Southern Districts' ‘A’ grade had an excellent weekend with a pair of victories in the SACA Premier Cricket Twenty20 competition. On Saturday, West Torrens visited Bice Oval and were restricted to just 9/92 from their 20 overs. Erik Carrington (31) and Bailey Capel (22) were the only Eagles batsmen to pass 20. Shaun Tanner (3/15) and Sunam Gautam (2/21) were the multiple wicket takers for the Stingrays while Lewis Hatchett (1/10 from 4 overs) bowled a frugal spell. The home side were untroubled in the run chase bringing up the winning runs in the 14th over to notch a comprehensive eight-wicket win. Brendan McCormack (34 not out), Josh Barrett (28) and Ben Cox (21 not out) all got amongst the runs for the Stingrays.

Sunday saw the Stingrays venture to Woodville Oval to take on the Peckers. The home side won the toss and got themselves in a good position at 1/57 before a dramatic collapse saw them bowled out for 107 in the 20th over. Ben Turley (31) and Daniel Mylius (23) added 44 for the second wicket but that was all Woodville had to cheer about as the last nine wickets fell for just 50 runs. Ben Twohig (3/17), Hatchett (3/22) and Tanner (2/21) were the chief destroyers for Southern Districts. It was a solid run chase from the Stingrays as they knocked off the runs for the loss of five wickets with 16 balls to spare. McCormack again top scored with 32 and he was ably supported by Joe Burslem (20) and Twohig (18 not out). Harry Thoman (3/17) was the pick of Woodville’s bowlers.

The pair of wins sees Southern Districts move up to fifth position on the Twenty20 ladder. The Twenty20 competition continues Friday evening (10 January) with Southern Districts hosting East Torrens at Bice Oval with the game set to start at 4.55pm.