Finley won the toss and elected to bowl, to try and beat the heat.
Katty started off slow and a quick wicket from Jackson Tooke had them at 1/8.
Katty steadied themselves from there, piling on a few runs to get themselves to 1/39 before Murray Urquhart (2/7 off five) and Callum Campbell (3/14 off five) came in to bowl.
Both bowled well to start tearing through the Katty wickets, and the visitors were eventually bowled out for 97.
After a short break, it was Finley’s turn to try and chase down Katty’s score.
The Cats opened with father-son duo Alister and Lachie Wells.
They were hitting them very well before Al was trapped LBW for 20.
This wicket saw Finley still in control at 1/38.
Next in to bat was Ryan Donkin, who made a quick 15 before being dismissed with Finley at 2/63.
After a quick drinks break, Lachie was also trapped LBW finishing his batting innings on 25.
This lead to the smart batting of Anthony King (16) and Marcus Anderson (10), who chipped away at the bad balls and bringing the win home for Finley at 4/99 after 20 overs.
The Finley Bakery and Patisserie player of the day went to Alister Wells.
Next week, Finley take on top of the table Deni at home on Saturday.
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On Thursday night, the young under-17 Cats travelled to Cobram to compete in a two-day match at the Cobram Showgrounds.
Losing the toss, the Cats were asked to bowl.
After a great start with the ball from Dan Eldridge and Lachlan Whelan, the Cats were on top early in the Cobram batting innings.
They took out three of Cobram’s top order batters.
Finley decided to keep working hard to take early wickets, with Jackson Tooke and Nathan Brown coming on to relieve the openers.
The Cats were up to the challenge in the first 20 overs, having Cobram at 5/55 at the drinks break.
After the break, Cobram put together a few handy partnerships to help steady the flow of wickets in the midst of some strong bowling from Reece Simmons, Evan Lawton and Harvey Sneddon.
While the Cats were bowling well at times, there were a few too many periods of short pitched bowling which allowed the Tigers to finish out their 40 overs, but all out for 181.
Throughout the 40 overs, there was some good displays of bowling and fielding from Dan Eldridge, Lachlan Whelan, Nathan Brown, Jackson Tooke, Jonny King, Reece Simmons and Evan Lawton.
• Reports for other grades were not submitted in time for publication.
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