Kamani career best figures - quiz night great success

 

Both the As and Bs went down in last weekend's games.

 

The highlight was A grade leggie Kamani Gilligan who took  best figures of 6/19.  In her second spell she took 6/6 as the last seven Kensington wickets fell for 27 runs. 

But the damage had been done earlier in the innings as three of their top four batters had scores of over 24 (including one of 87.)

Jess took two wickets and Cara and Courtney one apiece.

We were in early trouble losing 4/15 in the chase.  Kylie top scored with 19, Marg Hay 17 and Nuggett 14.  Special mention to Cara who was playing her second A grade game for the season who made 11 and batted over 40 minutes.

 

The Bs struggled in their quest for 182 against Northern.  The wickets were shared with Hannah Armstrong (on loan from the Cs) claiming 2/9 and taking her season tally to 11.  Kayla Staszuk and Jess Vincent also took two wickets apiece.

 

We started well with Kayla McGrath and Brandi Ongley putting on 21 but we lost 3/2 to put us behind the eight ball.  Renee Ritchie top scored with 17.  Renee was playing her first game since 2007-8 and we welcome her back to the club.

 

The C grade resume this week.

This week we go back to T20 with the As at Port Reserve on Sunday (3pm), Bs at Helen Black Saturday (12) and Cs at home at Bice on Sunday (12).

 

 

Over 80 people enjoyed our second ever quiz night.  The Dave Greenshields led team   beat the Marg Jude's team by one point.  We raised over $1000 for the club towards the revamped hard wicket complex.  It was great to see so many new faces at the club.

 

A big thank you to our organising committee and the hard work put in by Marg Hay, Sharon Rattray, Nancy Allen, Genevieve Brideson, Natalie Ongley, Paul Campbell and Shari Bray.  (Thanks to the ever patient Ron!!)

 

A special thanks to our Quiz Masters John and Maureen from Christies Beach Mitre 10 (and their helpers) who made for a very entertaining evening.

 

A’s go down to Port – Courtney takes prize wicket

 

The As started the year with a loss to Port.  We lost early wickets to be 6/26 –and never recovered making 52.  Tahlia batted well for 40 minutes making 16 (top scoring) and looked very assured until she got a shooter on middle.  Kamani, Kate and put up some late resistance to get us just over the 50.

We took three wickets before they passed us.

The fourth wicket was the sweetest with Courtney Brideson getting the prize wicket of former Australian Captain Karen Rolton out for 31.

K Rolton c.N Adams b. C Brideson 31. 

Courtney finished the innings with her best A grade figures of 3/9.

We batted with far more aggression and purpose in the second dig.  Kylie opened the scoring with a six and Dayna and Jess hit one each in their innings.

The Cox / O'Reilly 100 run stand for the second wicket took us out of the danger zone and save any chance Port had for outright points.

The B grade had injuries and illness and forfeited.

 

DON'T FORGET THE QUIZ NIGHT THIS SATURDAY EVENING AT BICE OVAL CLUBROOMS

 

Bice hosts Under 18 tie.

 

Bice Oval was the scene of a tied game in the National Under 18 Women's Championships on January 5.

 

The game was the first for the SA Under 18s  and included Southern players Dayna Cox and Tahlia McGrath.

 

Tahlia shone in the game with three catches, five overs for 18 runs and topscored with a PB of 52 being run out on the fourth last ball of the match in quest of the winning run.

 

The game was a tight affair all day – with the ACT off to a steady start of 47 before losing their first wicket.  They lost their second at 64 – a 58 run third wicket stand took them to 2/112 – but they seemed to lose momentum to be dismissed for 167 in the 42^nd over.

 

We batted five overs before the lunch break to lose one wicket.  Dayna Cox batted solidly for 10 (53 minutes) at Number three to take the score to 3/40 in the 18^th.  Her 32 run second wicket stand gave us a useful start.  But her loss started a similar mid order collapse to the ACT –as we lost three wickets at 44.

 

Tahlia McGrath (batting at Number 7) came in with SA at a precarious 5/44.  She  steadily built partnerships with Tucker (30), Patterson (32) and Martin (43) to see us within sight of a win.  SA needed 12 off the last four overs with one wicket in hand.  With two overs to go we needed four and one off the last over.

 

Tahlia was run out as the last pair attempted to steal a run to win the game.

 

For Tahlia it was her first 50 at state level and the second for her career (previous best was 50 retired in a C grade game against Prospect.)  She impressed all (including the umpires) with her cool, mature approach – tempering precise driving with aggressive pull shots and well judged running.

 

FULL STATS OF THE INNINGS

99 minutes batted

85 balls faced

3 fours

 

A big thank you to the big contingent of volunteers who made the day very memorable for Southern District.  We had mums, dads, players and supporters working on catering, setting up marquees, setting up the ground and providing plenty of support for our players.

 

We wish Dayna and Tahlia all the best for their games over the remainder of the tournament.  We also wish Kayla McGrath all the best as she captains the SAPSASA side in Canberra starting Saturday.

 

You can follow their games on the net

Go to

 

SACA website

youth squads

under 18 female championships

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Remember practice begins on Friday the 7^th with games in A and B grade on January 16.

 

DON'T FORGET THE QUIZ NIGHT ON JANUARY 22 GET YOUR TABLES ORGANISED.