T20 v Kensington

We lost our latest T20 game to top team Kensington.  We scored a creditable 4/114 off our 20 but it was in reply to Kensis 3/150.

We took the wicket of Cara Fiebig in the second over but a 114 run stand for the second wicket took the game out of our reach.  They lost their second wicket in the 14^th over and finished with 150.

Chloe, Donna and Kylie took our wickets.

We lost Rachael in the 5^th over, Tahlia (49 off 47) and Tabitha (25 off 28) took us to 76 in the 13^th over, but the loss of wickets slowed our progress.

Dayna 21 no and Kayla 11 no put on 18 in the last three overs.

Thanks to Tabitha who played games either side of her state commitments.

Tahlia All Australian - SA finishes fourth in Under 18s

Tahlia McGrath was one of two SA players to earn All Australian honours at the recent Under 18 championships.

This follows a similar honour when she played Under 15s three seasons ago.

She opened the batting in all innings scoring 169 runs in eight innings at an average of 21.1 with a strike rate of 64.5.  Her  top score was 54 against WA and a score of 22 in the one wicket loss to NSW. She was SA’s top run scorer and finished fifth overall (to the top scorer who scored 232 runs.)

She also took five wickets with an economy rate of  2.29 runs per over off 28 overs.  Some of these were bowled as an opener or “at the death.”  She opening the bowling in T20.  Her performance of note was two T20 innings where she bowled 8 overs 2 maidens 2 for 9 across two games.

Georgia started the championship well with 30 (as part of a 106 run partnership with Tahlia) but was injured soon after and did not play a further game.

Tabatha took over Georgia’s opening spot and finished the tournament with 80 runs with a top score of 36.

Donna officially took one wicket although there was some confusion with numbers and scorers so her stats are not reliable.

Chloe has a PB -

The T20 loss to West Torrens and the win of Northern against top team Kensington has meant we need to win our last two games and await the result of other games to see if we can defend our T20 title.

We played on a very slow running Henley High School. (only two fours were hit all game)

West Torrens batted first with the openers taking 31 off our first eight overs.  The introduction of spinners Chloe Lyons and Rachael Greenshields saw a mini collapse as we took 3/8 in four overs. 

Kylie kept well with two catches and a stumping.

Chloe bowled with good loop and forced the batters to make pace on their shots.  She had stumping, a catch at the wicket and Jess took one at cover.  3/19 are her PB in A Grade.

We had them 5/64 in the 15^th but their last three batters scrambled 24 off the last five overs to finish with 6/88.

We opened well with 8 off the first two overs but 13 for the first wicket and 15 for the fifth wicket were the best of our partnerships.

Rachael continued her good form with 11 and Brandi top scored with 16 off 40 balls.

Thanks to Lana Martin who played her first game for the club.

Welcome back Jess

Jess O’Reilly made her long-awaited return against West Torrens.  She has been out until now with a shoulder injury suffered in the off season. 

This game means she has played in our senior teams every season for the past 10 years – making her our FIRST PLAYING LIFE MEMBER.

According to MyCricket she has scored over 1500 runs and taken 72 wickets.  (The C grade seasons have not been updated.) This includes an extraordinary 87 no against Sturt off 37 balls in 2005-06 season.

Northern win – we drop to fourth

In the battle for second spot in the T20 comp we lost to Northern –with West Torrens win we dropped from second to fourth.

Batting first we started well with 33 off the first five overs and we had two big overs where we scored 11 and 12 off an over but 111 was about 20 runs below par. Our next best partnership was 26 between Rachael and Dayna.

Rachael scored her PB for the season with 31 off 42 hitting four 4s and put the bad balls away well.  Tabitha and Tahlia were the next best with 16 apiece.

We were fortunate to have Georgia Weatherspoon (who took at great catch at first slip and made 9) and  Tabitha Saville from KI and Alice Springs.  Both players were preparing for the Under 18 National Championships in Ballarat over the next two weeks.  They were under the watchful eye of State Under 18 coach Greg Quinn.

We took a wicket in the first over but former state player Brittany Perry (17) and current state player Hannah Perry (52no) saw them to 62 and Under 18 rep Ainslee Knight (18 no) saw them home in the 15^th over.

Tahlia, Donna and Courtney as Under 15s!!!

Tabitha in last year's Under 15s.

We wish our state Under 18s reps well.

Don’t forget the quiz night next Saturday evening at Bice Oval clubrooms from 7pm.

Quiz night