The South Canterbury Yr 5&6 team started their season with a strong outing against Otago Country on Sunday 13 November.
South Canterbury bowled first and dismissed Otago Country for 38, Charlie Martin picking up 5 wickets for 4 runs off 6 overs and Gabriel Evans took 2 wickets for no runs off 4 overs.
South Canterbury then chased the score down and carried on batting their 40 overs with Gabriel Evans top scoring with 37 and was well supported by Ben Thomson 12 and James Arscott 18 not out.
A good win for South Canterbury who now take on North Otago this weekend.
Scorecard
Ben Stayt ct bwl Smith 4 Ed Heenan bwl Collins 3 Gabriel Evans ct bwl Mcdonald 37 William Sharp bwl Hancock 1 Ben Thomson ct bwl Meehan 12 Tedd Grigg bwl Collins 6 Ben Davenport ct bwl Hancock 4 James Arscott not out 18 Harrison Darling run out 9 William Johnson bwl Nevil 0 Hamish Stowell not out 7 Extras: 17 Total: (for 9 wkts off 40 overs) 117 Bowling: Smith 6-1-14-1, Collins 8-0-13-2, Hancock 8-1-31-2, Nevil 6-0-15-1, McDonald 4-1-12-1, Meehan 3-0-6-1 Otago Country Davies bwl Martin 3 Carson bwl Evans 3 Jessop bwl Martin 0 Jackson bwl Martin 0 Smith bwl Evans 2 Nevil run out 6 Meehan ct Bwl Grigg 7 Frew ct bwl Johnson 1 Collins not out 2 McDonald ct bwl Martin 0 Hancock ct bwl Martin 1 Extras: 13 Total: (for 10 wkts off 32 overs) 38 Bowling: Charlie Martin 6-3-4-5, Hamish Stowell 4-0-8-0, Gabriel Evans 4-4-0-2, Ben Thomson 3-0-3-0, Ted Grigg 4-1-6-1, Ben Davenport 3-1-8-0, William Johnson 3-1-4-1, Harrison Darling 3-1-3-0, James Arscott 2-1-1-0. Result: Win to South Canterbury
