Yankalilla moved inside the top-six after posting an eight-wicket outright victory over Willunga during round six action in the Great Southern Cricket Association (GSCA) at Yankalilla yesterday. Yankalilla dominated day one of the contest after dismissing Willunga for just 67 with young fast bowler Ryan Borlace the star with the amazing figures of 7/19 from 12.2 overs. The Tigers declared their first innings early on day two at 5/140, an overall lead of 73 runs. Doug Jones (39), Luke Bartlett (33 not out) and Joel Kay (32) were the leading scorers for the home side. Dan Hockham took 3/23 for the Demons. Batting a second time, Willunga fared slightly better in their second innings but were still bowled out for 99. Borlace snared 4/16 to finish with the average-enhancing match figures of 11/35. ‘Yank’ needed just 27 runs to win which they knocked off in just four overs. 

Encounter Bay also had a comfortable outright victory as they defeated Victor Harbor by 10 wickets at Victor Harbor. The damage was done on day one as ‘Victor’ were bowled out twice for 48 and 58. Lachlan Barrett (4/10), Kieran Garrett (3/10) and Blake Bailey (2/16) were the destroyers in the first innings, while Chris Butler starred in the second Vipers innings with 5/19. Encounter Bay declared their first innings at 5/76 (Paul Fantasia 41 not out), before knocking off the winning runs early yesterday afternoon. Lachlan Hywood held his head high with 4/27 for Victor Harbor in the Bays first innings. 

Goolwa are up to second spot on the ladder after a comfortable six-wicket victory over McLaren Districts. The Crushers batted first on day one and were bowled out for 134 with Chris Beaty top scoring with 68 (157). Josh Jones continued his good recent form with figures of 6/36 from 17.3 overs, while Sean McIvor took 2/25 (8). The Magpies got to stumps on day one at 0/35, before pushing on to 5/166 declared on day two. Sam Carlyle (51) and Josh Jones (39 not out) were the leading run scorers for Goolwa, while George Beard (3/37) led the bowlers for the Crushers. McLaren Districts went back in for a second innings and finished on 4/51 with Jones claiming 4/27 to give him match figures of 10/63 and in the process he brought up his 300th wicket for Goolwa. 

Top side Port Elliot had a percentage-boosting 223-run win at home over Mount Compass. Port Elliot batted first on day one and compiled an imposing 9/319 after being in early trouble at 2/23. Jaspa Tonkin (83) and Liam Harris (54) added 105 for the third wicket, but when they were both dismissed it brought left-hander Tyson Levy to the crease. Levy dominated the rest of the innings with a hard-hitting 124 not out from 103 balls (9 x 4’s, 5 x 6’s). Bailey Baldock (2/37), Alex Num (2/46), Shannon Jones (2/54) and Josh Dalitz (2/65) were the leading wicket takers for the Bulls. ‘Compass’ were never in the run chase as they were bowled out in the 41st over for just 96. Jamie Wirth (25) and Riley Tonkin (24) were the only ‘Compass’ players to reach 20. Liam Harris (3/16) and Simon Donaldson (2/26) shared five wickets, while off-spinner Ben Griffiths cleaned up the tail with 4/4 from 2.4 overs. 

Noarlunga had the bye.

Ladder (after round 6)

Port Elliot 31, Goolwa 24, Encounter Bay 22, Noarlunga 21, Mt Compass 21, Yankalilla 19, McLaren Districts 12, Willunga 6, Victor Harbor 0.

Round 7 (10/1/26 - 1 day games)

Mt Compass v Goolwa

McLaren Districts v Encounter Bay

Noarlunga v Willunga

Victor Harbor v Yankalilla

Port Elliot has the bye