Round two of the Cricket North women's competition witnessed two comfortable run chases.
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South Launceston made it two wins from two to sit top of the early ladder courtesy of an eight-wicket win over Launceston with nearly five overs to spare.
On a day of few wickets at the NTCA Ground, Launceston accumulated 1-102 off their 20 overs.
The opening-wicket stand of 85 dominated proceedings, Ianthe Boden leading the way with 57 off 61 balls in under an hour before becoming her team's only loss, as Alice McLauchlan claimed 1-17.
Lynn Hendley saw out the innings with a more patient unbeaten 25 with Victoria Geale (8) the other not-out batter.
Despite the dearth of wickets, none of the Lions' bowlers went for more than 20 runs and their batters were able to pick off the total relatively easily for the loss of just two wickets.
Openers Amy Duggan (5) and Caitlyn Webster (13) went cheaply before the 66-run unbeaten partnership between McLauchlan (31) and Belinda Wegman (35) saw them home.
Mary Broadhurst (1-14) and Amy Pereira (1-23) - off three overs apiece - took the only wickets.
It was a similar story at Ingamells Oval where Westbury's 5-82 was never going to be enough in a contest featuring former Australian international Kristen Beams.
The 36-year-old leg spinner with 49 caps to her name across all three formats went wicketless against Riverside but was involved in a run-out and top-scored for the Shamrocks.
Coming in at six, Beams hit a run-a-ball 29 in a 43-run partnership with opener Summer Cherdron who remained not out on 15 off 63 deliveries as the other five batters managed five runs between them.
Hailee Harris returned the tidy figures of 2-9 off three overs.
An opening-wicket partnership of 56 laid the foundations for a comfortable Blues chase, Kate Sherriff leading the way with 54 off 33 including eight fours in a total of 2-84 securing an eight-wicket win inside 11 overs.