Casey Cardinia cricket: Cardinia and Cranbourne Meadows win T20 grand finals

Cardinia and Cranbourne Meadows were crowned Twenty20 kings of Casey Cardinia cricket after swashbuckling grand final wins on Sunday.

Cardinia celebrates another T20 title. Picture: Facebook

Clinical.

Cardinia claimed back-to-back CCCA Twenty20 premierships with a resounding 37-run win over Koo Wee Rup in the grand final at Pakenham on Sunday.

The Bulls batted first and put up 7-161, with opener Alex Nooy blitzing 71 before being run out in a mix up.

In reply, Koo Wee Rup lost champion batsman Chris Bright for a duck second ball, bowled by Travis Campbell, and was restricted to 7-124.

“We were pretty clinical yesterday,” Cardinia’s Jake Prosser said.

Prosser, the Bulls regular captain, went into the game with a hand injury and didn’t bat or bowl — and handed the captaincy to Nathan Volpe.

“He did a good job considering Twenty20 isn’t the easiest thing to captain,” Prosser said of Volpe.

Alex Nooy was in blazing form.

Cardinia made an explosive start, with Nooy and Morteza Ali (28) powering the Bulls to 0-61 off six overs.

After 10 overs, they were 1-91…and on their way to a big score.

“The start set up our score,” Prosser said.

“We probably lost our way a little but through those middle overs but I think in local cricket that happens pretty regularly.”

With the ball, the two Travs, Campbell (2-18) and Wheller (2-13), bowled superbly, snuffing out the Demons’ winning hopes.

Prosser said Koo Wee Rup loomed as a winning hope in the middle overs before Cardinia struck a vital blow.

“I think they needed eight and a half an over but Travvy Wheller came on and got a wicket and broke a partnership,” he said.

“Luke McMaster made 49…while he was still in they looked as though they could have won it.”

Cranbourne Meadows won the CCCA District T20 title. Picture: Facebook

In the District T20 grand final, Cranbourne Meadows marquee player Satnam Singh smashed 7 sixes to propel the Rebels to an emphatic win over Lang Lang.

After Lang Lang was held to 6-105, Singh blasted an unbeaten 76 off 36 balls as Cranbourne Meadows (1-108) rushed to victory in the 11th over.

Singh and opening partner Rohit Sharma (23) put on 85 in quick time, including 18 runs off the opening over.

Pargat Singh (2-14), Mandhiraj Singh (1-23), Rajeev Dhankar (1-18) and Amreek Mann (1-20) took wickets for the Rebels.