The temperature was going to be high and the pitch was green.
Tocumwal won the toss and elected to bowl which ended up not being the best decision as they entered the field with only nine players.
Declan Cameron (1-27) struck in the first over with a nice ball that was guided straight to cover for an easy catch.
After that it was pretty tough going.
Lachie McDonald (1-10) managed a wicket on his second ball and then Daniel Bennett (1-30) managed to get a breakthrough right before the first drinks break but Katunga were rolling at this stage.
Tocumwal took wickets periodically but let three of their batsmen get away and Katunga set a very good total of 7-170.
Young Ollie East bowled a good spell and finished with 2-16.
Tocumwal headed out to bat after afternoon tea knowing they had a big chase on their hands.
The goal for Tocumwal was to set up and bat out the overs and see how close they could get.
They started off patiently against some tight bowling.
While Tocumwal were batting the overs, they were losing wickets quickly and not long after drinks Tocumwal were 5-34.
Declan Cameron and Lachie McDonald did a good job occupying the crease and getting some runs on the board before McDonald had his stumps cartwheeled for 19.
Seth Lawrence came out with great intent and picked the scoring up before departing for a quickfire 27.
Daniel Bennett strode to the crease again looking to keep his not out streak alive and did so finishing with 1 not out.
Declan Cameron anchored the Tocumwal innings with an unbeaten 46 not out.
Tocumwal met their goal of batting the allotted overs however 43 runs behind and finished 7-127.
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