A’s agonizingly close T Mac PB again – with ball this week (what is the secret)

The A's had the premiership favourites on the ropes but could not pull off a win.

We fielded first and TMac produced a withering spell.  She took two wickets in her first over and followed with two more in her third to have the top team 4/5 after five overs.  Newcomer Tammy Beaumont took two exceptional catches at slip (and followed up with an opportunistic run out later in the innings.)

(Last year T Mac took 16 wickets - this year 14 with two to play.)

Northern recovered with a 49 run fifth wicket stand to take them to 54.  We had them 7/61 with a wicket to T Mac (to give her five).  But a defiant ninth wicket stand anchored by former Stingray Shari Bray saw them dismissed for 103.

T Mac’s five wickets took her to 14 for the season.  She is currently leading the BATTING AND BOWLING awards with two rounds to go.  She won the SACA  bowling last season.
Her 5/19 off eight overs was a Personal Best in  A grade and her first MICHELLE (five fa) at the highest level.  (She has 5/2 and 6/24 at B grade.)

T Mac started our innings where she left off last week with two fours in the first over. Our first 10 runs were scored of six balls our next 10 took eight overs as we struggled to get away the accurate Northern bowlers.  State spinner Hannah Perry took 3/14 of 10 conceding only three scoring shots in 60 balls.

We were 4/24 in the 10^th over.  Anna Kerrison (12) and Kayla McGrath (17) put us back in the game with a 24 run stand for the 5^th wicket.  They were patient and chose their shots well.  But with the loss of those two wickets we could not establish a match winning stand.  Kylie (19) and Cara took us to 79 and a last wicket stand of eight saw us 13 runs short.

The result and the win of Sturt sees us one game out of the four with two to play.

(T Mac's secret brekky!!!)  There are two dozen in the McGrath freezer for the rest of the season and beyond.

The Bs had problems with injuries, work and unavailability of players.  But we will be ok for the last two rounds.

This week the As have Kensington at Bice and the Bs have Port at Gordon Brown.

The SAPSASA games at Reynella went well on Thursday with a guest appearance from TMac.  We expect to debut two players from this group over the next two weeks.

Our Reynella coaching has two weeks to run (Kanga has three) and we welcome Ethan Grzyb to our stable of coaches.