It's been a hot and cold February for Valleys B Grade, not the type of form you want to be in leading into the semi finals.
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Coming up against an experienced Grenfell Blue attack at Cowra's Twigg Oval on Saturday afternoon Valleys were bundled out for just 53 in a feeble display of batting.
The performance was a far cry from the side which humbled Morongla the previous week for just 86 after putting on 161 batting first.
Saturday's effort was more akin to their round 13 performance against Bowling Club when they were all out of 81.
Only time will tell which of these past three performances is from the real Valleys outfit.
With last week's standouts with the bat Kane Schofield and Bevan Foxall both failing this week their Valleys team mates showed very little resistance, wickets tumbling at regular intervals in just 22.5 overs.
Schofield, at the top of the order, was the first of the Valleys batsmen to go, out for just four off the bowling of young Harrison Starr who finished the match with the tidy figures of 3-16 off five overs.
Schofield's opening partner Issac McFarland was the only Valleys batsman to reach double figures, contributing 17 runs to his side's total.
Jarod Mason (4) was the second Valleys wicket to fall with the score on 11 before Jackson Moodie (7) was gone on 21.
Valleys then steadied the innings but the with the score on 42 lost the wickets of Foxall (8), McFarland (17) and Tom Lamond (0) signalling the end for the home side.
Ben Mitton did most of the damage for Grenfell, taking six wickets for just 15 runs in a devastating six over spell.
Behind the stumps Terry Knight was near faultless for Grenfell, assisting his bowlers with two sharp catches, dismissing the danger men Schofield and Lamond.
Ben Mitton picked up two catches himself, in a starring performance in the field.
Defending 53 runs was never going to be an easy task for Valleys but they gave themselves a chance early picking up two cheap wickets with openers Charlie and Ben Mitton both dismissed early.
Charlie Mitton was the first to go, out for two, followed three runs later by Ben Mitton.
Terry Knight and Henry Mitton then combined for a 25 runs partnership before Knight was out for nine with the score on 30.
Luke Murphy then strode to the middle combining with Henry Mitton to run down the target in 22.5 overs.
Jackson Moodie (1-10), Stan Rush (1-10) and Lewis McFarland (1-11) picked up the three Grenfell wickets to fall, in a defence that was never really likely.
The win means they will finish on top of the B grade ladder at the end of the regular season finishing on 51 points with Valleys and Bowling Club but ahead on percentages.
A Grenfell White report will appear in Friday's Record.