T Mac Master class

Tahlia McGrath put on a masterclass of batting to give the As their first win of 2017.

Port batted first in the hot conditions making 104.

Their openers Sampson and Wellington put on 48 but we took wickets at regular intervals to keep them to a below par score.  Cara took two wickets with Jess bowling very economically taking 1/6 off four overs (including 19 dot balls!!!)

We paced our response well with Jess and T Mac giving us a great start (56) off nine overs. Kayla chipped in with a valuable 9 and saw us through the overs from state bowlers Sampson, Perry and Wellington.

T Mac batted 54 balls for her 74 which included eight 4s (Port only hit four boundaries for their complete innings.  She hit the bad balls to the boundary, but also dictated terms to all of the Port bowlers with excellent footwork.

She batted for 54 balls and hit eight 4s (the Port batters only hit four in their complete innings.)

The Bs were called again… this time for heat! This makes seven games which have been affected by rain, heat or lack of pitch prep this season!!!!!!  This week (elements willing) we venture to Kensington.

Thanks to Amy Peterson who sub fielded (her second ever senior game) taking a catch.

Don’t forget the Pink Night this Saturday evening and end of game presos for Juniors and Seniors.

Bs win, Alicia PB, Amy “Michelle” on debut Kylie gives As a chance

The Bs had their second win for the season over Northern Blue.

In hot conditions at The Paddocks we held the Northerners to 98 off 40 overs. Our last 14 overs were very good as we took 7/19.

At the second drinks break they were 1/79 (27 overs) but accurate bowling from first gamer Amy Peterson and tight bowling from Alicia and Cara held them to under a 100.

Amy comes to us from our Strikers League competition and had a very good SAPSASA week being our second top run scorer.

Alicia took the first two wickets and Amy had a hand in the next SIX (with a run out as well!)

When we batted Alicia anchored the innings with a PB of 55 no. (She had a big day….

1. On the field for the 68 overs of the game

2. Her 8 overs cost 5 runs with two wickets

3. Her previous PB was 46.

She and Amelia put on 10 for the first wicket.

Cara (retired ill 7) took us to 46 at the first drinks break. 

It was the partnership between Alicia and Olivia Lockhart which took the game out of Northern’s reach. Olivia batted with great maturity and determination for 26 minutes, being part of a 27 run partnership which took us to within 22 runs of the win. She ran well and was very careful with the balls she played and let go.

Jess and Alicia put on 23 (unbroken) to take us to the win the 28^th over.

The As were in early trouble being 4/20, but Kylie produced on her “special” innings. She made 72 off 38 balls with 8 fours and 4 sixes taking us into the final over.

Sturt scored the runs in the 15^th over.

This weekend sees the As at Bice for a T20 and the Bs venture to Prospect Oval.

Don’t forget our Pink evening / Quiz night on February 4.

At last a game of cricket – for the Bs

The B grade had their first game of cricket for 35 days against Sturt. We had the Blues in early trouble with our opening bowlers Brandi and Divya taking 4/18 in six overs. They recovered to make 79. Brandi continued her great work in the Bs with a career best (B grade) 3/11.
We started well with an opening partnership of 10 – but we were soon in similar trouble to Sturt being 5/29. Brandi and Amelia put on 15 for the 7th wicket to give us a chance of a win. But we lost 4/4 to finish 20 runs short.
Brandi continues her good scores in the B grade with 36 (out of 57) after scores of 42 and 71 no in recent games.
Last week The Bs arrived at Park 25 No 1 only to find the pitch had not been prepared…. Neither had No 2 or 3!!!

So we share the points at the moment…. But there may be a rematch… stay tuned….
The As could not maintain their encouraging work mid week being held to 5/55 off 20 by the Kensi spinners. They scored the runs in nine overs.

In the mid week game we chased the 110 set by Northern. In the 13th over we were 1/56 just two runs behind Northern at the same time. But we could not maintain the rate required finishing 20 runs short. Kayla McGrath played her best innings for the season with 28 off40; Kylie made 19 off 16 and Jess 16 off 17.

We welcomed back Kate Matonia who played her “annual game!” Kate played single games for us over the last three seasons. She comes from a background of Indoor Cricket where she has played senior cricket for SA and Victoria. She also reminded Kempey he had first coached her 18 years ago!!!!!

Kaitlyn Heath had her first taste of interstate cricket with selection in the SAPSASA team last week.
We wish Ella all the best with her work in the Under 15 state team this week.