DANDENONG Panthers were on the verge of dropping out of the Premier Cricket finals in their semi-final against Melbourne at the Albert Ground yesterday.
Batting first, the Panthers were bowled out for 191 on Saturday with all-rounder James Nanopoulos (45), captain Darren Pattinson (41) and Tom Donnell (36) the leading lights. Demons all-rounder Alex Keath (4-41) and Brenton McDonald (3-61) did the damage.
With overs left in the first day’s play, the Demons took a big chunk out of the Panthers’ modest total, finishing on 2-74 with Victorian duo Michael Hill (26 not out) and Andrew McDonald (22 not out) well placed to take their side to the further 118 runs needed for victory.
In the other semi-final, Ringwood had all but sealed its place in the grand final after routing Prahran at Toorak Park.
The Rams bowled out the True Blues for 184 with Blair Allan (3-37) and Michael Topp (2-52) taking early wickets to make sure the home side’s innings never got off the ground.
In response Rams stars David King (95 not out) and Tom Stray (61 not out) had the visitors on 1-172, needing just 13 runs for victory.
The Premier Cricket grand final will be played over the Saturday, Sunday and Monday of the Easter long weekend.—Roy Ward
The semi-finals finished after the Journal went to print yesterday.
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