Gidgee have started to hit their stride after the harvest break, coming back after three weeks off to beat a strong Coonabarabran side at home on Saturday 11 November.

As the temperature gauge goes up the side seemingly gets better, putting on a strong performance across the board.

Gidgee won the toss and elected to bat sending out Mark Stewart and Blaike Fernando to set the tone for the match.

Blaike stuck around for a few overs, contributing a solid 10 off 33 and getting through the new ball before being dismissed.

Joel Gosden came out next, putting on a solid top order partnership with Mark Stewart.

Mark ended up scoring a quick fire 52 off 40, which featured five 6’s and 2 4’s before he was bowled by Nick Willoughby.

Joel put on a measured 26 off 39 before being caught in the field.

Blake Chapman came in at six and put on 31 runs off 54 balls to boost the total up.

Tyne Chapman added a quick 14 off 16 balls late in the innings, but after 38.5 overs Gidgee found themselves all out for 177.

Coonabarabran’s Nick Willoughby held up the ball after notching up five wickets in the innings after 7.5 overs going for just 28 runs in the process.

However, some inconsistent bowling from the entire Coonabarabran attack saw 30 extras added to Gidgee’s run total.

In the second innings, Gidgee’s bowling attack came out strong, knocking off the entire top order for a total of 43 runs.

However, the tail started to wag a little and the number 7 and 8 batsmen, Lochlan Campbell and Jericho Chatfield put on a worrying partnership for Gidgee.

Lochlan ended up with 31 runs off 39 balls, before being caught out.

Jericho, after smashing his way to 26 off 20 balls got knocked over by a Tyne Chapman ball that snuck through the gate.

After that, Gidgee cleaned up the rest of the tail end rolling Coonabarabran for 115 after 31.1 overs, winning the match.

Jake Fernando had a great day with the ball in hand, grabbing 4 wickets off just 6 overs, only going for 15 runs.

Tyne Chapman and Justin Fernando were just as strong with the ball getting two wickets each.

Blake Chapman grabbed himself a wicket also, in an eight over spell featuring two maidens.

Gidgee stay at home next week when they take on Curban Cricket Club on Saturday 18 November.