City hit back from their previous weekend’s loss to Hillgrove with a comfortable win over Ex-Services on Saturday.
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Andrew Skinner made a return to the team after missing the previous match and starred.
It was a nervous start for City with top five batsmen Kyle Taylor, Nick Farrar and Josh Martin were all dismissed for five or less while opener Ash Clee made 22 and number five Andy Sawyer made 20.
Coming in at number six, Skinner hit 67 runs including six fours.
“I have to give Andrew Skinner a wrap for Saturday, he batted really well,” Taylor said.
“First game back from his cruise and I think he was still in cruise mode and it showed.
“He had no pressure on himself and just went out there and scored runs.”
Karl Triebe added 31 to City’s 186-run total from 39 overs before he got his side off to a scintillating start with the ball, bowling Servies opener Jarrod Burton for a duck.
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Servies’ Andy Bartik and Benji Marshall settled the innings and managed 63 runs between them.
When Bartik was dismissed by Farrar, Brad Widders came to the crease and posted 22.
Marshall left on 24 off Simon Butler’s bowling before Triebe stepped up with the ball again.
He finished off Servies’ tail end for a five-wicket haul.
“Karl was devastating on that pitch.
“His short ball was nearly unplayable from the northern end.
“Then he just came back on and ran through the tail end in his second spell.”