Berrigan hosted Nathalia in a must win match to hold onto their fourth position on the ladder.
Nathalia won the toss and elected to bat.
The Saints started strongly by picking up an early wicket, however Nathalia were able to get on top with patient batting.
They built a huge score against the Saints, finishing their 80 overs at 9/324.
Liam Evans top scored with 107.
With the ball, Rory Bartlett was the pick of the Saints, getting 6/90 after 26 overs.
Darcy Pyle snared 3/54 off 16 overs.
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Berrigans round of cricket commenced Thursday night with the Saints’ under-12s taking on Finley Blue at home in their Round 11 match.
Winning the toss, the Saints elected to bat.
Will Batten top scored with 30, and Ollie Batten got 19 to set up a big score of 98 after Berrigan’s 20 overs.
In reply the Saints’ bowling and fielding restricted the Cats to 37 runs with Ollie taking 3/7 and Harvey Swann, Will, Dusty Ryan and Joe Healy each taking one wicket each.
Will took home the Federal Parmi Award and Harvey grabbed the Berrigan Cafe Small Pizza and Drink Award.
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Friday night saw the semi final of the Murray Valley T20 competition, with the Saints taking on Barooga at Barooga.
The Saints won the toss and batted first, with Matt Ross taking to the Barooga bowlers to top score with 47.
A late cameo from Brad Loats and Rory Bartlett saw the Saints finish 4/115 after their 20 overs.
A poor start in the field by the Saints saw Barooga race to 50 after five overs when they took the crease, however the Saints bowlers whittled the run rate back.
They picked up regular wickets to have Barooga six down and passing the Saints score with four balls to go to finish 6/117.
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Saturday morning saw the Saints under-14s travel to Katamatite in the first week of their round 10 match.
With a spot in the finals up for grabs, the young Saints won the toss and elected to bat.
Katamatite’s bowlers were on top early to have the Saints at 2/3, however a steadying partnership from Jordan Swann and Jack Phillips got the Saints back on track.
Katamtite’s bowlers got back on top though, and were able to restrict the Saints to 5/43.
With the Saints pumped to bowl well early, both Swann and Lachie Packer struck in their first three overs.
Katamatite was in trouble at 3/3.
Katamatite was able to then grind their way to 3/45 after their 20 overs to set up a big final week.
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