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Table-topping girl cricketers prove a Point
ALL SMILES: The victorious Pleasant Point Maroons JAB cricket team, who beat the boys to the B Grade Pool 2 title this season, are from left: Top, Phoebe Geary, Neave Munro, Tory Gilmore, Kinsley Hawkins, Eve Hislop, Annabelle Cairns (bottom) Logan Edmond, Isa Creba, Matthew Cairns, Izy Sharp, Natalia Johnson, Frazer Hunter.
The eight girls in Pleasant Point’s Maroons cricket team have put the boys in their place.
The JAB B Grade Pool 2 team has spun the South Canterbury competition on its axis this season, beating teams of boys on their way to the title.
Talented year 8 batswoman Neave Munro continued a golden season by scoring 50 retired in the final on Saturday as the Maroons overhauled Waimate’s 130 for the loss of five wickets.
It was the second week in a row they had beaten the table-topping team after chasing down 128 for the loss of three wickets the week before.
For co-coaches Brendan Cairns and Michael Geary the title was testament to the attitude of the team, which was given a few verbals by the all-boys Pleasant Point team at the beginning of the season.
“When they beat us they told us we were going to come last,” Cairns said. “As it turned out, they ended up coming second last, while we won the whole thing.”
The team is made up entirely of Pleasant Point Primary students and most of the girls have been playing together since they first picked up a bat and ball.
“In many ways the girls were the stars of the team, but the four boys definitely had to put up with the girls a bit,” Cairns said.
“They were a bit hesitant at the start of the season but as it went on they got more and more confident and combative.”
Cairns said there were few hard feelings on the field when the girls were knocking their male opponent’s stumps out of the ground or smashing balls to the boundary.
“Most teams take it really well.”
The girls were mostly in year eight and would be heading off to high schools next season.
Along with the all-round skills of Munro, wicketkeeper-batswoman Izy Sharp had a standout season and Phoebe Geary and Annabelle Cairns had reaped the rewards of bowling straight.
Michael Geary said the team were like sponges the way they had soaked up advice.
“We had a rule that we had no skites in the team. If we lost we had to say nothing and if we won we had to say even less.”
Christchurch Metro survive South Canterbury bluff
South Canterbury gave Christchurch Metro a scare but an 80-run partnership for the sixth wicket got the visitors home at the end-of-season fixture for the Stokes/Blanchard Trophy at Aorangi Oval on Sunday.
With a number of South Canterbury’s Celtic players missing after Saturday’s one-day final, the new-look side got off to a difficult start against good bowling.
Adam Beck hit a tidy 56 but no-one else looked likely and when he departed, South Canterbury were in all-sorts at 95-9.
Kevin Kerse and Alex McDuff shared a 39-run final wicket partnership to get South Canterbury up to 134 all out.
South Canterbury’s opening pair of James Blackstock and McDuff kept it tight, and Kerse backed up his batting, taking three wickets in an impressive 10-over spell.
At 58-5 Christchurch Metro were in genuine trouble but South Canterbury could not break through again as the visitors eased to a five-wicket win in the 43rd over.
Scorecard to come …
Celtic ride their luck and talent to another title
ANOTHER TITLE: Celtic’s trophy celebrations were somewhat muted, but captain James Laming says they still love winning. Back Left: Sam Carlaw, Dan Laming, Willie Wright, Nick Cahill, Andrew Buckingham, Andy Scott, Jake Naylor, Glenn Matthews. Front: James Blackstock, James Laming (c), Tom Pavletich
Celtic’s scarcely believable dominance of South Canterbury cricket continues as they demolished Temuka to take out the senior one-day championship for the eighth consecutive season.
The win comes on the back of a unbeaten season where Celtic also took out the Twenty20 competition, a trophy they have yet to lose since it’s introduction five years ago.
“We still love winning,” Celtic captain James Laming said. “I’m sure all the guys will be back next season. We want 10 in a row.” The 154-run win was built around an impressive all-round performance with the bat by Celtic after they were put in on an Aorangi Oval pitch with a tinge as green as the outfield around it.
Any hope Temuka had of knocking off Celtic’s total of 244-9 was blown away by two brilliant spells of swing bowling by Glenn Matthews (5-27) and Tom Pavletich (4-6).
Temuka captain Hayden Broker was hopeful the Magpies would take out their first one-day title win in 18 years, but was left to lament three crucial dropped chances in the field that ultimately took the game away from them.
“We had a few opportunities but you just can’t afford to give these guys a life,” Broker said. “I don’t think the rub of the green went our way but credit to Celtic, they played far better than we did.”
The day started well enough in the field for Temuka. They snaffled the first one to come their way when James Laming (4) spooned a mis-timed drive to mid-off.
Veteran Kevin Teahan also had the better of Celtic’s other opener William Wright in a probing opening spell and had him grassed at slip.
Wright battled through the difficult period and gradually found the middle of his bat but then perished for 33 attempting to hit aerially through cover.
South Canterbury captain Sam Carlaw and run-machine Dan Laming came together and both struggled to find their timing early on.
But the partnership began to flourish after a crucial three-over period that came back to haunt Temuka – Carlaw was dropped at square leg, Laming was dropped by the keeper and both edged it through a vacant slip area off Temuka’s Australian import Ben King-Gee.
No further opportunities were gifted for some time as Laming in particular opened his shoulders.
He brought up Celtic’s 100 in the 23rd over with a six and raced to 50 with a boundary blitz.
Another Laming master-class was on the cards until the introduction of leg-spinner Nick Macguire broke the partnership.
Laming was bowled around his legs for 67, but there was no let up as Carlaw took over as aggressor. He hit Macguire for sixes in successive deliveries, although he then holed out at cow-corner for 59.
Matthews (9) came out looking for quick runs but struggled to lay bat on Macguire, who eventually had him stumped.
With a miserly Vaughan Tarrant supporting him from the other end, Macguire then spun the ball through Andy Scott (16) and Tom Pavletich (4) to pick up a well deserved five wicket-bag.
When Andrew Buckingham (5) was run out on the final ball of the innings, Macguire walked off with figures of 5-57.
He was applauded by teammates, a healthy contingent of Temuka supporters on the bank and a merry Magpie mascot.
Any Temuka feelings of satisfaction at how they had closed the innings subsided rapidly as Glenn Matthews set about ripping the heart out of their batting line up.
Dan Laming took a superb catch at mid-off to remove Willy Stone for one and then Matthews produced an absolute peach of a ball to break the off-stump of Johnny Geddis (11) into two pieces.
He trapped Adrian Cunningham and a dangerous-looking King-Gee (17) leg-before and brought up his five-wicket bag when he bowled Jamie Trezise.
It was a fine display in a final and such was Matthews dominance that the final two overs of his nine-over spell were bowled with five slips and a gully.
Pavletich came on from the same end as Matthews and refused to let the foot off the throat, producing prodigious movement to run through the Temuka lower order.
The end came quickly for Temuka, out for 90 in just the 28th over, with extras ending as the top scorer.
James Laming said it was a complete performance from his Celtic side, with even the fielding on-song.
“That is something we’ve let slip a little over the last few years but we were great out there.
“It’s amazing just how much of a difference it makes. Their fielding probably gave us about 40 runs and we probably deprived them of that many with our effort.”
Senior Rep Squad to play Chch Suburban March 8th
The following squad has been named to play Christchurch Suburban in the final representative fixture for 2014/15.
James Laming, Ben King-Gee, Prabodha Arthavidu, Jake Naylor, Liam Beck, Sam Carlaw, Willy Wright, Danny Campbell, James Blackstock, Alex McDuff, Grant Watt, Josh Mehrtens and Mark Otley.
Practice 6pm at Aorangi.
Anyone unavailable for practice or game please advise David Fisher on 021 840 039.
South Canterbury JAB Rep Sides to Play in Dunedin Named
The following is the Primary A team to play against Dunedin Metro on Sunday the 8th of March in Dunedin at Oval #1. 11am start (map of location below – basically at south end of Dunedin’s main street)
Luka Foy, James Martin, Jack Thomson, Nick Goodwin, Sean Rhodes, Lleyton Phillips, Caleb Donaldson, Harry Lyon, Liam Andrews, George Mulder, McGregor Isbister, Will Davenport, Kaleb Small (one player to play in the Development team)
Practice next Wednesday March 4th 5.30pm
Coaches: Chris Galwey 027 430 1817 & Daryl Foy 021 332 778
Manager: Simon Davenport 027 228 6319
Primary Development (Yr 7) Team at Oval #2. 11am start (map of location below – basically at south end of Dunedin’s main street)
Hayden Kerr, Jayden Williams, Sam Guerin, Jarrod Phillips, Thomas Flynn, Taine Cordell-Hull, Harper McKerrow, Sam Morrison, William Snuggs, Harry McLauchlan.
Manager/Coach: David Fisher 021840039
Practice Tuesday 5.00pm
South Canterbury JAB Yr 5&6 team to play Dunedin Metro in Dunedin March 8th at Oval #2. 11am start (map of location below – basically at south end of Dunedin’s main street)
Liam Simpson, Fletcher Rhodes, Toby Clement, Kade McMillan, Eli Kerse, Henry Scott, Oliver Linton, Nick Webb, Logan Sowden, Jordan Sew Hoy, Scott Robertson, George Powell.
Lucas Histon, Lachie Munroe, Caleb Orange all required at practice Thursday March 5th at 5pm for Canterbury Metro game.
On standby: Nic Edmond
Coach: Haden Powell 0220 440 197
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Temuka down Roncalli-Celtic to make final
Theo Davidson scored 184 in his maiden senior century for Waimate
A fighting partnership between an Australian and a talented teen has put Temuka through to this season’s one-day club cricket final.
They will face unbeaten Celtic who dismantled Timaru’s dreams of a championship for the second time in two weeks.
After losing the Twenty20 final by 48 runs the week before, Timaru’s batting was again exposed by Celtic’s attack after they won the toss and elected to bat at Ashbury Park.
Left-armer Glenn Matthews knocked the top off as Timaru found themselves three down with just six runs on the board.
Tim Butler (22) and Prabodha Arthavidu (14) attempted to build a partnership but when that was broken with the score at 46, Timaru had little left to give.
Caleb Rosanowski (21), Sam Robinson (15) and a returning Brad Leonard (18*) did their best but could not hang around long enough.
South Canterbury’s Josh Dick was bowled for a duck having sprinted to get to the game in time to get a bat.
Celtic’s attack – minus South Canterbury opener Brad Watson who has just had shoulder surgery – was at its strangling best with Dan Laming (2-25), Sam Carlaw (2-27) and Matthews (3-24) doing the bulk of the damage.
Chasing just 121 for the win, Celtic never looked troubled.
William Wright (44) and James Laming (42) took advantage of a fast outfield and poor bowling to put on a 94-run opening partnership.
Arthavidu took two cheap wickets but by then Celtic were cruising, winning by eight wickets with 27 overs remaining.
The result gave Temuka an opening to make the final if they could dispose of an in-form Roncalli-Celtic side.
It was not looking likely early, however, as Roncalli-Celtic opening bowler Nick O’Brien accounted for Willy Stone and Johnny Geddis cheaply.
With a bit of luck the left-arm seamer could have taken even more wickets on the slow and placid pitch.
Ben King-Gee and Jamie Trezise needed to steady the ship for Temuka and did just that in what turned out to be a match-winning partnership.
King-Gee, a tall first five-eighth from a town near Wollongong in New South Wales, has been drafted in for the Temuka rugby team.
He showed he’s handy with the bat as well, striking an eye-catching 71.
Trezise (65) was the perfect foil for King-Gee and the boy who spent the winter in Winchester, England on the Mark Parker scholarship became the main man once King-Gee departed with the score at 134.
After a mini-collapse of five wickets for 40 runs, the old-stager Kevin Teahen (35) ensured Temuka went beyond 200.
He was run out trying to eke out one more as Temuka finished their innings at a respectable 226-9.
With former Canterbury fast bowler Hayden Shaw unavailable for Temuka because of injury, Roncalli-Celtic made a decent start to their chase.
At 57-1 off 13 overs they were on target, but the leg-breaks of Nick Maguire (2-19) and the skiddy seamers of Vaughan Tarrant proved too much for the schoolboys.
Tarrant, in particular, bowled superbly, trapping the heart of Roncalli-Celtic’s line-up, Tristram Cooper (20) and Liam Beck (14), on the pads on the back foot.
He finished with the impressive figures of 4-16 as the schoolboys limped to 106 all out.
In the day’s other match, Waimate comfortably beat Star at Knottingley Park thanks to a whopping maiden senior century for Theo Davidson.
The game was essentially a dead rubber with both sides well out of contention for the final but no-one told Davidson that.
Batting three, the South Canterbury rugby representative blasted an incredible 184 as Star’s bowling attack was carted to all parts in the 45-over match.
Davidson was ably supported by Sam Porter (54), Nathan Sew Hoy (31) and Glen Drake (28).
He was finally caught off the bowling of Craig Hinton attempting to get to an improbable double-century as Waimate plundered their way to 326-5.
Star were never in it and a fighting 57 from Phil McGregor was not enough to get them close.
Alan Reid took 4-17 including the wicket of McGregor, Connor Farrell took 2-28, while Drake (2-20) completed a good match by mopping up the tail as Star were dismissed for 181.
The season is now over for Waimate, Star, Timaru and Roncalli-Celtic, while Temuka and Celtic will have a week off before meeting in the final at Aorangi Oval on March 7.
SC Yr 5&6 Team to Play North Otago
The following boys have been named in the South Canterbury Yr 5 & 6 Representative team to play against North Otago in Oamaru this Sunday, February 22nd.
Notice to JAB Primary Rep Teams Playing North Otago this Sunday
The Primary A, Primary Development (Yr 7) and Primary Yr 5 & 6 teams who have been chosen to play against North Otago in Oamaru this Sunday 22nd February are asked to assemble at 10.00am for a 10.30am start at the following grounds.
Primary A – White Stone Contracting Stadium (formerly Centennial Park)
Primary Development (Yr 7) – White Stone Contracting Stadium Outer Oval (formerly Centennial Park)
Primary Yr 5 & 6 – St Kevins College.
Map below of pitches. Gate to St Kevins next to Whitestone Contracting, else easily accessible via Redcastle Rd.
Celtic make it five Placemakers Twenty20 titles in a row
ROAD TO VICTORY: Celtic batsman Glenn Matthews prepares to play a shot during the final of the South Canterbury Twenty 20 cricket competition held at Aorangi. Wicketkeeper Tim Mackle watches on.
Celtic’s incredible run of Twenty20 success continues, outclassing Timaru by 48 runs in last night’s club cricket final.
Celtic have not lost a Twenty20 final since the competition’s inception five years ago and went into the final unbeaten this season too.
The defending champions won the toss in abysmal conditions at Aorangi and set about amassing a big total.
Boundary-hitting was the order of the day early on, the first single coming off the bat of William Wright when the score was 20.
Wright was seeing it well and lifted Dwayne Richardson and Zane Sanders onto the banks as Timaru’s tactic of using five different bowlers in the power play backfired.
After a good opening stand Matthews was eventually stumped off the bowling of Prabodha Arthavidu for 29.
Wright responded to his partner’s dismissal by opening his shoulders even more, playing some brutish strokes as he brought up his 50 in the 11th over.
Tim Butler snuck a slower ball through Wright in the next over as Timaru tried to put the squeeze on.
A man in the reasonably sized crowd – given the wind and persistent drizzle – took a prize-winning catch off a Sam Carlaw six as Celtic pushed on.
Sanders had his opposite, Carlaw, stumped for 35 in the 17th over and then trapped Jacob Naylor lbw for a duck.
Timaru were lively in the field but did themselves no favours by dropping Dan Laming twice.
Celtic’s best batsman made them pay in the final over of the innings, taking 22 off it including one into the gutters of the Aorangi Pavilion as Celtic posted 183-5.
In response, Timaru’s Hayden Leonard (11) set about knocking off the runs in quick time and nailed a couple in the middle.
But it was at the other end where Timaru’s hopes lay and when Arthavidu nibbled at a Brad Watson delivery and was caught behind for one, Celtic could taste victory.
Watson (1-14) bowled out and at 27-2 after six overs Timaru were well behind the rate.
Sanders and Josh Dick set about building a partnership.
Not even the handle on Dick’s bat snapping could put him off but every dot bowled by Celtic put Timaru further behind.
Laming (0-17) was miserly as the increasing darkness played into Celtic’s hands.
Sanders departed for a run-a-ball 38 in the 17th over.
Dick brought up his 50 with successive sixes but when he departed to Carlaw with the score at 120, the extremely unlikely became impossible.
JAB Junior Rep Squads Chosen for North Otago Matches
The following squads have been chosen after the trials carried out this week for training and matches against North Otago on Sunday February 22nd.
The Junior Development squad (Yr 4, 5, 6) has places still to fill and will be part of our winter training programme. We will advise times for their training programme at a later date.
If you are unable to attend practice please advise David Fisher by phone on 021 840 039, by email to david.fisher2@anz.com or alternatively contact Mark Medlicott at the cricket office on 6863377, by mobile 027 2698654 or email sccricket@xtra.co.nz.
Primary A Squad
Training on Wednesday 18th February at 6.00pm at the Graeme Blanchard Indoor Cricket Centre.
Sean Rhodes, Liam Andrews, Luka Foy, George Mulder, Harry Lyon, Harper McKerrow, James Martin, Archie Batchelor, Jack Thomson, Nick Goodwin, McGregor Isbister, Lleyton Phillips, Hayden Kerr.
Primary Development Squad
Training on Tuesday 17th February at 4.00pm at the Graeme Blanchard Indoor Cricket Centre.
Kaleb Small, Thomas Flynn, Jayden Williams, Sam Morrison, Lachy Hyde, Jarrod Phillips, Harry McLauchlan, Jamie Fitzgerald, Caleb Donaldson, Sam Guerin, William Snuggs, Taine Cordell-Hull.
Primary Yr 5&6 Squad
Training on Thursday 19th February at 5.00pm at the Graeme Blanchard Indoor Cricket Centre.
Toby Clemett, George Powell, Fletcher Rhodes, Scott Robertson, Nick Webb, Liam Simpson, Lucas Histen, Oliver Linton, Kade Macmillan, Logan Sowden, Eli Kerse, Henry Scott, Nicholas Edmond, Lachie Munro, Jordon Sew Hoy.
Ducks and Drakes Easter Cricket Tour of Central Otago
We are writing to invite your Club to ask your players if any are interested in the opportunity to play for the Ducks and Drakes in their annual Tour of Central Otago at Easter.
We play four one day games each Easter, Plamerston at Palmerston, Union Club from Oamaru at Naseby, Ranfurly at Ranfurly and Oturehua at Oturehua. On the Sunday night a formal dinner is held at Ranfurly Hotel (our home for the last 64 consecutive Tours).
The purpose of the Ducks and Drakes Cricket Tour has not changed sinced its conception in 1950, which is to take cricketers for the experience, coaching and mentoring with the aim of assisting them to graduate to higher level cricket such as South Canterbury.
Please respond by 28th February 2015.
Yours faithfully
Bruce Eggleton
(Committee Member Ducks & Drakes)
Home 686 0884
Cell 0274 325 441
Coaches and Managers Required
Positions as coaches or managers are required for all representative teams from JAB to Senior for the coming year.
Please indicate your interest by email to sccricket@xtra.co.nz
or call Mark at the cricket office on 6863377 or 027 2698654
Applications close February 20th 2015
Young team play for next season
Ben Watson took five wickets over the course of the weekend as South Canterbury beat Southland outright in their Hawke Cup clash at Aorangi Oval.
South Canterbury’s most in-form batsman says the young team he is carrying has the potential to challenge for the Hawke Cup next year.
Prabodha Arthavidu was the player for a crisis again, scoring 54 and 91, to get South Canterbury home over Southland in a tense low-scoring affair at Aorangi Oval yesterday.
Southland looked the stronger attack and took a first-innings lead of 42.
But after a solid second-innings bowling effort, Arthavidu was rarely troubled as he guided the team to a four-wicket outright win on the final afternoon.
With North Otago already guaranteed top spot in the zone and with it a Hawke Cup Challenge against Manawatu, there was little riding on the final match of the season.
But Arthavidu, who has now scored six half-centuries and one century this Hawke Cup season, said the win was still important for the team going into next year.
“What we have to remember is that apart from a few guys, this is a really young team.
“Most of the guys, myself included, are under 24 but throughout the season we have all shown that we can play at this level.
“If we train hard in the winter and come back with a similar mentality, we can dominate this zone for the next five years.”
One of the older players in the team, Craig Hinton, was welcomed back into the South Canterbury fold with a 13-over spell on the first morning.
He and fellow opener Ben Watson had the visitors 48-5 before half-centuries to Southland keeper Shaun Fitzgibbon and captain Jason Domigan got them past 150.
Hinton finished with 4-48 as Southland were bowled out for 181, a seemingly below-par score on a decent Aorangi deck.
South Canterbury were in trouble early in their first innings and never built a partnership of substance, eventually all out for 139.
Dan Smith was the chief destroyer for Southland with 5-47.
South Canterbury picked up one late on day one and then began the second day the better, Watson nabbing two in two balls.
At 55-5 Southland were becoming frustrated with Jamie Glenn cited by the umpires for complaining about a leg-before decision not going his way.
Fitzgibbon and Domigan again threatened to take the game beyond South Canterbury but a smart runout from Sam Porter broke the partnership and from there it was a matter of time.
Sam Carlaw knocked two pins out of the ground to finish with three wickets as Southland set South Canterbury a total of 188 for victory.
At 2-3 with Willy Stone out leg before, Sam Porter gone for a pair and Jacob Naylor losing his off-stump first ball, it looked a mountain to climb.
But Arthavidu, with help from boundary-filled 30s from Josh Dick (39) and Carlaw (35), was up for the contest and put Southland to the sword in sweltering conditions.
“Losing wickets early has been one of our troubles all year but I think the way we’ve played through it has been great,” Arthavidu said.
“When you are in some sort of pressure, you have to punch back, there’s no point getting bogged down.
“With these guys around me, I know they’re all positive batsmen, so all I have to do is rotate the strike to them and they will do the job.”
Arthavidu hardly hit a ball in anger on his way to 91 and when he did attempt to hit one out of the ground, it was to finish the game.
He charged and was bowled, young Liam Beck finishing what Arthavidu started with William Wright at the other end.
Scoreboard
| South Canterbury v Southland at Aorangi Oval Toss won by Southland who chose to bat. | |
|---|---|
| Southland first innings J Mckenzie b Hinton 13 S Ward b Watson 6 D Smith c Carlaw b Watson 0 S Fitzgibbon+ b Watt 57 J Glenn lbw b Hinton 2 J wadworth c Stone b Hinton 4 J Domigan* c Carlaw b Hinton 51 L McWilliam run out (sub) 7 B Andrews-Kennedy c Porter b Carlaw 28 J Hodson b Carlaw 3 M Gratton not out 0 Extras (b 2, lb 7, nb 1) 10 Total(63.3 overs) 181 Fall of Wicket: 10, 10, 32, 38, 48, 107, 138, 155, 176, 181. Bowling: C Hinton 21-8-48-4, B Watson 10-0-34-2, L Beck 5-1-19-0, G Watt 11-4-32-1, S Carlaw 16.3-5-39-2. | South Canterbury first innings W Stone b Andrews-Kennedy 4 S Porter lbw b Andrews-Kennedy 0 P Arthavidu c Ward b Smith 54 J Naylor c Ward b Smith 17 J Dick b Smith 18 S Carlaw c Hodson b Smith 7 W Wright c Wadworth b Smith 0 L Beck b Gratton 24 B Watson b McWilliam 2 C Hinton not out 4 G Watt lbw b Gratton 0 Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 9 Total (37.5 overs) 139 Fall of Wicket: 4, 21, 66, 85, 97, 97, 06, 117, 137, 139. Bowling: J Hodson 9-0-23-0, B Andrews-Kennedy 6-0-33-2, D Smith 11-1-47-5, L McWilliam 10-3-18-1, M Gratton 10-3-18-1, J Mckenzie 1.5-0-10-2 |
| Southland second innings J Glenn lbw b Hinton 5 J Mckenzie b Watson 3 S Fitzgibbon+ c Dick b Watson 0 J Wadworth run out (Porter) 24 S Ward c Porter b Watson 25 J Domigan* b Carlaw 11 L McWilliam lbw b Watt 27 B Andrews-Kennedy b Carlaw 13 J Hodson not out 16 M Gratton b Carlaw 0 D Smith c Wright b Hinton 11 Extras (b 4, lb 6) 10 Total(42.5 overs) 145 Fall of Wicket: 3, 20, 20, 42, 55, 75, 101, 113, 141, 145. Bowling: C Hinton 11-3-36-2, B Watson 7-0-42-3, G Watt 11-1-31-1, S Carlaw 13.5-5-26-3. | South Canterbury second innings W Stone c Fitzgibbon b Hodson 9 S Porter lbw b Andrews-Kennedy 0 P Arthavidu b Gratton 91 J Naylor b Hodson 0 J Dick c Hodson b McWilliam 39 S Carlaw c and b Smith 35 W Wright not out 12 L Beck not out 6 Extras (lb 4, w 2) 6 Total (for 6 wkts, 40 overs) 191 Fall of Wicket: 2, 2, 2, 88, 148, 185. Bowling: J Hodson 10-1-46-2, B Andrews-Kennedy 10-0-28-1, D Smith 6-0-39-1, L McWilliam 7-0-45-1, M Gratton 6-1-20-1, J Mckenzie 1-0-9-0. |
| Result: South Canterbury win outright. |
Victories boost Timaru and Celtic
Timaru and Celtic go into this Friday’s Twenty20 final full of confidence after both notched wins in the final round of the competition.
Celtic will be favourites to take out the title, particularly after their batting lineup demolished Temuka on Thursday.
They hit 243-7 off 20 overs batting first, as the ball disappeared to all parts at Temuka Oval.
The leather-chasing took its toll on the hosts who folded to be all out for 90 in reply.
It was a different story for Timaru’s batting lineup at Knottingley Park on Saturday as they found themselves 16-5 early on, Jonathan Roguski taking four wickets for Waimate.
A fighting 40 from Zane Sanders lifted Timaru to 124 which turned out to be enough, Waimate limping to 99 all out.
Roncalli/Celtic continued their good form, comfortably beating Star by nine wickets on Thursday night.
Grant Watt knocked over Star’s long tail to end with figures of 4-13 while young keeper Tristran Cooper hit another half-century.
He ended the match 59 not out as Roncalli/Celtic easily chased down Star’s 104.
Timaru and Celtic will each welcome back a host of South Canterbury players for the final after most were missing due to Hawke Cup duty.
The first ball of the final at Aorangi Park will be bowled at 5.30pm on Friday.
Geraldine’s Cosgriff looks a natural talent
ON SONG: Geraldine 12-year-old Ben Cosgriff’s right-arm mediums were good enough to make him the top wicket-taker at the South Island Primary Schools’ Cricket Tournament.
Trent Boult is his hero, but Geraldine’s Ben Cosgriff has a bowling average even the Black Caps speedster could only dream of.
At the South Island Primary Schools’ Cricket Tournament in Blenheim recently Cosgriff ended up the top wicket-taker at the tournament.
The 12-year-old’s right arm medium pace proved too much for 12 batsmen over five days of games, finishing with an average of just 5.83 runs per wicket and a measly economy rate of 2.13 runs per over.
Cosgriff, who was vice-captain for the eventually second-equal South Canterbury team, said most of his wickets had been either bowled or caught behind.
He does not claim to have a lot of pace, but accuracy, a full length, and a bit of swing and seam had been the key to success on grassy pitches in Blenheim.
“The wickets were actually pretty green. Everything else was dry but the pitches were green.”
A Canterbury team was not selected after the tournament, but Cosgriff was named in the tournament dream team.
The 12-year-old starts Geraldine High School today and also plans to continue playing for Geraldine’s A grade team.