South Gambier has won back to back matches in the Big Bash competition with a final over victory over Penola at Blue Lake Sports Park.
Penola won the toss and elected to bat first, leaving South Gambier the job to chase in the second innings.
Jack Mullan and James Alexander got Penola off to a good start with both of the openers passing the 20 run mark, but neither could kick on for a big score.
Robert Drenthen took the opening pair’s wickets, Mullan caught on 26 and Alexander caught on 22.
Penola’s middle order suffered a similar fate as several players managed to get starts in the match but failed to turn them into a big score.
Tom Moyle-Read managed 15 runs before Jakob Opie caught him LBW, and Michael Waters was caught off the bowling of Opie for 17.
Joshua Smith and William Von Stanke did not hang around for long and were the only Penola batsmen to miss out, dismissed for four and one.
Mark Smith just fell short of seeing out the 20 overs caught off the bowling of Elwood Geary for 24.
Joshua Doyle and Eli Hunter finished the innings not out as Penola posted a respectable 7/131.
With a big run chase ahead of South Gambier, Penola kicked off its bowling innings exactly how it wanted with the early wicket of Stephen Easterbrook for three.
Josh Thompson was brought to the crease, and he and Jed Sims started to put some runs on the board for South.
Sims was run out for 29, while Thompson was bowled by Jack Mullan for 16.
David Somerfield played an important innings as he started to find the boundary and caused Penola’s bowlers some trouble.
South Gambier closed in on Penola’s total as Somerfield raced towards a half century.
On 58 Penola finally got the breakthrough it was after with Somerfield caught LBW by Doyle, however he had already got his side into a good position.
The match went down to the final over, but Drenthen remained unfazed by the pressure as he set about getting the job done, with South claiming the win with five balls to spare.
South Gambier finished 6/133 taking its second win of the season, as Penola slipped to the bottom of the ladder with one win.
