Having won last season’s Sci-Fleet Motors First Grade Premiership, the Western Suburbs Bulldogs started off their defence of the Cam Battersby Cup with a win.
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Sam Truloff led the way last season in the two-day comp, with an extraordinary average of 111.6 across the 13 matches.
His knock of 114 (his highest score of the season so far) in the first innings against Souths proved a matchwinner for the Western Suburbs and got the defending champions off to a great start.
The match at Norman Gray Oval in Yeronga ended in a win for Wests by 1 wicket.
Skipper Paddy Dooley chipped in with a very handy 49 and 4 for 38 with the ball. He is currently the season’s top wicket-taker for Wests in 1st Grade, averaging a wicket every 5 overs at 23.28 runs.
Many remember Chris Sabburg as the man who caught Kevin Pietersen when on as a sub for Ryan Harris in the 2013 Ashes. Chris proved to be the season’s main strike bowler so far, with a wicket every 10 balls at 11.53, although those figures are based on his performance in the KFC T20 Max Competition, in which Wests went down to Souths in the Semi-Final.
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The 29-year-old Truloff recently top-scored with 49 for QLD against South Australia in the Marsh Cup, amongst a strong batting line-up that included Usman Khawaja and Matt Renshaw, having made his List A debut for the Bulls last season.