We lost the toss again and were bowling on a flat wicket at Bice. Port got off to a flyer and were 1/120 at lunch. A couple of big partnerships for Port had them in a position to declare 6/364 at the 84 over mark. This left us with 10 overs to bat late on Day 1 which we got through unbeaten finishing the day 0/43.

Best with the ball we’re our spinners with both Shaun Tanner and Mitch Cuming taking 3 wickets each.

On day 2 runs were hard to come by during the first session and we were sitting at 3/85 at lunch. It was a similar story in the second session but we were able to score a few more runs this time as we got to the tea break sitting at 5/167. Still needing just under 200 runs in the last session we needed a partnership to give us a chance of winning. We found a good partnership with Josh Barrett and Young Rilee Endersby putting on 104 runs for the 7th wicket. Unfortunately we were unable to get to the run rate required to chase down the 364 Port set and settled for a draw finishing 7/286 at stumps.

Skipper Josh Barrett managed to bat the entire 106 over innings finishing unbeaten on 151. He was well supported by Rilee who made his first 1st Grade half century.

Summary provided by Captain Joshua Barrett
 

Southern District Cricket Club is proud to announce that Rilee Endersby & Jack Roberts have both been selected in the SACA U17 State Side for this years National Championships.

Since Rilee and Jack arrived at the club from their local clubs Mount Compass Cricket Club - Home of the mighty Bulls and Strathalbyn Cricket Club respectively, both have made their way through our junior and senior set ups, making their First Grade debut’s this season.

Southern District Cricket Club wishes Rilee and Jack the best of luck, not only for the National Championships, which run from January 16-23, but also into the future.

Guillaume Stander is our Senior Player of the Round. Gilly took 5/101 with the ball and made 43 with the bat vs Sturt in the 4th Grade.

Well Done Gilly!

Noah Hanks is our Junior Player of the Round for Round 4. Noah took 6/30 from 8 overs and made 36 runs opening the batting as the captain of the U14 Reds vs Sturt.

Well Done Noah!

President Nigel Smart - "It's exciting to announce that ADA (Air Diffusion Agencies) has renewed as a Major Partner of the Southern Districts Cricket Club for season 2022-23. Air Diffusion Agencies is a renowned Australian manufacturer of state of the art accessories and technologies to provide you with a comprehensive range of components for your heating, ventilating, and/or air-conditioning (HVAC) system. 

We look forward to the season ahead with the financial support and backing from the team at ADA".