The Tigers managed just 11 runs before day one was washed out the previous Saturday. But they piled on 249 runs on day two before knocking Macquarie over for just 143.

Skipper Mat Skinner was especially pleased they were able to bowl the Blues out – with one ball to spare – in the absence of key bowlers Lee Price and Trent Smith.

Wayne Dunlop (29 off 43 balls), Dan Holland (70 off 50), Charlie Kempston (34), Ben Patterson (22), Dan French (36) and Tom Barber (20) all contributed meaningfully to Newtown’s ubstantial total.

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Mat (1) admitted the fall of his wicket, and brother Steve’s (4), was exactly what the Tigers had hoped to avoid.

“We were sort of cruising along and then we did what we didn’t want to do, which was losing a clump of wickets in the middle,” he said. “Luckily a few of our guys put on some runs.”

They finished with an insurmountable total, before Steve claimed a five-wicket haul for the second time this season.

His greatest contribution was no doubt the crucial wicket of Ricky Medway, who scored 431 Whitney Cup runs last season, averaging 39.2.

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Steve admitted Medway (41) had looked “dangerous”.

“We were glad to see the back of him,” he said. “If he had batted for another 10 or 20 overs, he would have really run the score down.

“But the new batter [Ryan O’Connor] came in and we were able to bog them down … I think the scoreboard pressure got to them in the end.”

“We won both our games with double bonus points,” Mat said. “That’s a very handy start.”