By Jonty Ralphsmith
Opening batter Jess Bohn took initiative to lead Dandenong to a 12-run win over Ringwood in a rain reduced 27-over game.
The hosts were sent in with weather around Shepley Oval on Sunday, and Bohn started watchfully, not hitting her first boundary until the sixth over.
Once she got her eye in, she backed herself, running hard between the wickets and looking to establish partnerships.
She was the primary run-scorer in all her partnerships as the pitch proved a difficult one to get set on, with Nilakshi Perera her only teammate to pass 11.
Bohn finished with 81 off 98, her second half century of the season defined by smarts and game awareness to get her team to 5/160.
Ringwood got off to a strong start, with a 67-run second wicket partnership giving it momentum.
Acacia Sutton’s dismissal of Samara Dulvin in the 21st over, though, turned that momentum on its head.
Early discipline with the ball through Emma Gallagher and Thivyaa Mahendran ensured Ringwood’s run rate never got completely out of hand.
The Dulvin breakthrough was a dagger blow for Ringwood, which was then unable to establish a partnership late in the innings, no middle-order player able to face enough balls to assert themselves on the contest.
Needing 60 off the last 38 following Dulvin’s wicket, Ringwood never seriously threatened after the loss of set batters.
