St Pat's Old Boys have claimed a four-wicket win over Centrals in the Royal Hotel Bonnor Cup on Friday evening, all but securing its place in the finals.
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Centrals won the toss and elected to bat, finishing their 20 overs with a score of 6-121, however, the Saints chasing down the total with just one over left.
Saints skipper Adam Ryan said his side "probably" wasn't at the top of their game under the lights at Wade Park.
"Every time we sort of got on top, we took the foot off and they capitalised a bit," he said.
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"We kept it going. I thought at one stage if we could keep them under 100 that would be good. But they ended up getting out to that 120 mark.
"I thought we did a reasonable job, with Mitchy [Taylor] the pick of the bowlers."
Taylor took 2-18 off four overs, snaring the wickets of Max Powell and Cameron Rasmussen, with the rest of the wickets shared around with Jack Goodsell, Angus Parsons, Nick Broes and Hamish Siegert getting one each.
Parsons claimed the crucial wicket of Fletcher Rose, who was on a role with the bat at the time, being dismissed for 58.
While Saints won the match, they were unable to find a single batsman that was steady at the crease.
"We'd set up a small partnership, then we'd lose another wicket," Ryan said.
Cooper Brien and Ryan top scored for the Saints with 26, with openers Andrew Brown (25) and Nic Broes (22) the only other bats to go above the 20-run mark.
"It was our first time back chasing under the lights, so we're aware it's a little bit harder," Ryan said.
"Centrals bowled really well, really restricting our runs. You really had to take a risk if you were wanting to score.
"It was a good test for us, because you don't want to get to the finals having not played a game like that."
With that win, Saints have now claimed top spot in pool B, with the final match in the group between Colts and Centrals to have no effect on their position.
The quarter finals are expected to get underway during the middle of January.