Southern District swept the Pirates in all senior grades to continue the clubs strong start to season 2010/11.Shaun Tanner continued his match winning start to the season with a brilliant 77 to drag the Stingrays to a defendable total against Prospect in a rain affected affair. Water leaking through covers reduced the match at Prospect Oval to 32 overs a side, and after being asked to bat the Stingrays top order crumbled for the second straight match to be 5-11. Enter Shaun Tanner (77) and Lewis Hill (33) who along with round one rising star Josh Barratt (26*) launched a counter attack to lead Southern to a total of 164.
Prospect were never really in the hunt, losing regular wickets and were smothered by the Stingray attack and another excellent team fielding exhibition. Skipper Simon Roberts finished with 4 wickets, Tanner 3 wickets, and veteran Dean chambers was miserly conceding only 5 runs from his 6 overs.
A second hard fought come-from-behind win in as many weeks means the Stingrays have now won 6 consecutive matches (including four straight wins to end 2009/10) which is a club record in the two day comp. While this is a promising sign, the inability of the top order to fire will raise serious questions should they continue the recent trend against Adelaide in round 3 next week.
Paul Roberts shone with bat and ball in the B grade win over Prospect at Bice Oval. Roberts peeled off a workmanlike 120, combining with Sheidow Park's Brendan McCormack (67) to put on 130 for the first wicket. Some hard hitting from Nick Bowen at the end saw the Rays post 241. Southern's inexperienced B grade attack struggled to penetrate early, and it was left to veteran Scott Heywood (3-11 from 9 overs) and Roberts (4-28 from 18 overs) to lead the way and strangle the Prospect bats. Some outstanding catching from Jack Taylor and Paul Roberts got the Stingrays back in the match after Prospect appeared to be cruising at 4-170.
The C grade made short work of Prospect at Broadview Oval. Winning the toss and bowling on a damp squib, Steve Kerr, Sean Williams and Reece Button destroyed the Pirates top order, eventually dismissing them for only 113 thanks to three wickets each to Button and Chris O'Connor. O'Connor (76*) and Rhys Barratt (27*) then showed their class as the young Stingray side passed the total for the loss of only one wicket.
The D grade continued on their winning way with a comprehensive win at CBHS thanks to former Cove all-rounder Jamie Robshaw. With two seniors debutantes (Mitch Millan; Tom Cotter-Gillies) bringing the total to 10 inside the first two games, the young side showed plenty of fight to knock off an ordinary Prospect team. Jamie Robshaw's 143* was brutal and included eleven 6's and eleven 4's. His innings lead the baby Rays to 4-241 in their 50 overs, Tom Philips (35) & Lachlan Garratt (29) combining with Robshaw for substantial partnerships. Never really in the game, the Pirates lack of intent to chase the target meant the young attack was never really tested. The two debutantes were the pick of the bowlers, and with 13 year old Sam Philips showing improvement behind the sticks, the future senior group of the Stingrays looks bright.
Today see's the Stingrays take on Sturt in round two of the T20 competition beginning at 3:10pm at Bice Oval. Next round of the two day competition Southern District take on arch rivals Adelaide.
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