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Kimberley Garth had another outstanding game for Dandenong

The Premier Women's Firsts finalists appear almost settled with two rounds remaining. Despite a washout yesterday, Essendon Maribyrnong Park and Prahran are assured of semi finals, Box Hill and Plenty Valley look likely to finish third and fourth.

Carlton-Brunswick inflicted a 35-run defeat on Melbourne at the Albert Ground, with skipper Adelaide Campion (31 & 6/38) and Eve Sheehan (47) the stars for the Strikers.

Dandenong lifted itself off the bottom with a gutsy win over Box Hill at Shepley Oval. Rebecca Carter (102) continued her stellar form for the Mustangs, having now scored 604 runs at 86.29 in the One-Dayers and 915 at 50.83 in all formats. Dandenong's main contributors were Nicole Faltum (53), Jessica Matin (50), Kimberley Garth (49 & 3/42) and Maryam Omar (49), while Zoe Griffiths (61 & 3/34) had a fine all-round match for Box Hill.

Plenty Valley maintained fourth spot on the ladder with a good win over Ringwood. Grace Jones (5/17) and Sophie Reid (32) led the way, but the consistent Bhavisha Devchand (41 & 3/27) was again outstanding for the Rams.

Women's 1sts

Carl-Bruns 172 (Sheehan 47 Campion 31 Quinn 3-20 O'Donnell 3-35) d Melb 137 (Campion 6-38)

Dand 248 (Faltum 53 Matin 50 Omar 49 Garth 49 Griffiths 3-34 Montague 3-45) d Box Hill 240 (Carter 102 Griffiths 61 Garth 3-42)

Ess Mar Pk v Prah (no play)

Plenty Valley 9-143 (Reid 32 Devchand 3-27) d Ring 99 (Devchand 41 G Jones 5-17)

Ladder: Ess Mar Pk 46 Prah 40 Box Hill 34 Plenty Valley 27 Melb 19 Carl-Bruns 19 Dand 18 Ring 16.

Women's 2nds

 
Melb 168 (Jenkins 45) d Carl-Bruns 98 (Sutton 3-17 Gill 3-17)

Dand v Box Hill (no play)

Ess Mar Pk v Prah (no play)

Ring 4-90 d Plenty Valley 89 (Harris 5-20)

Ladder: Ess Mar Pk 32 Box Hill 30 Melb 29 Dand 27 Ring 27 Plenty Valley 23 Prah 22 Carl-Bruns 11.