Coming off the back of a confidence-building double-header, the Greater Northern Raiders are more than ready for ladder leaders North Hobart.
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Darren Simmonds' side scored a combined 245 runs for the loss of only two wickets last weekend, which the coach described as "reward for effort".
Riverside's Emma Manix-Geeves was among those runs, scoring unbeaten knocks of 75 and 55 to take her season tally of 260 runs at an average of 86.67.
Comfortably the competition's leading run scorer so far, the 20-year-old's form comes off the back of a big pre-season.
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"That work she's done in the pre-season on her batting and her keeping is really coming to the fore," Simmonds said.
"She's obviously really determined to have a good season and is really enjoying her cricket, which is awesome.
"I think what she's done is she's just showing the girls how to go about constructing an innings with the bat."
On top of her run-scoring ability, the vice-captain has furthered her wicket-keeping credentials, keeping up the stumps to all of the Raiders' medium-pace bowlers.
She's recorded at least one stumping in every match this season to record six so far - all of which have come off medium pacers Alice McLauchlan (two), Sophie Parkin (two), Lisa Battle and Madeline Clarke.
Simmonds described her keeping improvement as "very, very good" and said her up-close efforts add another dimension to her work.
Earlier in the season, the Raiders split their North Hobart clashes in a Southern double-header as Naomi Stalenberg took the game away from the Northern crew.
But the Raiders won't have to worry about her this time around with the dangerous hitter in Sydney for the WBBL competition.
Despite her absence, Simmonds is obviously wary of the Demons' talents, describing them as a similar side to his.
"They've got some experienced players like in Stef Daffara etc. in their batting order like we do and they've got a reasonably young bowling attack with some state under-age girls, which is very similar to us.
"There won't be a lot in the game I wouldn't have thought, it will just come down to who takes the opportunities when they arise."
The game gets underway at 1.15pm at the NTCA Ground with Cricket North matches played either side.