Across town at Lambert Park, premiers Easts pipped Guyra in a nail-biter.
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Guyra won the toss and elected to bat to finish their innings all out for 128.
Easts’ quick Jackson Gwynne landed the wickets of Guyra’s top three as well as former opening partner Tyson Burey to finish with figures of 4-13 while Sam Constance also managed three scalps after stepping up to the top grade.
Brandon Burey claimed two while Tom Toshack finished with one.
Stepping up to bat, Easts were dealt an early blow when Cody Graham was dismissed for a duck by Mitch Woods.
In his first grade debut, Kieran Wicks landed the next two wickets to have Easts at 3-21 before Woods claimed another to put his opponents at 4-21.
Clarrie Moran (22) and Micheal Smoother (19) steadied the innings for Easts before they departed too.
Captain Sam Uphill came in at the death and with Guyra needing just one wicket to win, he scored the winning runs off the bowling of Wicks.
Uphill credited his side’s experience in high pressure situations with getting them over the line.
“We got quite lucky there in the end,” he said,.
“When it comes down to the nitty gritty we have been quite good in the last couple of years so it was quite good to do it again on the weekend.”
While it was a harsh lesson for Wicks, Uphill praised the youngster’s effort.
“Considering he [Wicks] took two wickets in the first two balls he's ever played in first grade, he bowled really well,” he said.
“Jacko took a gamble and it didn't quite pay off as in he bowled out his two strike bowlers trying to take the last couple of wickets but to give Kieran those last few overs was really good.
“He doesn't probably feel all that good about them but it is probably a massive step for them.”
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