Darren Simmonds' team will square up against North Hobart at Bellerive Oval next Sunday in a buoyant mood having beaten them by near-identical margins at UTAS Stadium a week earlier.

Batting first in both contests, Raiders won by 37 and 39 runs. Although they were unable to bowl North Hobart out in either, the visitors never threatened to get close to their targets.

For the second week running, Emma Manix-Geeves dominated the scorecards as she backed up two huge unbeaten innings with 55 and 67 not out.

In the morning match, Raiders posted 3-138 as Manix-Geeves and Amy Duggan (37) put on 80 for the first wicket before Montana Bradley's run-a-ball 24 not out finished the job.

Stefanie Deffara held the reply together with 48 off as many deliveries as only one of her teammates crept into double figures.

After Deffara departed, North Hobart lost 4-4 but limped to 9-101 off their 20 overs.

Charlotte Layton took 3-22 and Meg Radford 2-13.

It was a similar story in an afternoon encounter in which the Raiders came within one delivery of an unblemished batting scorecard.

Manix-Geeves (67 not out off 60) and Duggan (60 off 61) had reached 142 without loss until the latter was caught off the final ball she faced.

Layton again led the bowling stats with a tidy 4-20 and Sophie Parkin added 2-15 as the visitors again fell well short of the target.

In a repeat of the morning scenario, the scorecard once more featured just one major score, Hannah Short contributing an unbeaten run-a-ball 53 as nobody else scored more than eight.

The dual victories see the unbeaten Raiders finish well clear atop the T20 ladder after inflicting North Hobart's first two defeats of the campaign. However, Simmonds said the ladder will count for little when the sides resume hostilities for silverware next Sunday at 10.30am.

Clarence (5-134) defeated New Town (5-104) by 30 runs in Sunday's other fixture at Kangaroo Bay Oval to confirm third spot and doom their opponents to the wooden spoon.

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