Lennox Head Pirates second-grade cricketers have won this year’s Coastal League premiership after beating Byron Bay at their home ground, Megan Crescent Oval, last Saturday.
Byron Bay were sent in to bat after losing the toss and were bowled out for 120 in the 38th over.
Lennox bowler Blake Kernaghan was chief with the ball taking 5/24 off seven overs. He ushered in a top-order collapse taking four wickets in his first two overs, reducing Byron Bay from 1/25 to 5/28, when he came on as first change bowler in the ninth over.
It was the second five-wicket haul of the finals for Blake after he took 6/10 off seven overs the week before against Terranora Lakes.
Jason Trisley (16) and Brady Fuhrmann (43) put on the best partnership of the innings for the ninth wicket of 46.
In reply Lennox had a few early jitters slumping to 4/42 in the 14th over but Jesse Williams (29no) and Andrew Lindsay (51no) formed an unbeaten partnership and chased down the total in the 27th over.
Lennox Head finished the season with 15 wins from 20 games and both the major and minor premierships for the 2023/24 Coastal League season.
