South Canterbury team to play Christchurch Suburban

South Canterbury Cricket team to play Christchurch Suburban at Aorangi Oval on November 2nd. Practice 6.00pm Wednesday 29th Graeme Blanchard Centre. Team: Craig Hinton Craig Davies Grant Brookland Matthew Barnes Liam Crowley Matt Mealings Dan Laming James Laming Todd...

Weather rains on cricketer’s parade

A FINE century by Temuka’s Kevin Teahan was all to no avail as the southerly change came through to enforce an early finish to all games in the latest round of the Daily Freightways Cup one day cricket competition. Teahan, with 104 from only 114 balls, may not...

Local Scorer Appointed to International Match

Temuka and South Canterbury Cricket Scorer Muriel Pennal has seen her talent and dedication to the task rewarded with her appointment as one of the “official scorers” for the Blackcaps versus India ODI to be played at AMI Stadium (Lancaster Park for the...

Laming’s bat guides Celtic to win

 © Stu Piddington Timaru Herald 13-10-08 CELTIC opened the one-day cricket season the same way they finished the last – with a win over Timaru.   The defending champions made a reasonable total of 230 but were bowled out in the 41st over. Timaru could not take...

Cricket gets under way on Saturday Oct 11 2008

THE 2008-2009 cricket season begins on Saturday with the first round of the senior competition for the Daily Freightways One Day Trophy. Celtic are defending one-day champions, while in November Timaru will begin their defence of the Tweedy Cup when the two-day...

English cricket imports a boost for Geraldine

The Geraldine Cricket Club will be stronger this year thanks to the arrival of two English imports. Top order batsmen Matthew Barnes and off-spin bowler Chris Esh responded to an advertisement on website playcricket.com to come to New Zealand. The 22-year-old Barnes...