by Scoop | Friday, February 20, 2009 | General News
An Invitation South Canterbury cricket side will take on their Otago equivalent for the Mark Parker Memorial Trophy on Sunday 22nd February. It is only the second time the trophy has been up for grabs. In 2003 it was played for between Christchurch Suburban, South...
by Scoop | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Dan Laming led his team to victory in the Daily Freightways Cup One Day Final with a solid 75 after earlier bowling tightly and only conceding 26 runs with the ball. He was backed up by a solid team performance after Celtic had earlier restricted Star to 223, a score...
by Scoop | Wednesday, February 18, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Last week it was Craig Hinton who cleaned Celtic up, but this week it was a triumphant return from injury for Todd Elliotte as he mesmerized the Celtic batsmen and made the most of a deteriorating ‘home’ pitch. Elliotte took 4-16 off his 15 overs including 12...
by Scoop | Monday, February 9, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Craig Hinton bowled his most inspired and timely spell of the season as he took 8-32 against Celtic allowing Star to enforce the follow on with Celtic still 197 runs in arrears. He should have had nine wickets, but his captain decided to share the spoils around after...
by Scoop | Sunday, February 8, 2009 | General News, Senior Competition Reports
The inaugural South Canterbury Cricket Speights Twenty20 cricket competition at the Aorangi Bowl was an outstanding success with fine weather, a few hundred spectators and a final where Alexander McKenzie struck a six off the last ball to bring up his century and give...
by Scoop | Friday, February 6, 2009 | General News, Rep Cricket News
Players who represent the province in four Hawke Cup two-day games will be honoured by having the cap (baggy green) presented in a revival of past times. The idea is to acknowledge a player’s contribution and bring mana (prestige) to the team. Former New Zealand...
by Scoop | Thursday, February 5, 2009 | General News
Umpires and captains display the team colours that will be on display when the inaugural Twenty/20 tournament is played at the Aorangi Bowl on Waitangi Day 2009 with $1000 up for grabs. The fours teams consist of senior teams combined and an invitation team selected...
by Scoop | Thursday, February 5, 2009 | General News
It is with deep sadness that the SCCA notes the passing of one of our Life Members, Rex Bowden in his 79th year. Rex was born in Timaru in 1930 and attended Timaru Preparatory School and Timaru Boys High School. There he played in the First XI and for South Canterbury...
by Scoop | Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | General News
WHEN Harvey King stepped into South Canterbury Cricket top job the association was on the brink of financial disaster with a big fight on its hands. A decade later, while no large cash surpluses existed, the association has a healthy balance sheet and its future looks...
by Scoop | Wednesday, February 4, 2009 | Senior Competition Reports
Dan Laming made up for lost chances this season as he put the Temuka bowling attack to the sword on his way to a chanceless 162, bringing up his first fifty off 35 balls, his second off 45 and the third fifty off only a further 25 deliveries. This helped Celtic post...
