down Queensland's total, Victoria victors inside 12 overs.

New South Wales (6-146) defeated South Australia (9-126) by 20 runs

South Australia put up a gallant performance against New South Wales however were unable to chase down NSW's 6-146 at Albrecht Oval.

Five New South Wales batters registered double figures, lead by middle order batter Ryan Fenning who scored an unbeaten 43 (28), an innings that included three boundaries and a six.

Kobe Ross (32 from 30) also made a sizeable contribution with the bat, with New South Wales' score complimented by starts to Jack Hartigan (18 from 18) and Aaron Muir (16 from 18).

Left arm spinner Tyrell Sinclair (2-14 from four) and Ky Lewis (2-17 from three) were South Australia's best with the ball.

The game was in the balance with South Australia poised at 4-100 with five overs to go however a mini-collapse of 5-25 saw the Boomerangs fall 20 runs short.

Middle order batter Jack Coppins (38 from 30) top scored for South Australia, with notable scores also coming from Andrew Miller (28 from 29) and Tyrell Sinclair (19 from 20).

The left arm orthodox of Brett Russell (3-14 from three) and Jacob Murphy (2-23 from three) highlighted the New South Wales bowling card, with pace bowler Keaton Blattner (2-28) also picking up two wickets.