THE Hamilton and District Cricket Association (HDCA) Hurricanes gave a tremendous effort in the Western Waves Festival of Cricket final but fell short against Warrnambool at Monivae College on Sunday.

Just to reach the final, the young team had to defeat Wimmera Mallee convincingly and they achieved that to reach their goal of a place in the final, but now that they were there, they had to devise a game plan that would take down the undefeated Warrnambool, while missing some key personnel for the clash.