A career-best 85 from Canterbury opener Rob Nicol was enough for the Wizards to play spoiler to Wellington’s domestic Twenty20 cricket finals hopes, as they held on for a five-run win at Aorangi Oval. Boundaries flowed as Nicol and Wellington’s Jesse Ryder and Luke Wright dined out on poor bowling and a flat pitch throughout [...]

The South Canterbury year-nine cricket team have won their Canterbury regional cricket tournament after a three-wicket win over Christchurch Metro Red yesterday. A blazing 86 from opener Adam Beck was the catalyst for the successful chase of 212. Earlier, Liam Cosgrove had taken four for 39, and Beck had added three for 42 to bowl [...]

There will be plenty of past, present and future Black Caps players on show as domestic cricket returns to Aorangi Oval at 5pm today. With squads for the Pakistan tour, and provisional 30-man World Cup squads announced yesterday, South Canterbury cricket fans face the prospect of seeing 11 players named in the 30-man World Cup [...]

It was a day of redemption in the South Canterbury one-day senior cricket competition. Timaru found some form at last, on Saturday, with a 104-run win over Roncalli College, while an out of favour former South Canterbury player piloted Celtic to a 21-run win and Star’s finals aspirations took a blow with a six-wicket loss [...]

All-out attack on the Otago Country bowlers has reignited South Canterbury’s Hawke Cup campaign. The green and blacks’ unlikely four wicket win in Alexandra yesterday means a do-or-die clash against Southland in the final round-robin game at Aorangi Oval on January 22-23. Victory could be enough to give South Canterbury a Hawke Cup challenge. The [...]

South Canterbury junior cricket teams had mixed success against Christchurch Metro opposition, last weekend, in Christchurch. The South Canterbury Development team had the most success, against a Christchurch Metro year seven side. Despite facing an imposing target of 204 from their 45 overs, the South Canterbury side did it in style by eight wickets. Wyatt [...]

South Canterbury have their backs to the wall, in their third round-robin Hawke Cup match against Otago Country. The batsmen are under fire after two consecutive poor efforts against North Otago and Mid Canterbury, including being dismissed for just 62 in the second innings in Ashburton a fortnight ago. South Canterbury coach Richard Davidson has [...]

The final days play at the U16 cricket tournament had to be abandoned due to wet weather. This means that the winner’s trophy will be shared between finalists Metro Red and South Canterbury. Well done to the South Canterbury boys who performed well all week and a special congratulations to the South Canterbury Under 16 players [...]

Results from the 4th days play in the Trust Aoraki Canterbury Under 16 Regional Boys Tournament being held in Timaru. Semi Final 1: Metro Red 199 (B Hamil 57, A Todd 44, B Doherty 4-51) defeated Metro Black (M McCall 66) by 20 runs. Semi Final 2: South Canterbury 231/10 (T Paveltich 39, M Hogan [...]

Results from the 3rd days play in the Trust Aoraki Canterbury Under 16 Regional Boys Tournament being held in Timaru. Mid Canterbury 72/3 (W Southby 35*) defeated Buller 71/10 (S Stagg 5-35 and M Holmes 4-19) by 7 wickets. Metro Black 156/10 (K Patel 3-27) defeated Canterbury Country 154/10 (J Chapman 73, S Dobbs 3-19) [...]