As continue winning form

The A grade  continue their winning form this week defeating last year’s grand finalists West Torrens in a hard fought match at Christies High.

As usual Christies played slowly – but due credit to our batters we batted our 50 overs for the fourth time for the season.  This time making 6/157.  The innings was anchored by Jess O’Reilly who went in at the end of the first over and batted the rest of the innings for 64 no. (This continues her good form over West Torrens as she carried her bat for 52 no in the T20 game earlier in the season.)

She was involved in two key partnerships; 50 for the third wicket with Dayna Cox (14) which steadied the innings and 84 with Kylie Rattray (43) to give us the upper hand.

Jess faced 133 balls hitting six 4s and a six in two hours.

Kylie’s 43 take her to 311 runs for the season across the two competitions at 44.38 per innings.

We made early in roads into the Eagles innings having them 2/22 in the 7^th over (with state players Moritz and Oakenfold out.)  The big stumbling block was always going to be the state captain Lauren Ebsary who threatened to do what Jess had done for Southern. 

At one stage West Torrens were 2/80 in the 23^rd over (well ahead of Southern’s 3/64).  But the wickets of L Williams at 80 and Ebsary at 86 put us back in the game. We bowled and fielded well in the middle stages of the innings to squeeze the required rate from 2.8 per over out to over five. 

Jess continued her good work with the ball taking 1/15 off her ten overs.  Tahlia took the key wickets of L Williams and her state captain Lauren Ebsary to take the figures with 3/19, Dayna took 3/34 and Donna Clark continued her good form with 2/24.

Georgia Weatherspoon fielded superbly taking two sharp catches.
The win takes us into the four for the first time for the season in the long form of the game.

Congratulations to Sam Dowling who played her first A grade game.  Sam played in the first Southern teams with Jess O’Reilly.

With our Bye in the A T20s this weekend we should have a clearer idea of our finals position as teams three and four play each other.
 

In state news the U15s have won three and lost two of their games – they look like they are in a fight for second spot with Victoria who they beat in the minor round. So a win over WA on Monday should see them in the GF Tuesday.

Highlights from our players have included

Tabitha Saville 40 v Queensland

  Kelly Armstrong's  9 wickets including 3/9 v Victoria

And Kayla McGrath 27 against NSW.