B grade - so near and yet so far

The Bs made 64 in reply to Port 71 in the semi final.

We bowled very well to hold Port to 71 - with an exceptional performance from Captain Jess O'Reilly (3/5) off nine overs.  She was well supported by swing specialist Jade Ambler who "hooped" the ball in windy conditions.  Our six specialist bowlers were very good.

We set off at a good rate with 31 off the first 11overs with the openers well set.  But the Port captain Kylie Tulloch changed the game - bowling nagging medium pacers and using the wind well - she took wickets consistently (4/15) to dismiss us for 64.  Jess O'Reilly top scored with 19 and good late runs from Shari Bray (10) and Jas Thompson (4) gave us a glimmer of hope as the put on 10 in seven overs. 

The Cs won in a forfeit and play either  Prospect or East Torrens this Sunday.

Bs win three on end

 

BS FINISH THIRD

 

The B grade girls finished third with a hard fought win over last seasons Grand Finallists Sturt.

 

It gives us three wins in a row leading into the finals next weekend.

 

We were sent in at Christies High (after Bice Oval had been watered overnight) and made 76.  Jess O'Reilly (12) and Dayna Cox (16) were the top scorers – but late order efforts from Linda Anderson (8no in just over half an hour) and Kylie Dannenberg 8 (30 minutes) were very important to creep the score up.

 

We took early wickets 3/8 off 12 overs from the openers Dayna Cox and Jess O'Reilly.  For the rest of the innings we "choked" the Sturt batters to less than a run an over to the 25^th over.  Our fielding and field placements were superb.

 

Jasmin Thompson 2/8 and openers O'Reilly 2/6 and Cox 3/7 were outstanding.

 

The Cs won on a walkover to Port giving them second spot and a home final next weekend.

 

Next week both sides play Port with venues to be confirmed Monday evening

B GRADE GIRLS SECURE FINALS SPOT - CS BACK TO EARTH!

 

The Bs win over Northern has secured us a finals spot. Our win over Northern and Sturt's loss to top side Tea Tree Gully has guaranteed us at least fourth spot.  A win next week will give us third.

 

This week on winning the toss we chose to bat.  Reshuffling the order saw good runs to Tahlia McGrath 40, Rachael Greenshields 28 and Courtney Brideson 15 early, but we were 8/128 with seven overs to bat.

 

Karin Prince put on a powerhouse performance in the last four overs taking her score from 3 to 49no in 20 balls.  She was well supported by 10 year old Kayla McGrath who made 4 off 21 balls in 30 minutes in her first innings in B grade.  The seventh wicket stand of 62 was a new B grade record.

 

The bowlers were accurate and secured all but one of the eight wickets to fall either bowled or lbw with Tahlia McGrath taking career best figures of 6/24 off six overs.

 

We welcomed back Kylie Rattray after her serious arm injury.  Kylie fielded well and was a very important part of the win.

 

The Cs had a shocker against top team Prospect.

We were dismissed for 7 and 37.  Prospect made 5/107 dec.  Top run scorer of recent weeks Nic Adams scored a pair.

 

Sue Genockey and Emma Genockey batted together in the first innings (the first mother and daughter to bat together.)  Sue scored her first run for the Cs in the second innings.

 

The combined 16s 13s team had a one wicket win over Sturt.