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25 February, 2026
Huffadine ton as Cobden out for 31
A STUNNING bowling performance has led Heytesbury-Princetown to a 207 run win over Cobden at Cobden on Saturday.
Winning the toss and batting first in the round 14 Colac-South West premier cricket match, the Storm posted 7/238.
Opener Hamish Huffadine carried his bat through the innings, making 106 from 149 balls, hitting three fours and five sixes.
“It was a beautiful, well-weighted innings,” Storm skipper Matthew Love said.
“He saw off the new ball and played quite patiently, waited for his ball to put away, and when he did, he sure did put it away.”
Huffadine was well-supported in a 77 run second wicket partnership with Simon Harkness, and a third wicket 83 run partnership with Travis Brown.
“Hamish had good assistance with Harko first and then Trav, it just allowed Hamish to sort of play his natural game and keep the scoreboard ticking over,” Love said.
“They both nearly went over a run a ball, so it was really pleasing to get some partnerships through the middle order.”
Harkness made 39 from 43 balls, hitting five fours and a six, while Brown hit three sixes in his innings of 43 from 48 balls.
“We honestly thought it was about fifty-fifty at the break,” Love said.
“We thought if we bowled and fielded well, that we could contain them.”
Contain them was what the Storm did.
A devastating opening spell between brothers Chris and Paul Vogels saw the home team reduced to 7/8 in the 11th over.
Cobden were eventually bowled out for thirty-one in just 24.3 overs.
“We just went to the next level,” Love said.
“Both Vogels just bowled super tight, it was not just the constant fall of wickets, no runs were happening either.”
Chris Vogels finished with the figures of 5/10 from 10 overs, while Paul Vogels took 1/9 from 10 overs.
“China (Chris Vogels) in probably his first half a dozen overs was getting a fair bit of swing out there, good left arm swing bowling is always hard to face,” Love said.
In this week's final round, the Storm host City United at Timboon.
“We're obviously keen to keep up the winning form and you never know, there might be a chance of slipping into the top four if a result goes our way,” Love said.
“But otherwise, we've secured a finals spot at least, looking forward to getting back to the home ground for the last game and maintaining good team form.”
In division two, Storm Blue had the bye, while Storm Purple had a six wicket win over Ecklin at Timboon.
The Frogs batted first and were all out for 183 in the 36th over.
Lachie McLennan led the Storm bowling with 3/31 from six overs, with Nathan Gillingham, Brad Hallyburton and Cody Noonan taking two wickets each.
Storm Blue passed Ecklin's score in the 34th over for the loss of four wickets.
Taine Berry top scored with 45 from 63 balls, opener Michael Vogels scored 44 from 63, with Rory Roberts unbeaten on 40 from 44 balls.
In this week's final round of division two matches, Storm Blue host Boorcan at the Timboon High School Oval, while Storm Purple play Cobden at Cobden.
In division three, the unbeaten Storm had a comfortable seven wicket win over Woorndoo at Woorndoo.
The home team batted first and made 8/76 from 40 overs.
Lee Doak led the Storm bowling with 5/10 from eight overs, with Nathan Balcombe taking 2/17 from eight.
New ball bowler, Daniel Balcombe, was also economical, taking 0/12 from eight overs.
In reply, the Storm passed the score in 23 overs for the loss of three wickets, with opener Terry Webb top scoring with 25 from 38 balls.
In the final home and away match in division three, Heytesbury-Princetown take on Ecklin at Princetown this Saturday.
In the under 16s on Sunday, Heytesbury-Princetown played their final match of the season, going down to Bookaar by eight runs at Frederick Street Oval.
The home team batted first and made 6/127.
Oscar Ubergang led the Storm bowling with 2/14 from three overs.
In reply, the Storm fell just short, making 7/119 from 25 overs.
Opener Albie Jones retired on 35 from 38 balls, with Riley Stevens making 25.
The Storm under 16s finished the season in fourth place in the four team competition.
In the under 13s on Monday night, the Storm juniors lost to Ecklin at Timboon.
Batting first, Heytesbury-Princetown scored 5/77 from 24 overs, with Imogen Woods top scoring with 20 from 43 balls.
In reply, Ecklin made 5/102, with Callum Nicholls taking 2/11 from three overs.
The Storm’s under 13s finished the home and away season in seventh place on the ladder.
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