A and B grade games cancelled

 

The C graders really struggled against Kensington at Christies on Sunday.  Batting first Kensys made 3/73 (off 20).  We fielded well producing three run outs.  Kelly Armstrong bowled well with two overs for two and Kayla McGrath bowled well at the death with four overs for five.

 

We could not get going with the bat…. In the windy conditions and the slow outfield we could only score singles.  Kayla McGrath spend some good time in the middle to top score with 7no. 

The As and Bs were abandoned due to rain on Friday.

 

This week the As have the bye with the Bs and Cs playing Sunday.

 

Dayna destroys TTG - Cs open with a win - Bs battle hard against ET

 

The A grade continued their perfect start to the season with a 42 run win over arch – rival Tea Tree Gully.

 

We lost the toss and were put in on a wicket which was affected by the overnight rain – we were in early trouble losing 4/17 (wickets falling to state opening bowler Steph Morrison)  – but a 30 run stand between Jess and Marg Hay (the best for the game) steadied the ship and  Nuggett's late order hitting saw us to 94 on the wicket which still had a little bit in it.

 

Jess's 31 no ( in just under two hours) was the backbone of the innings.   

They started well with 23 in the first eight overs.  But the injury to one of their batters started a collapse which saw three batters fall in the 15 minutes before tea including

Donna removed the dangerous state batter Tamara Clapton.

 

After tea it was the Dayna Cox show – she took 6 wickets in 10 balls in a devastating spell of accurate seam bowling..

 

Dayna's remarkable spell….

SIX WICKETS IN 10 BALLS

 

W . W.end of over W..wide WW.(end of over) . W – 10 BALLS 6/1

 
TTG finished with 52.

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Dayna becomes our first A grade winner of the $20 Cricket wWarehouse voucher for her

  52 (PB with bat) against Northern  and 6/1 (PB with ball).

 

Other contenders were Jess O'Reilly for 52 v Northern and 31 no against TTG (Highest score for the match)  and Marg Jude's 4 wickets against Northern.

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B Grade

The B Grade battled their way to 65 against last years finalists East Torrens.

We batted our 40 overs with Robyn Lecornu making 17 and being given great support from Linda Anderson (11) – 27 run partnership and Jess Vincent  late in the innings.

 

We took two early wickets (2/31) but they passed us in the 13^th over. (Tina Leicester making 69).

 

Brandi had a good game with two wickets and  11 and Cara Allen bowled six accurate overs.

 

( A big thank you to Linda McGrath who played and A graders Courtney, Marg Hay and Rachael who assisted with sub fielding.)

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The Cs opened the season with a win.

They scored 47 after we sent them in.  Kayla Staszuk took a wicket with her first ball and Mum Joy also took a wicket (caught Kayla) – but Tianna took the figures with 2/11.

 

Our batting saw two good innings from newcomers Georgia Tilbrook (best partnership of 20 with Kayla) and Nikki Moyle ( partnership of 20 with Marg Jude.)

Once again Joy and Marg were great in the field with the youngsters.

 

A warm welcome to Danika Thomas who played her first game on Sunday.

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This weekend sees FOUR GAMES

With the As playing a double – header at the Playing fields on Saturday and the Cs and Bs play(12)  *****THIS GAME MAY CHANGE VENUE ****)

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SOCIALLY

We had a great night at Fasta Pasta on Saturday night (35 people) and it was very good to see the big turn out of A graders at Presos on Saturday night at the club.

Womens A Grade win

The Women's A Grade got away to a strong start against Northern District by making 6 for 226 of 50 overs. Top scoring was Dayna Cox with 58 from 120 balls and she was well supported by Jess O'Reilly 52 from 100 balls.

In reply the Jets fell well short with 8 for 199 of 50 overs. Marg Hay was the pick of the bowlers taking 4 for 30 from her 10 overs, Jess added to her contribution with the bat taking 2 for 26 of 10 overs and Donna Clark also picked up 2 wickets for 43 of 8.1 overs.


A good solid victory which can only bring confidence to the entire Women's playing group.

The inexperineced B's were beaten by a strong Northern outfit, chasing the Jets 9 for 150 of 40 overs with Kayla Staszuk taking 2 for 19 of 6 overs, Kelly Armstrong 2 for 29 of 6 overs and Emily Armstrong chipping in with 2 for 6 of 4 overs.

The Stingrays were never in the run chase. In reply the Stingrays were all out for 52, despite a spirited fighting 32 run last wicket stand by Joylene Brown and Marg Jude, Northern ran out convincing winners.

All will be better for the hit out and we wish our Women every success for the coming 20-20 round against Port Adelaide.

As start the season with a win “Old ducks" save outright in Bs

The A grade started 2010-11 with a very impressive 35 run win over Northern.

The batting was highlighted with captain Jess O'Reilly scoring her third 50 in  row (two in her last two games last season) and Dayna Cox scoring her first A grade 50.  These two young "veterans" – both in their fifth season of senior cricket at 17 put on 88 as we amassed an A grade record of 6/226 off our 50 overs.

They were well supported in the last few overs by Marg Hay, Nuggett and Donna Clark who scored better than a run a ball over the last six overs.

Northern started well with 117 off the first 22 – but with a combination of good fielding, accurate bowling and  key wickets we held them to 9/199.  Marg Hay took the figures with 4/30 off 10 overs and Brandi Ongley taking two catches in her A grade debut were highlights.

 The other obvious highlight was the debut of  keeper Kayla McGrath.  At 11 we know Kayla is the youngest A grader for Southern and we are checking on SACA ? SAWCA records.  

The Bs started well with wickets in the first two overs – having Northern 2/5 – but their middle order and tail enders kept us in the field for the full 40 overs making 150.

Kayla bowled well in her A grade debut for Southern taking 2/19.  But the highlight was two superb catches from Kelly Armstrong.

Our batting was soon in big trouble – after Kayla was spectacularly run out off a freakish touched run out we were facing outright defeat at 4.45 with 8 down for 20.  But solid defence from first Nikki Moyle (18 balls) and the old hands of marg Jude and Joy Brown we batted until 5.44 pm saving outright loss and batting 32 overs.  During the hour long last wicket stand the opposition even used the "old duck" term on many occasions – increasing the determination of our tail-end batters.

This week a double header T20 with the Bs at 12 noon and As at 3pm at Bice.  We expect to have plenty of more players available this week..(A big thank you to all who assisted this week.)  C grade game start on October 24.

INDOOR CRICKET SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON

This year we were not as successful as previous seasons but we still had a great time with six players achieving higher honours and others going on to play Super League either for Woodlands or Morphett Vale.

 

Jess O'Reilly and Marg Hay were members of the Morphett Vale ICA Sharks which won the Women's Super League Competition.

 

It was great to see Nuggett playing with Woodlands.

 

Our Under 15 team finished fourth – in what was a very even competition.  We beat the eventual title winners twice during the season and the runners up once.

 

Thanks to all the parents and supporters who assisted during the season.  I feel sure we will see the benefit of the games and practice during the outdoor season.

 

Players – Kylie Rattray, Courtney Brideson, Cara Allen, Brandi Ongley, Donna Clark, Lauren Goldsmith, Rachael Greenshields, William Greenshields, Sam Phillips, Thomas Scott and fill ins Liam Mason, Zak O'Toole and Angus Lock.