TTG 4-0 Whitewash and Melbourne Cup Night

Melbourne cup night at the club on Saturday night was an upbeat affair after the Stingrays secured their first 4-0 white wash of the season against Tea Tree Gully. Gary Putland, Shaun Tanner and some tight bowling from the under-rated Paul Roberts saw Southern A grade sneak home in the final over of the day for an unlikely victory. TTG Needed only 9 runs from the final 12 ball with 3 wickets in hand when it all fell apart. Putts picked up back-to-back wickets (both clean bowled) leaving 6 needed from the final over with 1 wicket in the shed. Shaun Tanner bowled the last batter for a memorable scrapping win to complete the clubs clean sweep, a complete reversal of last seasons 0-4 result.

In other grades Tom Joraslafsky took 5 in the Magoo's as Southern bowled TTG out for a comfortable first innings win. First innings points are what this competition is all about, so having secured it, the B's then declared 0-0 in the 2nd innings and narrowly lost outright, having TTG who were 7 down chasing a 130 target. With the change to the points system the B's took 15 points from the game, and surrendered 10 points in the outright loss.

C grade destroyed the Gullies at CBHS after Vinnie Nizzola reduced the bulls to 3-6 in the first 10 overs of the day. He ended with 4 wickets and leg spinner Daniel Rogers claimed 3 in his first decent spell of the summer.


D grade scored a long awaited victory at TTG after a 60 run partnership between "Lewis's Brother' Bradley Hatchett and a patient Matt Peters. The D's passed the total of 130 only 4 wickets down, and went on the recored 8-220 thanks to an unbeaten 60 from young up and comer Liam Ridley, a young lad who may have a future in the game.

Tuesday night see's T20 skipper Shaun Tanner lead the Stingrays in a match against Sturt at Bice oval before playing the blues once again in the next round.

Check out pics of Melbourne cup night at our Photo Gallery page including the ridiculous mascara mo of Pat 'Cat-Weizel' Jolly and more @ http://picasaweb.google.com.au/StingraysSDCC/MelbCup2009#