Bankstown lost the toss and were sent into the field which was going to be the same result had they won.
Without taking a wicket, Jannatul Sumona bowled with great control to really apply the pressure with 10 overs, 3 maidens, 0-13. Each of the fast bowlers all chipped in with wickets with Alice Whelan the pick of the bowlers taking 4-37, while Emily Lawler 2-25 and Angelina Genford 3-28 both bowled tight lines to eventually bowl Northern District out for 141.
After the loss of an early wicket, it was again a partnership that involved Jade Errington to swing the game in our direction.
Angelina Genford (19) and Jade (34) steadied the ship before losing 4-23 in the middle overs. Veteran Mel Penman (25) was joined by Samantha Devlin (22) who both played patient innings’ to get the team close to across the line, their 43 run partnership got Bankstown within 5 runs of the total before Samantha lost her wicket. That brought Asha Smith to the crease who wasted no time knocking off the last 5 runs to get Bankstown across the line in the 47th over 7 wickets down.
1st Grade: 7-145 (47.5) Jade Errington 34, Melissa Penman 25, Samantha Devlin 22 d Northern District 141 (47.3), Alice Whelan 4-37, Angelina Genford 3-28, Emily Lawler 2-25; 2nd Grade: 68 (34.1) Cynthia Coghlan 24 d by Northern District 93 (34.2), Cynthia Coghlan 3-13, Mridula Thirupathy 2-12, Shekinah Lowe 1-8; 3rd Grade: 4-229 (40) Alanna Yates 51rtno, Maeve Martin 51rtno, Emelye Blades 17 d Universities 94 (20) Emilia Danne 2-19, Madison Rutherford 1-1; U18 Brewer Shield: 122 (43.2) Emilia Danne 33, Chrissa Stathis 22, Madison Rutherford 22 d Manly-Warringah 80 (27.4) Chrissa Stathis 4-10, Madison Rutherford 3-18, Brinly Peters 1-8; U15 Sixers Cricket League: 5-95 (20) Taylor McMahon 15no, Bismah Choudhry 14no d Marrickville Pritchard 47 (18.3) Bismah Choudhry 2-2, Taylor McMahon 2-4, Aditi Shidore 1-4; and BDCA U15: Margaret Peden 96 (32.3) Izabella Boyd 18, Claire Small 12, Ava Gaughan 12 d by Parramatta 1-97 (14.3) Ava Gaughan 1-15.
