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11 March, 2026
Season ends for Storm premier side
THE season is over for Heytesbury-Princetown after a 22 run loss to Pomborneit in Saturday’s Colac-South West Premier cricket elimination final.
Pomborneit won the toss and elected to bat first in the match played on an excellent turf wicket at the Warrion Recreation Reserve.
The Bulls posted 8/232, led by 90 to Tharaka Sendanayake.
Fast bowler Matthew Price led the way for the Storm with 5/36 from 10 overs, including two wickets in two balls late in the innings.
Paul Vogels was economical with 1/22 from 10, with Chris Vogels taking 2/48.
Hamish Huffadine and captain Matthew Love put on 66 for the first wicket before Love was caught and bowled for 32 from 57 balls.
A mix up saw Simon Harkness run out for 10, with Huffadine out soon after for 44 from 84 balls.
Travis Brown and Ash Hunt worked hard to put on 72 for the fourth wicket as the Pomborneit bowling remained tight.
Brown made 31 from 66 balls, with Hunt (44 runs from 49 balls) the sixth wicket to fall with the score on 180.
The Storm ended on 9/210 from its 50 overs, finishing the season in seventh place.
The season is also over for Heytesbury-Princetown Blue after its loss in the division two semi-final at Pomborneit.
Batting first, Storm Blue posted 7/174 from its 40 overs, led by 34 not out from 33 balls to Jordan Fowler and 33 from 58 balls to opener Ryan Jones.
After being 1/81, Pomborneit slumped to 7/129 in the 31st over but were able to regroup, passing the score seven wickets down in the 37th over.
Ryan Jones did much to keep Blue in the game with 3/33 from eight overs, with Beavan Castles taking 2/24 from seven.
The Storm’s division three are through to the grand final after defeating Cobden in a rain affected semi-final at Ecklin.
Batting first, the Storm made 3/157 from 30.2 overs before a rain interruption.
Justin Hosking made 40 not out from 44 balls, opener Terry Webb scored 23 from 46, Norm Vogels 22 from 51 with Bailey Delaney 21 not out from 26 balls.
In reply, Cobden was dismissed for 104; bowled out in just 19.5 overs.
Nathan Balcombe and Norm Vogels took three wickets each, with Daniel Balcombe and Scott Thompson taking two each.
This Saturday the division three Storm, who haven’t lost a game in the past three seasons, play Pomborneit Gold in the grand final.
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