STATE NEWS

No grade cricket this weekend. (The Reynella group pay their respects to Phillip Hughes.)

We had two players involved in the National Women’s competition held in Adelaide over the weekend.

Our two reps are Sarah Taylor and Tahlia McGrath.

 This competition runs throughout the season with three games played over a weekend.  There are two T20 games played Friday and Sunday and a 50 over game played on the Saturday afternoon.

In the T20 game on Sunday Sarah Taylor made 81 no off 51 balls with 12 fours to see SA home in the 16^th over.

Earlier in the day T Mac took 2/13 off four overs to make inroads into the ACT top order.  She took the wicket of Kris Britt (former Australian player) twice over the weekend.

She also took 1/7 off 1.2 overs bowling “at the death” in Friday’s match.

Full stats

T Mac 4 no (5) 1/7 Friday T20

16 off 32 two fours batting at number 5 putting on 24 with captain Lauren Ebsary (94) for the fifth wicket 8 overs 2/24 (dismissing batters 3 and 4)

2/13 off four DNB Sunday t20

Sarah

36 off 43 balls (top score)

8 (18) 50 over

A catch and a stumping

Player of the match 81 no off 51 balls

SA WON ALL THREE GAMES AGAINST THE ACT.

Next week

 As at Park 25 against Northern 12.15

Bs at Park 25 Sunday against Port 12 noon

Both games are T20s.

Get together and presos at O’Sullivan’s Beach Sports and Social club.

This is the home ground of our juniors.

FIRST POINTS.... NOV 22 23 RAIN!

No play over the weekend. Lighting and thunder at Gordon Brown Oval and no B grade Sunday. 

This week’s highlights come from Reynella Oval with the presentation of certificates and associated goodies from our coaching over the last six weeks.

Quotes

“ Life is too short to be watching cricket…. I’d rather be playing!” thanks to Ella's Mum Jacqui who has put her hand up to play when ever we are short.... thanks Mum!

You know players are very serious on the game…. They get a pair of cricket shoes with sprigs....”

Next week

State team at Adelaide Oval  no 2  – Sarah and Tahlia  are in the team.

12.30 start on Friday for the T20

Saturday start at 10 am

Sunday start at 10 am

All games at Adelaide Oval No 2, there is a game between an Australian X1 and India next door!

Our coaching team at Reynella 

Presentation of awards from Donna Clark.

Coordinator Trish Pinder presenting shirts to our Girls Only Group.

Anna and her first meat pie!!!

This week - 

A grade Saturday have  double header T20 games at Park 25.

B grade face Uni at Uni on Sunday 12 noon start.

Bs so close! A's the less said the better.

 The weekend was highlighted by the news that Sarah was named ICC One Day Cricketer of the year.

The Bs put in their best performance for the season to fall seven runs short.

A 41 run unbroken 6^th wicket stand between Bridee Tonkin (25* off 25)  and Chelsea Kennedy (11* off 25) took us to within sight of a win.

Bridee’s 25* was a PB.  (surpassing a score of 11 for the Langhorne Creek Under 16s earlier in the season.)

She hit five boundaries.  The 14 runs she and Chelsea scored off the second last over meant we only needed 14 of the last one. We scored seven.

We fielded much better than recent weeks (thanks to Patrick Jolly!) taking three catches and forcing a run out.  We had them 5/55 in the 13^th over but they put on 29 for the 6^th wicket to take it to 84, a run out and two wickets to Kate Weger in three balls closed the innings with nine balls remaining.

Anna took two wickets in her first three overs and openers Bridee and Rachel took early wickets to have them 2/18 in the sixth over.

We lost an early wicket, Anna and Kate took us to 23 in the fifth over, but we lost momentum in the middle overs to be 5/45 with seven overs to go. (44 off 42)

The As had Kensis 5/85 in the 12^th over but they scored an above par 151.

Tahlia, Rachel and Donna all took a wicket.

We lost Tahlia for 11 in the third over and could not establish momentum.

HIGHLIGHTS

Sarah’s win…. Just wish she could score some Southern runs!!!!

The Bs building momentum – a win is just around the corner….

Great to see another Mum on the park with Ella Wilson’s Mum Jacqui filling in.  The Bs were caught short with the injury to Sarah.

Another 100 – A grade scorer Glen Ongley scored a ton in the Noarlunga run chase on Saturday….in between the rain!  They successfully chased down 240.

Quote of the week from the D grade Men’s captain Jimmy Wilson “It’s great to see so many spectators here…. We don’t get that many at our games!!!”

UP COMING

Level one coaching course on Wednesday at the club.

Anna and Sarah speaking engagements.

Christmas presos at the club December 20.

Next presentation evening is November 29 with another on December 6.

Adelaide test match weekend is December 13 with no grade cricket that weekend.

"Our Sarah!"

Nov 14, 2014

Sarah Taylor, England’s wicket-keeper batswoman won the ICC Women’s One-Day International (ODI) Cricketers of the Year Award. Her England teammate pacer Katherine Brunt is ICC Spirit of Cricket Award winner. The 2014 ICC T20 International (T20I) Women’s Cricketer of the Year is Meg Lanning of Australia.

T MAC CONTINUES GOOD FORM BS CLOSE….WELCOME KATE!

Both teams were "in with a chance" in games over the weekend.

The As battled to score more than two an over (103 off 50)  against a very experienced and tight Northern attack.  The best partnership was between Jess O’Reilly and T Mac with 41.  The innings punctuated by a 45 minute rain break.

We took early wickets to have them under pressure at 5/70 and if an LB had gone our way we may have had  a  chance.  But recently retired state player Neesha Iles put on 36 for the sixth wicket  to see them home in the 25^th over.

Both Kate Matonia 2/13 and Alicia Holt 1/14 bowled tightly.

At Bailey Reserve the Bs chased 97. Rachael Dickinson took the only wicket, but Chelsea Kennedy bowled her quota of overs for 15 runs.

We  put on their best  batting performance since Round one. Anna Kerrison (30) and  Rachael Dickinson (7) set a good base with 23 for first wicket.  Anna   batted into the last over for 30 and she and Kate Weger (23 off 27) put on 39. At one stage we were 1/62  in the 15^th over (needing 35 off 36 balls with two batters set).  We finished 23 runs short.

 Kate Matonia comes to us from West Torrens.  She is well known to our indoor players as she plays in the Morphett Vale Sharks during the winter.  She has also played Indoor cricket for Victoria and in her early years of cricket she captained the Flinders Uni C grade to a premiership. (coached by Kempey).

Highlights

·         T Mac innings 54 this season she has had scores of  111, 16  and 41.  Last year she had  nine scores of 20 or more  out of 13.  This year she is turning starts into big scores.  

·         Alicia Holt bowled to the Australian and West Indian teams in the nets in preparation for the game they played last Wednesday.

·         Anna runs and bowling!!!!! (an innings punctuated with her trademark off side shots... with some aggression and "big shots".  Anna had a great week up in the Flinders Ranges with the dust and flies!!!

·         The attendance at the Stingray Cup… 9 players / friends or Mums….thanks to all who attended we had 9 reps out of  the 24 members we have.

Quote of the week

·         “If this happened in England you’d never play….” With reference to the rain.

·         A note on the form guide to the Stringray Cup…. TAYLOR’S TRIUMPH… the only international player to be a member of a World Cup winning side and play for the Stingrays!!!!

Lowlights

Sarah’s run out... but don't ask her...

Up coming December 10 Anna and Sarah speaking at the Cricket Lovers. At the moment we have seven Stingrays reps.  If you would like to come along see Kempey.

T MAC TON IN RUN FEAST

 Tahlia McGrath is the first A grade Century maker for  the Southern Women’s team.

Her 111 represents her PB and our first century in our 57^th game of 50 over cricket.

The innings took126 balls and included 15 fours.

She opening the innings, with the loss of Rachael Greenshields at 4 (first over) and Sarah Taylor 16 (2/30) in the 5^th over she batted with Donna Clark for the next 27 overs putting on 110 runs.

Despite the 100 we lost with State Captain Lauren Ebsary making 162 no.

In quest of 287 we finished 5/256 making our highest score ever.

We had The Eagles 2/76 in the 17^th over – but a 120 run third wicket stand took the score to 194 in the 36^th.  Three 35 plus partnerships took them to 287.

Kayla McGrath  (welcome back after a volleyball trip to Port Augusta!) took the figures with 2/39 off 10 and sister T Mac 1/31 off 10 to be the most economic.

287  looked even more imposing as we lost two early wickets to be 2/30 after four overs.

Donna (35 off 86) and Tahlia steadied the innings to have us 2/140 in the 31^st and only 10 runs off the comparative score in the Torrens innings.  But the return of Lauren Ebsary to the bowling crease with three of her overs going for only three runs slowed the run chase to make it “a bridge too far.”

Kylie batted (and battered) her way back to form with 48 no off 47 balls including four trademark sixes.

Chloe continued her “red ink” form putting on 41 with Kylie in the last 36 balls.

**

Notes on Tahlia’s innings

IN DOING SO SHE ACHIEVED HER 

PB

Previous best 84 v West Torrens at Bice 2012

Her first 100 partnership – previous best 80 with sister last year against Sturt 2012

With Sarah Taylor after her 100!

The Bs batted all but their 20 overs.

We found Bice Oval very difficult to score (we hit no boundaries) making 45.  Cara Allen scored a well made 15.  Kate batted 32 balls for five finding scoring hard with the lack of pace of the bowlers.

Ella Wilson scored four including a pull shot for two.

But we could not put together long partnerships.

They scored the runs with 10 overs to spare.  Bridee Tonkin took a wicket and fielded very well.

Our innings finished with a Hat Trick to Yolanda Winson taking Cara, Chelsea and Serena to finish the innings.

Reminders

Happy Birthday to all who have birthdays over the next few weeks.  I think there are eight of us!

Stingray Cup this Saturday.

The Cricket Lovers Function on Wednesday 10^th December guest speakers Sarah Taylor and Anna Kerrison.  See Kempey for details.

*********************************************************************************

 RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

T MAC…. goes without saying!!!

(There were two Men’s 100s over the weekend ) three in one weekend  for the club after only two in a full season last year!!!

Active After School State competition winner (see previous blog)

Donna more runs…. Her  35 surpasses last weeks PB and 79 for the season!

Cara Allen 15 off 32 in tough conditions at Bice in the Bs.

The As scoring 250 for the first time

Stingrays win Active After School Award

We were the state winners of the Active After School "Creative Entry by a club" in a competition held by this National Organisation.  This Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) group has supported schools and OSHS with various sports offered to these organisations to encourage young people to become involved in sport.
We have been involved in this since it started 10 years ago.
We run a series of Milo In2 Cricket activities over the seven one hour sessions.

Parts our entry read
"As a District Cricket Club we take our responsibility to the wider community very seriously.  Through the Active After Schools Program we have been able to provide the opportunities for participants to get a taste of the game.  "

"The coaches have been on a learning curve which has seen them become leaders of small groups and running complete sessions on their own.

.˜
It has seen them develop as mature sports people and take on responsibilities which mean they are giving back to the game.  Skills such as reliability, resilience  and organisational skills."

  

And seen them featured on national the national television program TOTALLY WILD

Channel 10

On Saturday mornings we have ten of our coaches running clinics and being part of the a coaching / game super centre which sees participants in the pathway of cricket.  They do Milo in2 Cricket, Girls Supa 6 smash and Kanga. 

There are over 200 participants playing cricket.