Hill Stars as Stingrays Survive Tait Onslaught

SDCC recorded a hard fought win against Sturt in it's 2nd round XXXX Gold T20 match on Tuesday night. Despite Shaun Tait ripping the guts out of the top order and returning to clean up the tail (5 wickets), the Stingrays were able to post a competitive total of 160. This was thanks largely to a swashbuckling 60 from DLCA import Lewis Hill who cleared the boundary 4 times in an impressive knock. Together with Matt Sugg the pair put on over 100 runs in what is a club record in T20 matches.

Sturt were well restricted early by some tight bowling from Gary Putland and Lewis Hamilton (F1 racing legend) who struck early, reducing Sturt to 3-10. The Blues fought back hard and some electric hitting from their middle order had them well in the game with 5 over to go. As the flood lights came on at Stingray Park the job became very difficult for the batters, who eventually succumbed by 7 runs.

Next Tuesday is the Legends Round with Sturt once again taking on a team of former guns from the Stingrays, lead by Brian Kerr.