By Casey O'Connor
An outstanding maiden century for Redbacks James Kurtz was the highlight of round three of the Condy Cup last weekend.
His ton came in a memorable innings in the game between Redbacks and Soverign at Slade Oval. Kurtz controlled the batting showing excellent technique hitting the ball cleanly as he notched up his first ton and went on with the job scoring 144 of the Redback’s 251 runs against Soverign at Slade Park on Saturday.. Kurtz ton
Unfortunately Kurtz’s batting heroics were not enough to get Redbacks over the line at Slade Park. Dave Drewery (36) was the best of the remaining Redback’s batsmen.
While Kurtz had the better of the bowling attack throughout his innings Rob Wagner (2/30) and Caleb King (2/36) were the best of Soverign bowlers and did their share of damage.
251 looked a good total for Redbacks to defend and despite a good bowling performance from Shawn Brown who claimed four scalps for 49 runs and Dave Drewery who finished with a pair the Soverign batsmen nailed the win closing out the innings at 8/259. Damien Canning (45) and opener Mitch Hay (43) ensured Soverign got home with the points in a very entertaining game.
