Sport
5 November, 2025
Storm breaks through
HEYTESBURY-Princetown has scored its first win in the Colac-South West premier cricket competition, with a four wicket victory over Birregurra at Timboon.
correctly at the coin toss and elected to bat, making 9/212 from their 50 overs.
Left arm seamer Jake Robbins was the pick of the Storm bowlers, with 4/28 from eight overs.
“Jake played a bit of a different role bowling at the death of the innings,” Storm captain Matthew Love said.
“He bowled full and straight, bowled plenty of dot balls and got rewarded.”
Love was happy with restricting Birregurra to 212.
“The outfield was lush, later in the season that would have been worth 250, we were happy enough keeping them to that score, we felt around 200 was par.”
Simon Harkness led the way in the run chase, making an unbeaten 81 from 105 balls as the Storm passed the Saints score in the 48th over for the loss of six wickets.
Harkness’ innings included eight fours and a six.
Opener Hamish Huffadine smashed 48 from 37 balls, with five fours and three sixes, Travis Brown made 42 from 60 balls with Paul Vogels finishing 24 not out.
“Hamish was great, I was happy to watch him at the other end, he hit the ball very cleanly.
“Harko (Harkness) carried us through well, sometimes those runs at the end are the hardest to get but he navigated our chase well.”
On Saturday the Storm has the bye, with the team’s next game on November 15 at Apollo Bay.
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COBDEN v HEYTESBURY PRINCETOWN BLUE
Cobden 7/222 (40) defeated Heytesbury Princetown Blue 10/153 (34.1)
In division two, both Storm teams had losses.
Storm Blue had a 69 run loss to Cobden at Camperdown number two.
Cobden batted first and made 7/222 from its 40 overs.
In reply, Storm Blue were dismissed for 153 in the 35th over, Nico Nieuwenhuizen top scoring with 44 in the loss.
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BOOKAAR v HEYTESBURY PRINCETOWN PURPLE
Bookaar 9/111 (28.4) defeated Heytesbury Princetown 10/91 (30.1)
Storm Purple had a 20 run loss to Bookaar at Frederick St.
Cody Noonan took three wickets in the home team’s innings of 111 all out.
In reply, Storm Purple could manage only 91, bowled out in the 31st over, with Andrew Berry top scoring with 15.
Heytesbury-Princetown’s division three team had a five wicket win over Pomborneit Maroon at South Purrumbete.
Maroon batted first, making 7/129 from their 40 overs, with new ball bowler Scott Thompson taking 3/21 from eight overs.
An unbeaten 36 from 20 balls to Jack Finn led the Storm to victory in the 22nd over.
In the under 16s on Sunday, Heytesbury-Princetown had a 148 run loss to Pomborneit at South Purrumbete.
The junior Bulls batted first, making 5/256 from their 35 overs.
In reply, the Storm batted out their overs, making 7/108.
Byron Woods came in at number six and smashed 44 from 43 balls, hitting four fours and a six.
In this week’s games, in division two Storm Blue host Bookaar at the Timboon Recreation Reserve, while Storm Purple play Boorcan at Boorcan.
In division three, Storm host Camperdown at Princetown, the under 16 team play Bookaar at Timboon while the under 13 Storm will play their first game (after a round one bye) against Camperdown at Timboon.