Izzy Afaras on the way to taking 5/19 versus Tasmania
RANGERS AT THE UNDER 18S WOMEN’S NATIONALS - BENDIGO AND BALLARAT
A report on how our young Rangers are faring at the Under 18 National Championships to be held in Ballarat and Bendigo between 14th and 24th January:
With the 50 over finals looming there have been some fine performances from our NDs players in the T20s and the first round of the 50 overs.
CLICK HERE for the daily reports on nationalchamps.com.au you will see mentioned a number of times Anika Learoyd, Alisha Bates, Ally McGrath, Abbey Taylor and Lara Graham for ACT/NSW Country performances with both bat and ball (Rachel Trenaman has been on Sydney Thunder duties).
Grace Dignam has also captained a talented CAXI T20 team.
Izzy Afaras and Shivani Mehta for NSW Metro have also picked up mentions in the Daily reports for all round performances and Sarah Turner took the most of her opportunity opening for NSW Metro to top score in the 50 over game v Tasmania.
In the T20 Semi Tom Anderson’s ACT NSW Country team beat an undefeated NSW Metro team to book a place against a strong Queensland team but fell short in that T20 final. NSW Metro took some State revenge in beating that Queensland team in the first 50 over final effectively knocking them out of 50 overs final contention.
Bonus points will be critical to determine who will meet in the 50 over final with the ACT/NSW Country team looking good one point ahead of NSW Metro and CAXI with one game to play on Wednesday 23 January. NDs will be represented in the final whatever the outcome on Wednesday.
WOMEN'S MATCHES - SUNDAY, 20TH JANUARY
COMBINED 1ST AND 2ND GRADE T20: The combined 1st and 2nd Grade T20 Semi Finals went ahead on Sunday as the Rangers first took on Universities Blue at David Phillips South. Lauren Smith starred with the bat scoring 48 to chase down the Universities' Blue score and qualifying for the Grand Final.
Unfortunately the Grand Final did not go to plan against Gordon Women's District Cricket Club, who convincingly defeated NDs. Congratulations to all the Rangers for a successful tournament and we look forward to this form continuing into the regular season.
Many thanks to Tony Dosen and his live call team from Triple HHH 100.1 FM for a terrific broadcast of all the days action out at Daceyville.
The regular season resumes on Sunday, 3rd February 2019, where First Grade clashes with Campbelltown-Camden at MTO, whilst Second Grade locks horns with St. George-Sutherland at Asquith Oval.
WHAT THE SCAWC WROTE: "Gordon Blue defeated Northern District by 41 runs on Sunday to be crowned champions of the 2018/19 McDonald’s Women’s Premier Cricket First and Second Grade Combined T20 competition.
After it defeated Sydney in the semi-final on Sunday morning, Gordon Blue successfully defended 6/100 in the final that afternoon at David Phillips South. The premiers dismissed Northern District for just 59 within 19 of the allotted 20 overs…
…. Gordon Blue overcame a Northern District side strengthened by the return of Sydney Sixers off-spinning allrounder, Lauren Smith, and Thunder spinner Sam Bates.
Northern District qualified for the semi-finals in third position and defeated Universities Blue by seven wickets to progress to the final.
The students made 4/110 from their 20 overs and Northern District chased that down in the 18th over.
Smith scored 48 from 42 deliveries and claimed 1-14 from her four overs to help guide her club into the deciding match.
In her four matches throughout the Combined T20, Smith claimed six wickets at 10.3 and 149 runs at 74.5…"
BREWERS: The Under 18s Brewer teams didn't lose a game on the weekend, dominating both the UTS North Sydney District Cricket Club and Sydney Cricket Club. BLUE played one game defeating the North Sydney Bears. GOLD played two games beating both Sydney and North Sydney convincingly. Well done to both teams on a winning weekend!
Next up for the Brewers on Sunday, 27th January 2019 from 10:00am, has BLUE playing Manly Warringah at Manly Oval whilst GOLD plays UTS North Sydney at Bon Andrews Park (North Sydney Oval #2).
The latest Hornsby Sports Physiotherapy and Orthopaedic Centre Women's Stumps scoreboard can be viewed HERE on the Club's Facebook Page.
