THE Shoalhaven under 16s side suffered two Twenty20 defeats on Sunday, during their Greater Illawarra Zone Inter Association competition.
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Playing at the Bernie Regan Sports Complex, Shoalhaven's first loss came against South Coast.
After sending in their rivals, South Coast made 2/145 from their 20 overs, thanks to an unbeaten 81 from Liam Mackrell.
Shoalhaven's two wickets were claimed by Hyeon Parsons (1/19) and Mitchell Downey (1/26).
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In reply, the hosts were restricted to 9/60 - with only Jack Walsh (19) and Lachlan Malcolm (10) reaching double figures.
Tight bowling Byron Lawler (2/11), Mitchell Constantinou (2/14) and Isaac Kay (2/15) secured South Coast the 85-run win.
Later that afternoon, Shoalhaven took on Illawarra at the same venue and were sent in by the visitors.
Yet again, only two batsmen; Riley Sims (17) and Alec Dobson (14) offered any resistance, as the hosts were all out for 74 after 19.3 overs.
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Bailey Leadbitter (2/1), Rhys Cattle (2/9) and Nate Ruddock (2/10) all finished with two scalps each.
An unbeaten 24 from Andy Magennis was enough to steer Illawarra to 6/76 in the 17th over - despite Malcolm's 3/8 for Shoalhaven.
The other two wicket-takers for the hosts were Josh Vanzetti (1/10) and Cooper Bramley (1/16).
Shoalhaven, who now sits in third with a 2-3 record, next face Highlands on December 1 at Tom (Scout) Willoughby Oval, from 2.30pm - with South Coast taking on Illawarra beforehand at 10am.