Daniel Stewart, batting at No.5, made 30 from 28 balls, and hit two fours and a six. The 38-run fourth-wicket stand between Stewart and Reynolds (21 off 28 balls) was the biggest partnership of the innings.
Left-armer Fry (2-7 off two overs) was praised by Marshall for bowling a tight line and full — exactly what’s required on an artificial pitch.
Fry (six runs from 10 balls batting at No.5) and Rhys Grogan — who came in at No.7 — saw the Pups home with four wickets in hand. The winning run came when Fry guided the ball to mid-on for a single.
The last ball from Reynolds was a perfect yorker.
Stewart was the best of the Eagles’ bowlers with figures of 2-3 off one over, while Reynolds took 1-7 off two.
The Eastland Broncos defended their score of 98-6, bowling the Bollywood Stars out for 72 in 12.1 overs to claim victory by 26 runs.
Broncos No.6 Nathan Trowell drilled five fours in his 20-ball innings of 30.
Earlier, opening batsman Cohen Loffler had hit three sixes and two fours on his way to 29 runs off 13 balls.
Those two batsmen held the innings together, although the Stars’ Kayley Knight, bowling second change, took four wickets for five runs in three overs, two of which were maidens.
In response, the Stars’ best was opener Daniel Watts, a talented all-rounder. He made 22 from 22 balls. He has a dynamic approach to batsmanship.
His captain, No.8 Liam Spring, hit four boundaries in a swashbuckling innings of 18 from eight balls before being dismissed by the eighth bowler used by the Broncos — Trowell (2-9 off 1.1 overs).
Henry Watson, the Stars’ last man in, finished on two not out off two balls.
