IT was a rough ride through the Twenty20 games for Western during the NSW CHS Girls Cricket Championships this week at Bathurst but the hosts came out determined to end things on their terms.
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Western unleashed their shackles across their 40 over matches on Wednesday and Thursday, winning their clashes with North Coast and North West.
At Brooke Moore Oval on Wednesday Western made their way to 4-217 before they bowled out North Coast for 153, then the next day at George Park 2 they put on 173 against North West and stopped their opponents on 113.
The wins were brilliant bounce back performances from Western after they suffered a tough draw across their four Twenty20 losses earlier in the week.
Western got off to a promising start in Thursday's closing game when opener Maddy Spence scored 40.
Caitlin Keen (18) made a quick contribution before Dolbel got her innings rolling with three straight boundaries.
That set her tone for her big day with the bat, eventually making her way to an unbeaten 50, and put together an unbroken 61-run partnership with Montana Griffith (24) for the seventh wicket.
North West opener Claire McGuirk was unstoppable but Western had no trouble taking down the rest of their order.
Deni Baker (12) put on a 52-run stand alongside McGuirk but the former's dismissal would spell the beginning of the end for North West.
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McGuirk was eventually dismissed for 78 runs when judged LBW from a Marites Woods.
North West would only put on four more runs for the remaining three wickets, losing their last six wickets for 10 runs.
Caitlin Keen claimed 2-11 from her six overs and Amelia Orth finished on 2-6 from her three overs.
Alex Morley cleaned up the tail with 2-1.
Western coach Rachel McCann said the team can be proud of the way they applied the lessons they'd learned from their defeats.
"The girls were unlucky with the tough draw and were unlucky on the first day with that close loss they had, so it was nice for them to put some things into action and see them come off," she said.
"Taking those two key wickets today [of McGuirk and Baker] were essential to stopping the momentum they were building. Otherwise it could have easily gone North West's way.
"Our tail wagged well with Ellen Dolbel getting her 50, and those contributions at the end helped to tip the scales our way."
McCann also said it was a great way for the team's graduating players to round out their time with Western.
"Katie Letcher, our captain and wicket keeper, had her last year and we'll also miss the amazing fielding of Tes Woods, from Parkes," she said.
"Caitlin Keen, who has opened our bowling for some time, will also be leaving. There's a lot of great girls coming through in years nine, 10 and 11 to help fill those spots."