Cricket Rap – March 4th

The Murray Towns final was decided, the Great Southern Competition was reduced to four teams, and the Hills Competition qualified for the final. Check out all the action here:

Murray Towns Cricket Association (Click here for full scorecard)

The Murray Towns grand final will be a rematch of last year's match, which Mannum won by three wickets in Saturday's qualifying final against Wanderers.

The Kookaburra's were forced to play catch-up to get back into the finals after Wanderers won for 151 from 45 overs, thanks in part to Cameron Cox's 56th over.

Joshua Hancock, Jayden and Dwayne Clorig all cleared 30 runs in the chase to guide Mannum home in the seventh over.

Mypolonga will host Mannum in the final at Mypolonga Oval from 1pm.

Great Southern Cricket Association (click here for full scorecard)

Two of Great Southern's strongest schools survived the first week of the finals, and both showed great bowling performances to advance to Saturday's elimination final.

Willunga defeated Yankarilla for just 66, with Sean McIver and Simon Roberts taking nine wickets in an 85-run victory.

Noarlunga defeated the Bulls with 102 points and Mt Compass by 54 points, but Cameron Bullard was named Man of the Match after scoring 120 of his team's 156 points.

Next week's semi-finals have been decided, with Encounter Bay facing Noarlunga and Port Elliot facing Willunga.

Hills Cricket Association (Click here for full scorecard)

Miler snatched the final spot in the Hills Cricket Association final from Aldgate in dramatic fashion on Saturday.

In a turn of events befitting an unpredictable regular season, Aldgate lost to seventh-placed Kangarilla, opening the door for Miler. Miler easily defeated Meadows and moved up to fourth place.

Mt Lofty also defeated Scott Creek Ironbank by eight wickets to secure top spot.

Next week's matchup will see Mount Lofty and Scott Creek Iron Bank meet again in the preliminary final, while Sterling will host Miler in the elimination final.

Alexandra and Eastern Hills Cricket Association (click here for full scorecard)

There was no movement in the standings in the final round of the season, with Langhorne Creek scoring a big result by defeating Strathalbyn to retain third place.

After scoring 4/277 thanks to James Dawson's 116 and Daniel Klopp's unbeaten 83, Langhorne Creek defeated the Stallions for just 82 in an innings that featured three golden ducks.

The finals have now been decided, with Langhorne Creek facing Lobethal in the preliminary final and Nairn facing Strathalbyn in the elimination final.