Thrash Talk: Southern District all out for 14 in Grade Cricket’s C-grade competition
Cricket is finally back. But one side may be wishing it was still footy season after getting rolled for 14 in its first match, while a women’s team made a club record score – aided by 84 extras. Plus more in this week’s local cricket wrap, Thrash Talk.
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Here is what caught our eye at the weekend:
STINGRAYS FLOUNDER
Southern District’s C grade experienced a nightmare start to its season, getting bowled out for just 14 by Glenelg at Adelaide High School on Saturday.
The Stingrays’ side took to the field with just 10 cricketers, including a handful of juniors, after one player withdrew on the morning of the 50-over match.
The club was already missing 15 players across its four senior men’s grades for a variety of reasons.
Stingrays senior coach Andrew Staunton made a fifth-ball for the third-tier team as it was all out, nine wickets down, in 16.2 overs.
Glenelg ensured it was one of the shortest 50-over games imaginable as it passed the total in just two overs for the loss of one wicket, aided by nine sundries.
“The players we brought in, with all due respect to those players, were somewhat of an emergency just to get four teams on the park,” Staunton said.
“We went in with 10 and those 10 didn’t do very well at all, myself included.
“Glenelg had a couple of really good, young bowlers but within the first few overs I’d be lying if I didn’t say ‘we’re in trouble here’.
“It was one of those days and it just went from bad to worse.
“We couldn’t get any partnerships going at all.”
Southern’s run makers were not listed on the Mycricket website but Staunton believed the side’s top scorer reached five.
Staunton, who led Southern to a shock first A-grade premiership in 2015/16 and returned to the club this season, said players were missing on Saturday for a variety of reasons, including work commitments, family holidays and being away refereeing soccer tournaments.
“We pretty much had a team-and-a-half of players missing and of that they had probably 200 or 300 district cricket games in them, and we didn’t have the depth or players to fill that void,” he said.
Tom Rooney was the chief destroyer for Glenelg, taking a brilliant haul of 5/2 off 3.2 overs.
Joel Wilson snared 4/10.
Southern lost all four senior men’s matches on Saturday.
Staunton said the Stingrays would welcome back six of the 15 players who were missing across the four grades to face Tea Tree Gully this Saturday.
He was confident the As and Bs would be more than competitive this season and hoped they could push for finals, but he conceded the Cs and Ds would “have some good days and some tough ones” as their younger players continued to develop.
BETTER NEWS FOR STINGRAYS
It was not all doom and gloom for Southern on Saturday as the Stingrays’ A-grade women made a club record total of 9/415 in its 50-over match against Port Adelaide away.
Southern skipper Jess O’Reilly led the way with 110 off just 76 balls, belting 15 fours in her innings.
Vanuatu’s Selina Solman chipped in with 56 off 38.
But Southern’s second-highest scorer was extras (84), which included a whopping 56 wides.
The Stingrays then dismissed Port for 191 in 37.5 overs.
Scorpions star Amanda-Jade Wellington played a lone hand for the Magpies, hitting 113 including 13 fours and six sixes.
Sarah Ferris (14) was the only other Port player to reach double figures.
ALL TOO EASY
In Adelaide & Suburban’s Section Six, Morphettville Park kept North Haven to a competitive 9/179 – or at least it appeared that way.
Morphies came out and blitzed it none down in 16 overs.
Daniel Monro (90) and Pat Broadwood (78) gave their season a nice kickstart with an unbeaten stand of 182.
DUCK SEASON
In grade cricket’s under-14 white competition, Adelaide would have been confident coming into bat after Sturt set it a total of 61 to chase.
But it was tough going early as the Buffalos were 2/2 early doors.
They were eventually bowled out for 20.
Five players made ducks.
BIG DAY OUT
Big individual scores were relatively scarce on Saturday.
Cove’s Michael Thomas helped his side chase down Plympton Footballers’ 5/218 with a brutal 137 not out in ASCA Section One.
Plympton’s Ross Moore had set up his side with 96, but it was all in vain as Thomas led Cove to a resounding eight-wicket win.
SLOW GOING AT SOUTH ROAD
NOT such a good start for South Road in Section Nine, reaching just 30 from 27 arduous overs.
Somehow Plympton finished 0/47 from five overs.
Not sure if Plympton hit 17 off the last ball to win.
Surely it wouldn’t have taken much to check the books were right at victory time.
Earlier, Connor Drewer did the damage with the ball, taking 4/5 from seven overs.
The Road’s Section Nine team made news last season when it was bowled out for just two.
LUKE’S COOL HAND
In Adelaide Turf, Marion’s Luke Manuel carried his team to 241 with a superb 124 in the B2 clash with Flinders Park, which finished 1/35.
SO CLOSE (1)
In ASCA Section Nine, Mitchell Park’s Brett Campbell helped his side notch a two-wicket victory against Sheidow Park, but ran out of time to get his ton, finishing unbeaten on 98.
SO CLOSE (2)
It was even more painful in Section Six for Kenilworth’s Syed-Askar Hassan, whose 94 not out (19 fours) got his team to 176, only to be chased down by Keswick with five wickets in hand.
Kenilworth’s David Denbourough had the amazing haul of 1/5 from eight overs.
ALL-ROUND SUCCESS
Great figures in Section Seven for Sheidow Park’s Nick Cerche, who took 3/6 in eight overs to strangle Mitchell Park for 54.
He then whacked a quick 26 in Sheidow’s six-wicket win.
BOOMER’S BASH
In Para Districts’ LO2 competition, the well-named David Boomer crashed 89 not out (15 fours) for Craigmore to help his side easily reel in Eyre Royals (160).