Wanderers crush Lions in round eight of the Ray Stoddart Shield

The Wanderers have handed Hedland Lions a crushing defeat in the latest round of the Ray Stoddart Shield, routing their opponents by more than 90 runs.

The round eight game of the 20-over competition took place on November 16 at Colin Matheson Oval, with the Wanderers batting first.

Wanderers made a blistering start to their innings before Bailey Minissale was dismissed for 41 from just 19 deliveries to leave the side at 1/51.

Wanderers continued to score at will despite regular wickets falling to finish 7/185 with Matthew Bloxside (38) and Nishanth Sampath (30) scoring crucial runs.

Lions began their runchase needing just over nine runs an over to reach the required total but the task was too much with Wanderers taking regular wickets to restrict Lions to just 9/90 from their 20 overs.

In the second game of the round, Port Hedland Rovers secured a hard-fought 23-run victory over South Hedland at Kevin Scott Oval.

Batting first, Rovers made their way to a total of 4/138 with Dylan Ross top-scoring on 31 from 17 deliveries.

South were unable to maintain the run rate, with Rovers securing regular wickets despite a fighting half century from captain Zacharia Davies (57).

In the end South Hedland fell short, finishing on 8/115 with Rovers securing a 23-run victory.

Round eight continued on November 18 with South Hedland bouncing back and trouncing Hedland Lions by 65 runs.

South smashed 7/145 from their innings with Matt Angell top-scoring with 42 before a bowling clinic saw Lions bundled out for just 80 runs.

A nail-biter of a game between Port Hedland and Rovers took place at Colin Matheson Oval with Rovers batting first.

A middle order rally saw Rovers to a defendable 5/114.

Port looked like they were on track to chase down the total with Jarrad O’Dea blasting 32 runs, however, Rovers hung around and restricted Port to 6/109 to win by just five runs.

The final game was a low-scoring affair between Miners and Wanderers.

Wanderers batted first and were skittled for 88 runs before Miners chased down the tally in a nervous run chase 6/89.