Southern Districts’ ‘A’ grade has won their third game of the season after a convincing five-wicket victory over West Torrens on Saturday at Henley Grange Memorial Oval. The win was set up on day one after the Eagles were bowled out for 230 and the Stingrays had reached 2/177 at stumps. The Stingrays resumed day two with Brendan McCormack on 52 and Chris Russo on five needing a further 54 runs for victory and despite losing three wickets before reaching the target, they cruised to the win before declaring at 8/301. McCormack continued on to his seventh ‘A’ grade century eventually reaching 128 from 188 balls (21 x 4’s, 1 x 6). Josh Dascombe with 4/72 (23.1) was the best of the West Torrens bowlers. The home side had 26 overs to bat before the end of the game and reached 2/67 with Bailey Capel top scoring with 31 not out. Sunam Gautam (1/8) and Trent Riddle (1/27) were the wicket takers.

The win moves the Stingrays up to seventh position on the SACA first grade ladder and right in the hunt for a finals berth leading into the test match bye this coming weekend. Next round they take on third-placed Adelaide at Glandore Oval with the two-day game starting on December 7.