It was a mixed day for Southern Districts’ women with the first grade going down to a strong Northern Districts outfit while the second grade won their third consecutive match after a strong performance against Kensington. 

The first grade hosted Northern Districts at Bice Oval and after winning the toss, the visitors compiled a very competitive total of 8/185 from their 50 overs. The innings was underpinned by a fine knock of 79 from Tegan McPharlin. McPharlin faced 129 balls and hit seven boundaries in her 155-minute vigil. No other Jets batter made more than 20 with Extras (30) being the second highest score. Ella Wilson was the pick of the bowlers for the Stingrays as she claimed 3/33 from her 10 over spell. The run chase never really got going for the Stingrays with only skipper Jess O’Reilly (44) and Kelly Armstrong (11) making double figures. Again Extras (22) were second top score. Southern Districts eventually finished on 9/108 in the 43rd over with playing coach Hannah Sampson absent and unable to bat. Young gun Darcie Brown snared 3/16 (10) for the Jets with support from opening bowling partner Samanta Betts who took 2/17 (10).

The second grade moved into second position on the ladder with a fighting four-wicket victory over Kensington at Ford Oval. Southern Districts won the toss and sent the home side in to bat and it proved a good decision as both openers were dismissed cheaply with the score at 2/19. Ruby Smith (38) and Emma Hartigan (26) then got together to put on 62 for the third wicket to lift the Browns to 2/81 before a late flurry of wickets saw Kensington restricted to 8/123 from their 40 overs. Keely Stone continued her excellent season taking 2/24 (8) and she was ably supported by skipper Jessica Modistach with 2/36 (8). The Stingrays started their run chase well with Keely Stone (33) and Rachael Greenshields (27 not out) adding 55 runs for the second wicket to see the visitors in great shape at 1/69. The game turned in Kensington’s favour with five quick wickets falling as the Stingrays all of a sudden found themselves in trouble at 6/84. Greenshields was doing a great job anchoring the innings and she was joined by debutant Georgie Smith who smashed 25 not out from just 20 balls as Southern Districts won with 10 overs to spare after an unbroken partnership of 40.

The competition breaks now for Christmas and New Year with the first grade resuming against West Torrens on the 5th of January and the second grade not back until the 19th of January against Northern Districts.