The Board has received funding approval to purchase new covers for Aorangi Oval. There will be two covers for sale. One is in better shape than the other. Any Club interested in purchasing one or both of the covers should submit a written price by 13 January. I would suggest that interested clubs should firstly [...]

This weekend sees the inaugural SC Cricket Board Twenty/20 Tournament which will be played between four teams throughout the day at the Aorangi Oval on December 20th.         There should be plenty of fun and entertainment for players and spectators alike with The Loaded Hog and Speights major sponsors as well as having the [...]

Outright victory by 8 wickets for South Canterbury over Buller in the latest round of the Hawke Cup means that the 08/09 campaign is definitely on track, and reverses a disappointing result against Buller last season. New coach Richard Davidson said that “not only was the team meeting season plans and aspirations, but game by [...]

The latest round of senior cricket again produced some interesting results with all home teams losing as the season continued in a topsy-turvy manner. Although some clubs were affected by the loss of players to representative duty, Geraldine this week contributed to Star’s demise at Ashbury, Waimate had a big win over Temuka and Celtic [...]

SC declared about 75 runs ahead on the first innings against Buller in their Hawke Cup match at Geraldine Oval and since then Buller have batted positively on the second day after lunch and have a 60 run lead as they look to possibly set up a sporting declaration.

ANOTHER outstanding bowling performance by Kevin Teahen with 7-20 to follow up team-mate Julian Danby’s second century of the season delivered Temuka a crushing 103-run victory over defending champions Celtic in the latest round of the Daily Freightways Trophy. The other matches were even more intriguing, as results were achieved only in the final over. [...]

Victory by an innings and 69 runs against the West Coast in the first round of the Hawke Cup was the ideal way for South Canterbury to open their 2008-09 campaign after making the long trip to Greymouth. Captain Todd Elliotte won the toss and decided to bat first and despite losing the first wicket [...]

A WAIMATE cricketer played an almost perfect game recently. Brad King scored a century with the bat and took a hat-trick with the ball in a game against Timaru Boys High School in Waimate. The 15-year-old has been playing cricket for about five years. While he has previously played at a higher level, King said [...]

Waimate produced a major upset when Jason SewHoy batting at No 8 produced a powerful display of clean hitting to score an unbeaten 76 and see Waimate through to victory over Celtic. Temuka succumbed to Star in just 24 overs while Timaru were unable to field a full team in Geraldine and subsequently lost.The Celtic [...]

Timaru were the only team to gain an outright victory in the latest round of the Tweedy Cup moving them ahead of Temuka and Geraldine to the top of the table as teams return to one day matches until after Christmas.Although Timaru looked in trouble at the start of the day 7 wickets down and [...]