Southern Districts headed to Henley Oval to take on West Torrens as round six action got underway in SACA Premier Cricket on Saturday. The home side won the toss and had no hesitation in batting first and the Eagles got off to a good start through Warren Peters (66) and Bailey Capel (26) as the opening pair put on 51 for the first wicket. Peters carried on after Capel was dismissed and added a further 81 runs for the second wicket with Erik Carrington (36) as West Torrens assumed control at 1/132. A collapse of 6/38 swung the match back in the Stingrays favour before Patrick Fisher (47 not out) lifted the Eagles to a total of 230 as they were bowled out in the 58th over. Lewis Hatchett (5/67) was the star for the Stingrays with his fourth career five-wicket haul. He was well supported by off-spinner Sunam Gautam (3/57) and Trent Riddle (2/42). The Stingrays had 38 overs left to bat on day one and they wasted no time getting into it with skipper Joshua Barrett (89) and Marcus Critchley (25) adding 76 for the first wicket. Barrett continued on as he was joined by Brendan McCormack and the pair put on 91 for the second wicket before Barrett was dismissed. McCormack ended the day on 52 not out with Chris Russo on five. At stumps, Southern Districts had reached 2/177, just 54 runs from taking first innings points. 

Day two gets underway this Saturday at 10.30am where the Stingrays will push for first innings points and maybe the chance at outright victory which would push them into the top four nearing the halfway point of the season.