The impact of key Raider additions Corinne Hall and Emma Manix-Geeves was felt in full force on Saturday night, as Greater Northern faced North Hobart at Bellerive.
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The Raiders were first at bat, and after a solid 15-run effort by captain Caitlyn Webster it was all Manix-Geeves and Hall.
Manix-Geeves played a little more than 60 minutes at bat, scoring 47 from 46 balls, including five fours.
Hall brought even more heat, finishing with 49 runs from 41 bowls, including five fours and one six.
They proved their worth on the other side of the ball too, with Manix-Geeves leg-side stumping both North Hobart's Taylah Purton and Hannah Short.
Hall also ran out Stephanie Nichols.
The Raiders won by five wickets, finishing 2-137.
Coach Darren Simmonds said the team played a very good game of cricket across all three disciplines of the sport.
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"We set that good game up with the bat in scoring 137 which was built on the back of a couple of good partnerships there," he said.
"Particularly Corinne - she's a very experienced cricketer and she's made an impact in our side very quickly which I knew would happen ... she's keen to do well.
"She got going and contributed to the team with a good batting performance."
The following game against Clarence proved to be quite the test for the Raiders.
This was largely due to a century performance by Clarence's Heather Graham.
She would eventually be bowled out by Lisa Battle, but not before scoring 112, including 14 fours.
Simmonds said coming back from a marquee performance such as Graham was always going to be a struggle.
"Heather Graham batted superbly ... she's a class player," he said.
"That happens in the game of cricket, we probably did have a slight opportunity to maybe get back but it didn't quite go our way and they posted a total that was always going to be difficult to run down."
Particularly Corinne - she's a very experienced cricketer and she's made an impact in our side very quickly which I knew would happen ... she's keen to do well.
- Darren Simmonds
Clarence's Emma Thompson would also make 45, before being bowled by Battle as well.
On the batting side, the Raiders put up a good effort, but it wasn't enough to overcome the immense deficit left by Graham.
Once again Hall played strong, accumulating 25 runs with by a handful of fours.
Webster ran for 38 including three fours and one six. Clarence cruised to a three-wicket win, ending 3-185. Simmonds said the focus for next week was to continue to build on the positives from this weekend.
The women's will play both North Hobart and Clarence again in a double-header in the south next week. Saturday's men's game was cancelled due to a sodden pitch.