Ocean Grove is into the BWCC A Grade cricket final after thrashing Barabool in a semi-final on Sunday March 20.
The Grubber will meet East Belmont in the final this Sunday March 27 at Herne Hill Reserve at 1pm.
Barrabool won the toss and sent Ocean Grove in, which proved to be a mistake.
Tes Lapham was in sparkling form with a brilliant 50 retired from only 37 deliveries.
Fellow opener Katrina Lumb helped set the foundations of a large total with 15 in a 76-run stand with Lapham.
Mandy Adams made a delightful 21 not out from 13 balls while Jacqueline Johnston (16 retired from 16) and Katrina Paton-Hodges (12 off 10) made valuable contributions towards the final score of 4-144 from 20 overs.
Barrabool never looked like successfully chasing the target.
The Bulls limped to a score of 5-69 from 20 overs with Lumb, Lapham, Tanya Taylor and Paton-Hodges each grabbing a wicket.
Danielle Vigilante bowled well, conceding just three runs from three overs.
Four wickets in four consecutive balls from Chloe Thompson dominated the B Grade semi-final between Collendina and South Barwon.
Although the Cobras were narrowly beaten, it was Thompson’s efforts that will be spoken about for a long time.
Collendina batted first and made 6-99 with Jess Ellwood (25 off 38), Carly Sanders (22 not out off 26) and Jen Walsh (13 off 15) the run makers.
South Barwon was in trouble at 2-7 and then seemed to be cruising at 4-73, but Thompson stepped in to take four wickets in her second over to turn the match around.
Thompson took a wicket with the first ball of the over and then three in a row from the fourth, fifth and sixth balls. Remarkably, it was Thompson’s seventh senior hat-trick for the club.
South Barwon eventually got the runs with two wickets and two deliveries to spare.
Sanders also bowled well to take 2-9 from four overs while Ellwood and Maggie Schaller grabbed one each.
