A&EHCA Round 3 saw some lopsided results along with 1 upset in A Grade.
L. Creek remain the only undefeated side as captain Brodie O'Dea notched a majestic 145 as he put the Cally Cobra bowlers to the sword on the Creek turf as they posted a daunting 4/271 (45). Cally were never in the hunt and used the afternoon as batting practice finishing on 6/124 (45)
Strath dealt Nairne back to back losses as the Razorbacks struggled to get any momentum with the bat on the Strath turf, limping to 9/107 (45).
Strath wasted little time as curator Cuzzy and Matty Harris knocked them off without loss in about 20 overs.
Lobethal threatened to tally up a massive score against Hahndorf in German town as Mathews and 16 y.o. Tanner King put on well over a 100 opening stand in no time. Once both were gone (Mathews 43 King 92) the batting fell away some what to be bowled out for 239 (43.1)
Hahndorf never threatened as Lobey threw the ball around to use 10 bowlers to dismiss the Magpies for 155 with Jenner again scoring the bulk of their runs with 58
The upset of the round was over at Maccy oval where local star all rounder Lachy Barrett ripped the heart out of Woodsides batting by claiming the tidy figures of 6/11 off 9 overs
to roll the Warriors for only 87. The Redbacks despite losing 6 wickets were never really in trouble as they cautiously knocked the runs off in 31 overs.
Only 3 rounds in but it looks like Creeks and Lobey are a lock for finals. Strath have started strongly as they have their eyes on breaking a 25 year Premiership drought tho can they be trusted in being consistent enough all year to lock up a finals spot.? Nairne and Woodside are usually perennial finalists but both look to be a bit off the pace atm tho things can change quickly. Hahndorf look firm favorites for the spoon. Cally have shown they can take a big scalp here and there but they have a lot of average results in between and cant be seen as a serious threat. That leaves Macclesfield. They were unlucky last year with quite a few close losses. Starting well this season winning 2 of 3 if they can win their share of close ones which they lost last year they could remain a finals contender until deep into the season.