Ginninderra wore black armbands on Saturday as a mark of respect for Luke Ryan' grandfather. Photo: Rohan Thomson
That one was for you, Eric.
With Ginninderra staring down the barrel of defeat, fast bowler Luke Ryan produced one of the performances of his career to steal a win in a stirring tribute to his late grandfather.
Wests-UC needed less than 10 runs to win with three wickets in hand. Then, one shot away from a first-inning victory, Wests batsman Sam Skelly's stumps were rattled.
Ryan (4-59) had snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
CRICKET ACT DOUGLAS CUP
Round one: Queanbeyan (5/343) def North Canberra-Gungahlin (9/334 dec) at Freebody Oval; Tuggeranong Valley (160 and 6/183 dec) def Eastlake (129 and 4/86) at Chisholm Oval; Weston Creek Molonglo (9/292) def ANU (263) at ANU North Oval; Ginninderra (208 and 5/126) def Wests-UC (203) at Kippax No.2 Oval.
BASKETBALL
Carly Wilson celebrates her 350th game, Canberra Capitals vs Melbourne Boomers at Tuggeranong Stadium. Photo: Jay Cronan
Mikaela Ruef's 26 points and 10 rebounds saved the party for the Canberra Capitals celebrating fan-favourite Carly Wilson's 350th WNBL game Friday night against the Melbourne Boomers.
She helped turn a 16 point deficit into a 24 point demolition with the help of Lauren Mansfield (22 points) and Marianna Tolo (20 points).
AT A GLANCE
WNBL round nine: CANBERRA CAPITALS 83 (M Ruef 26 L Mansfield 22 M Tolo 20) bt MELBOURNE BOOMERS 59 (B Smart 21 A Kunek 11 R Cole 10) at Southern Cross Stadium. Crowd: 673.
SOCCER
Canberra United celebrate Ellie Brush's first half goal against Adelaide. Photo: James Elsby
Canberra United goalkeeper Trudy Burke was almost knocked out as she tried to save her team from defeat in Adelaide on Saturday night.
Burke went down after a inspirational one-on-one save and when she was cleared of concussion, Canberra scored an equaliser and almost snatched victory.
In the end they had to settle for a 2-2 draw after controversially being denied a penalty in the last seconds of injury time. Click here to read the full match report.
AT A GLANCE
W-League round five: CANBERRA UNITED 2 (Ellie Brush 26', Hayley Raso 82') drew with ADELAIDE UNITED 2 (Racheal Quigley 32', own goal 54') at Elite Systems Football Centre.
BASEBALL
Cavalry's D.J. Davis. Photo: Jay Cronan
If David Kandilas and Mike Reeves keep hitting home runs at this rate they could write themselves into the Canberra Cavalry history books.
The pair went big as Canberra extended its winning streak to five to remain on top of the Australian Baseball League standings with a 14-6 win over the Adelaide Bite.
Kandilas and Reeves brought up their fourth home runs of the season as Canberra took an unassailable 3-0 series lead on Saturday night - the record for most in an ABL season is 16.
AT A GLANCE
Game one
Cavalry 4 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 X R10 H13 E0
Bite 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 R9 H11 E2
Game two
Bite 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 R4 H9 E1
Cavalry 0 0 2 0 3 3 0 0 X R8 H14 E1
Game three
Bite 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 6R 9H 0E
Cavalry 0 7 0 1 5 0 0 1 X 14R 21H 1E
