Dogs at barking best with bat

Winning the toss after a delayed start due to rain, captain Daniel Solway sent Northern Districts into bat, with immediate success – off-spinner Ben Le Bas took a wicket in his over and then again in the fourth with a caught and bowled. He finished with 2 for 23 off 4 overs.
But it was speedster Liam Marshall who was the pick of the bowlers with a miserly 15 runs off his 4 overs for a brilliant 3 wickets.
Northern Districts reached 9 for 140 after their 20 overs.
Chasing 141 for victory, the Dogs lost two early wickets after Nick Carruthers made his intentions clear with two sixes in the first over. With rain interrupting play at 2 for 21, and two overs lost, Duckworth-Lewis calculations meant the Dogs now needed a total of 131 off their remaining 15.1 overs.
Carruthers took hold and was sending leather into and over the Memorial Oval fence as well as sneaking quick singles. He was well supported by Daniel Solway and then Brendan Smith and Mansukh Singh, but it was Carruthers who was simply controlling the outcome of the match with the willow.
He was delightful in his shot placement and power shots to the point where it was becoming a batting exhibition.
Well supported by Singh (18 not out), Carruthers’ time in the middle finished on the ultimate high of 103 not out – nine 4s and seven 6s – to hand the Dogs their win with 4/135.