Region has undefeated weekend in cricket as Leschenault and Harvey-Benger win and Waroona match abandoned

A superb knock from Leschenault youngster Tyne Dodds helped lift his side to a 34-run victory over Dalyellup Beach in their BDCA first grade game at home on Saturday. The Settlers won the toss and elected to bowl in the rain, with Dodds and fellow opener Nico Le Roux starting quickly and taking the home side to 0-39 midway through the seventh over. The dismissal of Le Roux (27) triggered a mini collapse for the home side, as skipper Matt Fink and Justin Woods fell quickly to leave Leschenault 3-54. Dodds continued to up the total and combined with Kurt D’Agostino (17) and Shaun Flanagan (28) before he was dismissed for 81. The inning was shortened to 36 overs after a lengthy rain delay with the home side finishing on 7-188. Dalyellup Beach were 0-46 in reply before Leschenault wrested back momentum to leave them 5-96, with Kris Cumming (3-17) and Matthew Bowles (3-49) doing the majority of the damage. The Settlers tried to regroup and made their way to 5-119, before losing 5-23 and handing Leschenault a 34-run win. Meanwhile in the BDCA second grade, Harvey-Benger were able to come away with a win against Hay Park at the weekend in a rain affected match. Hay Park won the toss and sent Harvey-Benger into bat, with Haydn Jones (60) taking on the bowlers as the showers rolled in from the coast. The match was shortened to 40 overs after the third rain delay, before Matthew Chave joined Jones at the crease. Jones and Chave increased the run rate and combined for 72 as the Hay Park bowlers struggled with the wet ball. Francois Roelofsz (24) partnered with Chave before he was run out for a run-a-ball 90. The visitors finished on a competitive 7-216 after 40 overs and Hay Park were sitting pretty at 0-45 before a flurry of wickets left them reeling at 4-54. Tyson Italiano (4-29) again starred with the ball early, with Chave (2-29) and Roelofsz (2-31) helping to clean up the tail and hand Harvey-Benger a 24-run win. Waroona’s Wyllie Cup match against Halls Head was abandoned with Halls Head at 3-70 after 25 overs — Jayden Derosa, Ben Wright and Caleb Milbanke taking one wicket each.