Southern Districts ‘A’ Grade has bounced back from a round one loss to defeat Northern Districts at Bice Oval in round two of the SACA Premier Cricket season. Northern Districts skipper Mark Cosgrove won the toss and got his team off to a great start making 63 from 73 balls as the Jets worked their way into a strong position at 2/159. The Stingrays finished the innings well to restrict their opponents to 8/240 from their 50 overs. Tom Hynes, Huw Stone and Trent Riddle all took two wickets while the off-spinners, Sunam Gautam (1/20 from 10) and Tom Joraslafsky (1/31 from 10) kept it very tight with Gautam picking up the all-important wicket of Cosgrove. 

The Stingrays response got off to a solid start with skipper Joshua Barrett scoring 26 but at 2/62, the game was in the balance. A couple of good partnerships was what was needed and that’s just what they got, firstly through Brendan McCormack (52) and Chris Russo (51) who put on 83 for the third wicket and then gun recruit Gautam (59 not out from 41 balls) and Russo combined for a 71-run union to get within sight of victory. The target was reached with seven balls to spare and six wickets in hand.

Round 2 results…..

1st Grade: Southern Districts 4/243 defeated Northern Districts 8/240 by six wickets

2nd Grade: Northern Districts 7/263 defeated Southern Districts163 all out by 100 runs

3rd Grade: Southern Districts 9/129 defeated Northern Districts 125 all out by one wicket

4th Grade: Southern Districts 4/191 defeated Northern Districts 7/189 by six wickets

Under 16 Red: Kensington 5/112 defeated Southern Districts 9/111 by five wickets

Under 16 White: Kensington 6/104 defeated Southern Districts 102 all out by four wickets

Under 14 Red: Kensington 6/105 defeated Southern Districts 103 all out by four wickets

Under 14 White:  Southern Districts 5/145 defeated Kensington 8/115 by 30 runs

This weekend both the juniors and seniors take on Glenelg.