Thursday at the Test Match

Kempey on right in picture

Kaitlyn  with Mike Kaspa

and Peter Siddle

and Ryan Harris

                                                               and hits a six!!

On Thursday we had the opportunity to be part of the lunchtime entertainment on the Adelaide Oval.  We had 15 representatives on the ground from our Reynella Girls Only Supa Six Smash and Kanga group.

Sarah and Anna at The Cricket Lovers

Our two Internationals - Marg Jude (First Test v England July 1963, played in the first Women's World Cup 1973 for the International X1 against England and Australia.)

and Sarah Taylor 

7 Tests debut August 2006, 90 ODIs - debut August 2006, 67 International T20s debut September 2006, ICC T20 Player of the Year 2012, 2013 ICC ODI Player of the Year 2014)

                                                        Roy thanks Anna Kerrison

                                A grade captain Jess O'Reilly, Anna Kerrison and Sarah Taylor.

Roy thanking Sarah

FIRST WINS!!! INTERNATIONAL FIFTIES!!!

Both teams had their first wins for the season.  We chased in the As to win in the 19^th over and chased in the Bs to win the 17^th.

Both our international reps were at their best with Sarah finishing with 59* and Anna 52*.

The As won their first game with a perfectly timed run chase.

Northern chose to bat starting at a breakneck pace with 41 off the first four overs.  The forced move of Kylie Rattray to the bowling crease (to finish Donna Clark’s second over) broke the opening partnership and started to stem the runs. 

A key spell from Tahlia McGrath 2/13 (including two maidens) and Alicia Holt 1/16 off four put further pressure on them to have them 6/70 in the 12^th. A 52 run partnership between Chloe Scheer and Steph Morrison took them to 113 in the 18^th.  But Chloe Lyons and Rachel Greenshields cleaned up the tail to have them dismissed for 117 inside the 20 overs.

Tahlia McGrath (17 off 18) and Sarah Taylor gave us a good start with 26 off the first four overs. After the run out of Tahlia, Sarah (59 off 42 balls) and Jess O’Reilly (30 off 54) saw us home with seven balls to spare.

The highlights of Sarah’s inning included three RAMP SHOTS!!!!

The Bs scored their first win in convincing style.

We fielded first and did not get our first wicket until the 12^th over.  Bridee Tonkin (with the wind) took three wickets seven balls (all bowled) to start the Port collapse.  Wickets to Kate and Anna also slowed the Port run rate.  (after 12 overs Port were 57 and finished with 92.)
Ella took her first catch as keeper.

Our run chase started well with Rachel Dickinson (5) and Anna Kerrison scoring 16 off the first four overs.  Anna and captain Kate finished the job with an unbroken stand of 85. 

The partnership was a contrast of styles.  Anna using her off side shots to pierce the field and take cheeky singles, while Kate batted with her typical belligerence and brute force!!! Both players ran very well between the wickets to convert ones into twos, twos into threes and force overthrows.

Anna opened her innings with two pull shots for four in the second over and scored many runs in the arc between cover and third-man.

We passed their score in the 16^th over and Anna scored her 50 an over later.
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Welcome back to Nikki Moyle who played her first B grade game for two seasons - coming back from injuries.

No games this week…. But we will have some representation at the Test match on Thursday with some of our coaches on the ground at lunchtime on Thursday.

One game to go for the As before Christmas.  The Bs will resume in January with the 40 over competition.

Anna and Sarah will be speaking at the Cricket Lovers event on Wednesday evening.

our new A grade uniforms

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.