Southern Districts Men’s ‘A’ grade lost outright to Adelaide on Saturday at Glandore Oval to slip to eighth position on the first grade ladder. The Stingrays resumed day two at 2/119, still trailing by 38 runs with Brendan McCormack and Ben Cox at the crease. This pair took the score along to 152 before both players were dismissed for 66 as four wickets fell for just 25 runs. Ben Twohig (48) and Sunam Gautam (39) added 75 for the seventh wicket to resurrect the innings before they were bowled out for 263, an overall lead of just 106. Ben Pengelley starred with the ball for Adelaide taking 5/55 from 23.1 overs. Adelaide only needed 107 runs to claim the outright win and at one stage after they fell to 6/63, it looked like the Stingrays could claim a highly improbable victory after only making a paltry total of 52 in their first innings. Cam Valente (31 not out) and Alex Eckland (12 not out) steadied the ship to see the Buffaloes home by four wickets after 23 overs. 

In other grades, Southern Districts’ second grade had an outright victory of their own over Adelaide at Bice Oval, the third grade match was abandoned as the pitch at Park 23 was wet with the Stingrays looking to defend their big first innings total of 6/314 while the fourth grade lost to Adelaide by 164 runs.