More "attention to detail" and greater batting resolve has propelled South Tamworth to back-to-back wins after a shaky start to the season.
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A Twenty20 defeat of City United was followed by a 76-run one-day win over West Tamworth at Riverside 2 on Saturday.
Veteran allrounder Chris Skilton - recommitted to South Tamworth's cause this season after sporadic appearances for the side in recent seasons - top-scored with 38 in a 188 total achieved off 39 overs.
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Opening bowler Josh Attard then took 3-27 as Wests - coming off their first win of the season - were dismissed for 112 in the 30th over.
Skilton - who in four matches this season has scored 147 runs at an average of 36.75 and with a highest score of 83 - said "we probably thought we performed pretty well in the first couple of games".
He said Souths "took some positives" out of those encounters and had played with "more attention to detail" the past two rounds.
"The first couple of weeks, we might have given away our wickets a bit easily," he added.
South Tamworth opener Mitch Smith continued his solid start to the season, scoring 32.
Wests off-spinner Jake Whyler was amongst the wickets again, taking 3-27, while Wests opener David Mudaliar made 45.
Three Souths bowlers claimed two wickets: Sam Murphy, Jelany Chilia and Luke Smith.
At No 1 Oval, North Tamworth made it three straight wins with a four-wicket defeat of City United.
City United never recovered from being 2-8 when Redbacks quick Brad Redshaw removed openers Liam Rodgers (0) and Oscar Spinks (6) - their inning concluding on 130 in the 39th over.
Charlie Henderson top-scored for City with 38.
In reply, Norths finished on 6-131 in the 39th over.
At Riverside 1, Old Boys immediately rebounded from their first loss of the season with a nine-wicket thumping off Bective East.
In-form opener Jye Paterson made 41 as the Bulls were dismissed for 73 in the 30th over. Old Boys took 10 overs to pass the total.
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