Cricket ACT Douglas Cup: Weston Creek Molonglo's Jono Dean and Blake Dean make history

Weston Creek Molonglo will meet Eastlake in the decider after the Demons thrashed North Canberra-Gungahlin at Kippax Oval.

Dean has spent two seasons dabbling with The Southpaw Project - playing left and right-handed - and produced one of the greatest knocks ever seen in ACT cricket in his biggest game during that period.

The hapless Queanbeyan attack had no answers. For the first time in ACT first grade history, every player in the XI bowled in the same innings.

The Dean brothers have been playing cricket together for almost their entire lives, but it doesn't get much sweeter than their 252-run stand.

"[It was one of the best] for sure. I was trying to remember how many big partnerships we've had. That's the biggest one we've had," Jono Dean said.

"He was right-handed, so it just goes to show that's how damaging he can be when he is at his best. To be honest he probably hasn't practice a whole lot right-handed in the last year or so. It was just really good, I was really happy for him.

"Blake was unbelievable. There were periods there where he had to knuckle down and there were periods where he moved the score along. It was just an absolute pleasure to be out there with him."

Creek skipper John Rogers declared at 9-668 - the club's highest score, and the second-highest in competition history - to end the game without Queanbeyan even strapping on the pads.

Blake Dean's last eight knocks have looked like this - 0, 22, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 291.

He wrote his name into the history books by posting the highest ever score by a Creek player in any grade and the third-highest by any player in ACT first grade.

Jono Dean was also breaking records for fun - he moved into 13th overall on the ACT first grade leading run-scorers list with 5888 and became the first person in ACT first grade history to have three individual scores over 200.

Despite Blake's mammoth effort, he still doesn't boast the highest score in the family. Jono scored 300* in 2013 to enter the elite 300 club alongside Queanbeyan great Peter Solway, who pummelled 339 in the 1989-90 season.

"I was thinking that he would knock it off pretty comfortably," Jono Dean said.

"I think I was more worried about the sixes, I think I hit 19 sixes in my 300 and he only had about 16 at that stage so I was happy for him to take it. He couldn't get it done in the end, must have been too much pressure on him."

Eastlake made light work of Norths to advance to the decider, as the underdogs' dreams of an upset hit a brick wall with three of their top four batsmen dismissed for zero.

Norths wicketkeeper Joshua Low-McMahon scored 61 but his efforts were in vain as his side folded for 132 in pursuit of 260, and the captains shook hands despite having one day to play.

AT A GLANCE

Cricket ACT Douglas Cup semi-finals: Stumps on day two -

WESTON CREEK MOLONGLO 9-668 (Blake Dean 291, Jono Dean 208; Guy Gillespie 4-104, Michael Spaseski 2-85) bt QUEANBEYAN at Stirling Oval.

EASTLAKE 260 (Tom Henry 82, Adam Tett 40; Fin McGurk 3-55, Heath Axelby 3-65) bt NORTH CANBERRA-GUNGAHLIN 132 (Joshua Low-McMahon 61, Steven Murphy 27*; Anthony Meere 3-13, Praveen Mathai 3-51) on first innings at Kippax Oval.

Records set by the Dean brothers (statistics courtesy of Adam Morehouse).

Team

Highest ever innings by Weston Creek Molonglo in 1st Grade

2nd highest innings ever in 1st Grade history

2nd highest innings ever in a 1st Grade semi final

Highest ever innings at Stirling Oval

Highest ever innings in 1st Grade against Queanbeyan

Highest ever innings in 1st Grade where a team hasn't been dismissed

1st time in ACT 1st Grade history that all 11 players have bowled in the same innings

Jono Dean

Highest ever innings by a Weston Creek Molonglo 1st Grade player at Stirling Oval

Highest ever innings in a 1st Grade Semi-Final (since passed by Blake Dean in the same innings)

Moved into 13th place overall on the leading run scorers in 1st Grade

1st person to record 3 scores over 200 in 1st Grade

3rd highest individual innings for a Weston Creek Molonglo 1st Grade player

Passed 2000 runs in ACT 1st Grade for Weston Creek Molonglo

Highest score by a number five batsman in 1st Grade for Weston Creek Molonglo

29th double century in all grades in ACT Grade Cricket

Blake Dean

Highest ever score for a Number 8 batsman in 1st Grade

Passed his highest score in 1st Grade

Highest ever score for a Number 8 batsman in 1st Grade for Weston Creek

2nd highest individual innings for a Weston Creek Molonglo 1st Grade player

Highest ever innings in a 1st Grade Semi-Final

Highest ever innings in 1st Grade against Queanbeyan

Highest ever innings in 1st Grade for Weston Creek Molonglo

Highest ever innings in Grade cricket for a Weston Creek Molonglo player at Stirling Oval

Highest ever innings in a 1st Grade Semi-Final or Final in 1st Grade

Highest ever innings in Grade cricket for Weston Creek Molonglo

3rd Highest ever innings in 1st Grade cricket

Highest ever innings in all cricket for Weston Creek Molonglo

Highest ever innings at Stirling Oval

30th double century in all grades in ACT Grade Cricket

Jono Dean/Blake Dean

Highest ever 1st Grade partnership for the 7th wicket for Weston Creek Molonglo

3rd highest partnership for Weston Creek Molonglo in 1st Grade for any wicket

2nd highest partnership in 1st Grade for the 7th wicket

1st time that two double centuries are scored in the same 1st Grade innings

Blake Dean/Lewis Evans

Highest ever 1st Grade partnership for the 9th wicket for Weston Creek Molonglo

Highest ever 1st Grade partnership for the 9th wicket in ACT 1st Grade