Willunga finished the minor round undefeated and in the process won their fourth consecutive Great Southern Cricket Association (GSCA) minor premiership with a convincing 10-wicket win against McLaren Districts at Willunga Oval. McLaren Districts made 129 on day one with Daniel Petrucci top scoring with 54 and Simon Roberts snaring 7/31 for the Demons. Willunga skipper Luke Harding and Joel Docking opened the batting and got in some valuable time at the crease with Harding making 50 not out from 117 balls while Docking went on to score 93 from 167 balls before stumps were called with Willunga finishing on 1/165. Docking has had an excellent season with 375 runs at an average of 46.88 to take out the GSCA batting for the season. He has also claimed 14 wickets at 13.00 in a fine all-round display. Josh van den Broeke (1/33) was the sole wicket taker for the Crushers. 

Encounter Bay grabbed the ‘double chance’ and will face minor premier Willunga in the semi-finals following a convincing six-wicket victory over Port Elliot at Encounter Bay. The Bays resumed day two on 0/34 in pursuit of Port Elliot’s total of 116 with Jason Parry and Dennis Rice at the crease. Rice (18) was dismissed on his overnight score with Parry going on to make 29. Sam Hoffmann (33), Cam Lintern (17 not out) and Blake Bailey (14) saw the Bays to their target in the 41st over. Riley Paull (1/14), Colby Whitbourne (1/15), Simon Donaldson (1/21) and Ethan Spriggs (1/37) were the wicket takers for Port Elliot who now face Noarlunga in the ‘knockout’ semi-final at Willunga.

Noarlunga won their third game on the trot to finish in third spot on the GSCA ladder, just .05% behind Encounter Bay, following a 28-run win over Goolwa at Noarlunga. Goolwa resumed day two at 2/3 in pursuit of Noarlunga’s day one total of 125 and were soon in trouble as they slipped to 5/18. Shaun Burger (40) and skipper Josh Jones (32) then put on 75 runs for the sixth wicket as Goolwa looked on track for their third win of the season at 5/93. Jason Scarff removed Jones and then Anthony Burgess (2/9) dismissed Burger, as Noarlunga were all of a sudden back in the game. Another wicket to Burgess followed by wickets to Matthew Ray (3/21) and then Scarff, saw the Magpies lose their last 5/4 to be bowled out for 97. Scarff bowled a marathon unchanged spell to finish with 5/44 from 26.5 overs.  

Ladder (after round 10)

Willunga 60, Encounter Bay 36, Noarlunga 36, Port Elliot 21, Goolwa 15, McLaren Districts 12.

Semi-Final fixtures (13/3/21 & 14/3/21) (two-day games)

Willunga v Encounter Bay (Port Elliot)

Noarlunga v Port Elliot (Willunga)