Reigning premier Aldgate has moved into third spot on the Hills Cricket Association (HCA) ladder after a comprehensive eight-wicket victory over Mount Lofty at Heathfield Oval. Aldgate resumed day two at 1/13 in pursuit of Mount Lofty’s meagre first innings total of 72. Mitch Thomas (42) and skipper Jake Turnbull (15) added 55 for the second wicket to take the Gaters within sight of victory then Frank Clements (38 from 42 balls) made short work of the rest of the chase as Aldgate declared at the tea break on 4/130, an overall lead of 58 runs. There was still 38 overs left in the day and Aldgate were keen to push for an outright win. Mount Lofty held firm through Brett Hill (14 not out) and Nick Justice (4 not out) as the Redcaps finished at 0/18 from 24 overs when Stumps were called early. Aldgate has the bye in round seven while winless Mount Lofty head south to take on the second-placed Kangarilla outfit.

Meadows continued their undefeated start to the season with a comfortable 127-run win at Flagstaff Hill on Saturday. Meadows were defending their day one total of 318 and they were made to work hard at the start as Matt Emes (28) and Will Goulding (63) added 69 for the first wicket. Skipper Kyle Petty made 16 to lift the home side to 1/95 before a string of wickets saw the Falcons collapse to 6/137. Stephen Wheatland (41) and Ross Mummery (18) then added 44 runs for the seventh wicket before the last four wickets fell for just  10 runs as they were bowled out for 191 in 52 overs. Anthony Hughes bowled a marathon spell of 20 overs to take 4/77 while Callan Blackwell cleaned up the tail with the average enhancing figures of 3/2. Meadows will host Stirling in the next round while Flagstaff Hill travel to Bridgewater to take on the Raiders.

Kangarilla moved into second spot on the ladder after a five-wicket win over Bridgewater at Bridgewater Oval. Resuming day two at 1/53 in pursuit of Bridgewater’s day one total of 106, Kangarilla wasted no time in knocking off the target with Jono Makai (34) and skipper Che Martinsen (19 not out) top scoring for the visitors. Makai hit four sixes and a boundary in his quickfire innings. Adam Eckermann with 4/35 (12) was the leading bowler for Bridgewater. Kangarilla have won three of their four matches this season with their only loss being to the undefeated Meadows. Bridgewater sit in fifth spot with just the one win for the season so far.