There were snooze-fests with the bat and some incredible, scintillating hitting just across town while two of the ladder-leaders looked shaky on their feet, throwing doubt over the order at the top of the table.
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Catch up on how your team went in the first week of the Bathurst Orange Inter District Cricket competition's seventh round.
City Colts (8-351 dec) leads Rugby Union (0-48) by 303 runs
Runs were flowing freely for City Colts for the first time in a while on Saturday.
Henry Shoemark whacked 10 fours and three maximums on his way to 75, while Wranglers teammate Jordan Ekert hit 10 fours and four sixes to make 72 to set the side up.
However, neither of them were even close to being the biggest hitters of the day as Matt Stephen hit 10 sixes and a four on his way to 70 not out before his side declared, with Rugby Union coming out to make 48 in short order before the close of play.
Orange City (198) leads Kinross (2-35) by 163 runs
George Cumming stole the show for Kinross at the Country Club Oval with ball in hand, snaring six wickets to help bundle the Warriors out for 198 in 59 overs.
Cumming took 6-66 from his 21 overs, including the crucial wickets of Lachie Coyte (11), Shaun Grenfell (26), Blake Weymouth (41) and Ben Schofield (56).
Dismissing the Warriors for under 200 is a massive boost for the students, who are hunting their second win for the season, and a win over the ladder-leading Orange City would give finals a massive shake-up.
While Grenfell and Brad Johnson has the side 2-9 after dismissing Harry Kermode and Tim May for eight and a duck respectively, Will Luelf (21 from 50) and Alex Brien (5 from 47) dug in to see out the remaining overs of play.
CYMS (180) leads Centennials Bulls (5-128) by 53 runs
Kyle Aubin put a stop to CYMS' top three apart after a solid start from the green and golds, but the Gurney brothers ensured there was no chance of a rebound at Riawena Oval.
Centennial Bulls bounced back with the ball after a 50-run opening stand, as Aubin took 3-41, Ryan Gurney 4-24 and Joel Gurney 2-25.
Their work with the ball meant outside openers Matt Baker and Adam Smith, CYMS couldn't get partnerships going and no batter was able to make a score despite Smith (44), Baker (24), Anthony Spruce (37), Hugh Le Lievre (25) and Aquinder Dhillon (19) all making starts.
While CYMS had the dream start with the ball, dismissing Blake and Kyle Aubin for zero and three at the top of the order, but Joel Gurney (33) and Tyler Horton (58 not out) helped steer the side towards the box seat, with 53 runs needed and five wickets in hand.
Bathurst City (145) leads St Pat's Old Boys (0-8) by 137 runs
Joey Coughlan returned to form for Bathurst City with a 41 for his side, but they had an otherwise sluggish run with the bat, amassing 145 in 70 over before being bowled out.
Connor Slattery bowled 25 overs and went for just 40 runs in that time, while Mitch Taylor took 5-9 from 13 overs.
St Pat's then had to see out eight overs and had no interest in scoring, hitting just the five runs as six of City's overs were maidens.
Centrals (211) leads Cavaliers (1-166) by 45 runs
Despite a big score of 86 from an in-form Fletcher Rose, Cavaliers look in the box seat to notch up a comfortable chase against Centrals on Wade Park.
Rose and Brent Anthony (42) brought the side to 2-126 before the latter was dismissed, but Mitch Black, Angus Cumming and Hugh Middleton all got stuck in, with Centrals losing the last six wickets for just 41 runs.
Middleton wasted no time at the top of the order in reply, hitting 13 fours and a six in an unbeaten 55-ball 71 while Kaleb Cook made 32.
While Cook was caught out with a few overs remaining, skipper Corben came in to help see his side to stumps just the one down and looking best-placed to claim an early win next weekend.
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