Down on numbers, Guyra couldn’t manage to topple the first grade competition leaders when they collided on Saturday.
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There was a bit of hype surroundings Saturday’s encounter between the ladder leaders but, in the end, Easts got away with a convincing win over second-placed Guyra.
While they didn’t come close to upsetting Easts, Guyra captain Matt Jackson said his team were far from down and out at the end of the match.
“It's funny because you would look at the scoresheet and think we have been belted and all this but I still reckon we had more fun than they did,” he said.
“Just having a good time.”
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Easts batted first and lost two wickets in quick succession, courtesy of their former player in Guyra’s Tyson Burey, to be 2-22.
It didn’t prove all that helpful for Guyra though as Todd Francis and Cody Graham combined for a 59-run partnership before Graham was dismissed on 32 by Jake Ellis.
Easts didn’t lose another wicket until they reached 156 when Francis was trapped lbw by Charlie White.
White had his second wicket when he caught and bowled Cameron Ashe for 39. His third came when Michael Smoother was caught on seven.
Easts’ Aaron Whackett made 29 before becoming a Burey victim.
Mitch Woods sent Jackson Gwynne back to the sheds for 19 and then Ellis claimed the scalp of Sam Uphill for a duck. He then sent Luke Uphill packing and Easts were all out for 258.
It wasn’t a great start with the bat for Guyra with openers Woods and Troy Martin dismissed for ducks.
Ben Jackson followed suit shortly after and the side were 3-6.
“You are on the back foot when you start losing early wickets and that sort of thing but premierships aren't won in December so it is something for us to work on the next time we play them,” Matt Jackson said.
BJ Cameron remained at the crease despite being peppered by short balls and remained there for the dismissals of Matt Finlay for 15 and Matt Simpson for another duck.
“They couldn't shake him,” Jackson said of Cameron.
“Anyone else, if you got hit in the helmet by Jackson Gwynne, you would be going off [the field].
“He got hit in the helmet and anyone else would have gone off from the impact and Jackson bowled him a bouncer straight after and he pulled it for four.”
Jackson, White, Jason Campbell and Ellis all departed for low scores and Guyra were all out for 82.
This Saturday will see Guyra come up against a Hillgrove side who found form with a huge last-start win over City.
“They are back to winning ways, they are never going to stay down for too long because they are too good a side for that,” Jackson said.
“The biggest threat is their batting attack, they bat all the way through to 11.
“We will have to bowl a lot better than what we did on the weekend.”
Not only bowl, but they are aiming to find more consistency with the bat.
“We can't keep having hit and miss, like we always say - one of those top six has got to go on with the score,” Jackson said.
“Last weekend we had three or four ducks in our top six and that is just not good enough for first grade cricket.
“If people can't get the runs there, then we might have to look at bringing other players up that are going to contribute.”