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School cricket teams have top tournaments
UP FOR THE CUP: The South Canterbury primary school cricket team were in contention to win the South Island tournament in Blenheim. Back row, from left: Hayden Inkster (coach), William Johnston, Lachie Harper, Ben Davenport, Ryan Lewthwaite, Graham Sharp (manager), Nick Goodwin, James Martin, Tom Mcfarlane, William Sharp, Ben Cosgriff, Luka Foy, Jack Thomson, George Copland (inset).
The South Canterbury primary school cricket team produced their best result in more than a decade at the South Island tournament in Blenheim.
The team was in contention for the title most of the week but finished a creditable second equal, 15 runs short of taking the title on the final day.
On the first day against Invercargill Metro batting first, South Canterbury scored 178, with an important last-wicket partnership of 40 between William Johnston and Nick Goodwin proving the difference.
Ben Cosgriff (3-10) and James Martin (2-10), aided by some brilliant fielding, then dismissed Invercargill for 140.
The second day saw South Canterbury beat West Coast outright, dismissing them for 116 and then 40.
William Sharp took seven wickets for the match, Luka Foy six (including a five-wicket bag) and Ben Davenport scored an unbeaten 65 and was well supported by Lachie Harper with 40.
The results lifted South Canterbury to top place on the 14 team table.
A first-innings win over Southland Country saw them stay on top, with Goodwin taking 4-4 and Cosgriff 3-4, as they dismissed them for 32.
South Canterbury then battled through to 116 before trying to force a second outright but this time Southland showed some character and the match finished with them on 56-4.
The fourth day brought a much tougher proposition in Canterbury Country.
South Canterbury scored 138-6 but Canterbury Country’s 150-7 was too good despite Lachie Harper’s all-round performance, top-scoring with 36 and leading the bowlers with 4-17.
The final day match was against Dunedin Metro, who easily beat South Canterbury in the pre-season.
But with the team brimming with confidence, they restricted Dunedin to 189-6 off 51 overs and remained an outside chance of winning the tournament.
The match went right to the wire as leading batsmen Harper (62) and Sharp (72) continued their good week, adding 134 runs for the third wicket.
Once that partnership was broken, wickets began to tumble regularly and when Sharp was eighth out in the 49th over, 20 runs were still needed.
It became a battle of survival, with James Martin and Jack Thomson surviving until stumps to gain a draw.
Another highlight was Cosgriff finishing as the leading bowler at the tournament, taking 12 wickets at an average of 5.83, with an economy rate of 2.13.
Sharp was not far behind, taking 10 wickets and was South Canterbury’s leading batsman with 150 runs.
Year 7 development
South Canterbury Primary Development Yr 7 Tournament team with coach Prabodha Arthavidu and manager Simon Davenport
The Year 7 development team won two matches and were unlucky not to add a third victory with a rained-off match to finish sixth out of 10 teams at Mandeville.
South Canterbury traditionally battle at this tournament, only picking up their first win last year.
But this year they beat Christchurch Astle by defending 182-6, led by Jacob Boal.
Boal was the leading bowler at the tournament with nine wickets, two more than the next best of 120 boys.
In their next match, Canterbury Country posted 254 and then dismissed South Canterbury for 66.
Against Nelson on the final day, South Canterbury chased down 129, with several batsmen contributing – especially Shaun Rhones and Cougan Brown, who led the batting all week.
The Year 5 and 6, 12-aside tournament at Mandeville saw South Canterbury acquit themselves well.
They suffered competitive losses to the top two teams – Canterbury Astle and Canterbury Country – and had comprehensive wins over Canterbury Anderson and Buller to finish third, their best ever result in this grade.
Coach David Fisher said the team were a real credit to South Canterbury cricket, with their commitment and sportsmanship.
The team’s fielding was excellent, led by Liam Andrews, Caleb Donaldson and Ollie Porter.
Ten of the 12 also bowled in every game and showed improvement over the four days.
Batting was probably the biggest challenge.
Andrews was however the pick of the batsmen, scoring 110 runs, and was dismissed only three times while Toby Scannell, Fletcher Rhodes and Harper McKerrow all contributed important runs.
Primary girls
At the South Island tournament in Christchurch the girls took a close-fought win over the Metro development team.
The other highlight was the inclusion of bowler Grace Kelliher in the tournament team. The girls however found Cornwall from Auckland and the top Christchurch side tough going.
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Timaru all out to bring Celtic undone
Waimate batsman Connor Farrell hits out on his way to 52 for Waimate in their one-day senior cricket match against Timaru.
Timaru’s season is now in their own hands after they demolished Waimate and Temuka mucked up a gettable chase against Celtic to relinquish second place.
With one round left, the eight-wicket win at Ashbury has put Timaru in the boxseat but things remain delicately poised.
Timaru must now beat all-conquering Celtic in three weeks’ time to guarantee the two will meet again in the final, or else rely on Roncalli/Celtic to upset Temuka at home.
With Timaru and Celtic already confirmed as finalists for the Twenty20 competition, the two teams could see a lot of each other over the next month.
Timaru’s Saturday did not begin so well as Waimate made them work early on, opener Sam Porter taking advantage of some free hits and a fast outfield on his way to 32.
Three wickets for left-arm off-spinner Zane Sanders pulled it back for Timaru before Connor Farrell arrived at the crease.
Farrell counter-attacked his way to 52, an innings that included five sixes and only four singles.
After Farrell tried for the boundary once too often and was dismissed by Josh Smallridge, the Waimate innings folded, losing five wickets for eight runs to be all out for 148.
Timaru lost two wickets early on but once Prabodha Arthavidu (61no) and Josh Dick (57no) got themselves in, the result was never in doubt.
The South Canterbury pair plundered the Waimate attack and reached the target inside 23 overs.
At Mountainview, an impressive maiden century for 18-year-old Liam Beck got Roncalli/Celtic home against Star at Mountainview.
Beck came in at a difficult time early on with Roncalli/Celtic two wickets down with just one run on the board.
He and keeper/batsman Tristram Cooper (41) built a partnership and the runs began to flow.
When Cooper departed Beck found another ally in Ben de Joux.
The two were still together when Cooper dispatched a waist-high no-ball to the boundary to bring up his hundred.
He was finally dismissed for 104 while de Joux kept going to be 31 not out at the end.
Returning fast-bowler Craig Hinton took four wickets for Star as the innings finished at 208-8.
Star then also found themselves at 2-1
Half centuries to Danny Campbell (58) and debutant Russell Thomas (55) put them back in the hunt but they lost six wickets for 23 in an awful middle-order collapse.
The lower order put up a fight but a one-handed catch from Grant Watt – who also took 3-13 with the ball – ended the match with Star 25 short.
A new-look Temuka bowling attack rolled Celtic for 143 at Temuka Oval but a batting collapse left their season on a knife-edge.
Former Canterbury fast bowler and Black Sticks drag-flick king Hayden Shaw lined up for Temuka and took two wickets, while Vaughan Tarrant’s seamers picked up three as Celtic struggled on a playable wicket.
Early wickets sent the jitters through the Temuka batting line-up and they never recovered, all out for 111.
Daniel Dorgan picked up four wickets, with James Blackstock and Sam Carlaw chipping in with two apiece.
Arthavidu stars with bat for South Canterbury
South Canterbury fielding in the heat and haze of Central Otago at Molyneux Park
“Artha” top-scored in both innings with 76 & 112
Prabodha Arthavidu again starred with the bat, scoring 76 and 112 for South Canterbury against Otago Country in their Hawke Cup clash.
South Canterbury travelled to Alexandra looking for an outright victory to keep them in the hunt for a Hawke Cup challenge.
Without usual captain James Laming, Sam Carlaw took over that role while Willie Stone covered his opening spot in his Hawke Cup debut.
Otago Country won the toss and had no hesitation in asking South Canterbury to bat as they looked for maximum points in their final elimination match to have a chance of winning the zone.
The Country captain could see a touch of green and some dew in the outfield on the first morning.
Opening batsmen Stone and Sam Porter negated the decision, batting through the first 40 minutes against the speed of Sam Blakely and youngster Blake Buttar-Scurr before Porter started a mini-collapse as he, Jake Naylor and Stone went with the score at 30.
Josh Dick joined Arthavidu in the middle and together the pair set about rebuilding the innings, making a very successful fist of it, adding 96 runs.
Dick was out in in the final over before lunch for a well compiled 39, his top score for South Canterbury.
Arthavidu was battling an injury and with runners no longer allowed quick singles were no longer part of the equation.
However, he made Otago Country pay for two missed chances with a mix of off-side drives alongside his normal legside strength before finally being dismissed leg before for 76, also his highest score for South Canterbury.
The tail didn’t wag apart from a run a ball 21 from Willie Wright and South Canterbury was all out for 193.
The very hot conditions meant it was not easy for South Canterbury in the field but early success for James Blackstock helped.
Blackstock removed both openers on his way to deserved figures of 2 for 8 off 11 overs.
The side’s enthusiasm didn’t waiver, evidenced by some great commitment in the field.
Ben Watson chimed in with a wicket and then when a breeze finally arrived, the spin twins Carlaw and Arthavidu got into the act.
Carlaw bowled unchanged for 14 overs and was rewarded with 3 for 35.
Needing an outright to stay in the hunt, Otago Country looked in a lot of trouble as they slumped to 48-5 and then 80-6 before Otago Country captain Fraser Wilson led a one-man crusade as he looked to resurrect his team’s fortunes.
Eventually he became Liam Beck’s only victim out for 96 at better than a run a ball, but his dismissal brought about a declaration 28 runs behind as Country looked for maximum points.
The declaration may have been a bit late, perhaps hindered by his opportunity to score a century.
It meant South Canterbury had to see out two overs before stumps on day 1, a job the openers accomplished with ease finishing the day 10 without loss.
The second day dawned even hotter than the first, with temperatures in the thirties and this time unfortunately with no breeze.
Willie Stone 86 on Hawke Cup debut
Porter didn’t last long, out lbw for 10, but then it became the Stone show, as he dug in and made the most of his opportunity.
He waited for the balls he could play, defended stoutly or let the ball go, and there were plenty of those going past his grill.
Stone played some great cover drives alongside his trademark scoring behind square, and was obviously bitterly disappointed when bowled by Blakely 14 short of a maiden century.
While many eyes had been on Stone, Arthavidu had continued where he left off on the first day, but moving more easily.
He was on 65 when Stone was dismissed after the pair had added 156 runs together and taken South Canterbury’s lead over 200.
Joined by Naylor, Arthavidu picked up the dominant role and before long had passed his previous best of 76 and moved into the nineties with an array of cover drives and strong legside flicks which regularly went to the boundary.
There was no falling short as a couple of boundaries secured his first century for South Canterbury, just reward for his great season before finally falling to a catch at cover.
Naylor (34no) and Carlaw (33no) then went on the charge as the declaration loomed, scoring their runs in about three overs before declaring at 286-3.
This left Otago Country requiring 315 runs to win off 54 overs, a run chase of approximately six an over, which was the equivalent of what South Canterbury had been scoring at on a now benign pitch.
Otago Country appeared to have decided in the shed to go through the motions. While the South Canterbury bowlers worked hard, there was little reward as Otago Country batted through until the match was called off at the fall of Matt Goldstein’s wicket, out for 82 and their total 195-3 off just 45 overs.
South Canterbury’s only real chance appeared to be that if Otago Country chased and they should have at least tried initially.
South Canterbury is unlikely to win the challenge but have certainly proven to be a tough customer.
With a youthful team, as well as injured players to return, there is healthy competition for places in the next match with Southland at home during Waitangi weekend.
Scoreboard
Toss won by Otago Country who chose to field.
| South Canterbury v Otago Country at Molyneux Park Toss won by Otago Country who chose to field. | |
|---|---|
| South Canterbury first innings W Stone c Williams b Buttar-Scurr 18 S Porter c Knox b Blakely 11 P Arthavidu lbw b Wilson 76 J Naylor b Buttar-Scurr 0 J Dick b Buttar-Scurr 39 S Carlaw lbw b Wilson 3 W Wright c Andrew b Blakely 21 L Beck c Patterson b Blakely 0 B Watson b Buttar-Scurr 1 J Blackstock c Buttar-Scurr b Blakely 2 G Watt not out 7 Extras (b 7, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) 16 Total (for 10 wickets, 55 overs) 193 Fall of Wicket: 30, 30, 30, 124, 140, 181, 182, 182, 183, 193. Bowling: S Blakely 21-8-56-4, B Buttar-Scurr 14-3-51-4, M Knox 6-0-25-0, S Windle 4-1-15-0, H Burns 3-0-9-0, F Wilson 7-2-26-2. | Otago Country first innings H Burns c Arthavidu b Blackstock 5 L Cotton c Wright b Blackstock 9 M Goldstein c Wright b Watson 4 F Wilson lbw b Beck 96 J Andrew c Blackstock b Carlaw 20 B Buttar-Scurr lbw b Carlaw 0 K Patterson b Carlaw 4 M Williams not out 19 Extras (b 2, lb 1, pen 5) 8 Total(for 7 wickets declared, 50.5 overs) 165 Fall of Wicket: 6, 17, 19, 48, 48, 80, 165. Bowling: J Blackstock 11-6-8-2, B Watson 11-1-43-1, G Watt 2-0-12-0, P Arthavidu 9-1-42-0, S Carlaw 14-5-35-3, L Beck 3.5-0-17-1. |
| South Canterbury second innings W Stone b Blakely 86 S Porter lbw b Buttar-Scurr 10 P Arthavidu c Williams b Goldstein 112 J Naylor not out 34 S Carlaw not out 33 Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 1) 11 Total (for 3 wickets declared, 53 overs) 286 Fall of Wicket: 16, 173, 249. Bowling: S Blakely 13-1-45-1, B Buttar-Scurr 13-1-45-1, M Knox 9-1-39-0, S Windle 5-0-28-0, H Burns 8-0-56-0, M Goldstein 4-0-39-1, L Cotton 1-0-24-0. | Otago Country second innings H Burns c Carlaw b Arthavidu 47 L Cotton lbw b Watson 20 M Goldstein c Porter b Blackstock 82 J Andrew not out 28 F Wilson not out 0 Extras (b 2, lb 6, w 6, nb 1) 15 Total (for 3 wickets, 45.3 overs) 192 Fall of Wicket: 33, 114, 192. Bowling: J Blackstock 10.3-3-38-1, B Watson 10-1-59-1, G Watt 8-0-35-0, P Arthavidu 5-0-22-1, S Carlaw 12-3-30-0. |
| Result: South Canterbury won on first innings. |
Timaru and Celtic will fight out Placemakers T20 final
Glenn Matthews lead the scoring for Celtic with 59
Timaru sealed a meeting with Celtic in this season’s Twenty20 club cricket final after both notched comfortable wins against the competition’s cellar dwellers.
Celtic got the better of Star by 21 runs at Aorangi Oval on Friday evening, while Timaru scored 34 runs too many for Temuka to chase at Temuka Oval.
Celtic openers Glenn Matthews and Andy Scott made first use of a good track and dusty outfield on a perfect night for cricket at Aorangi.
Matthews, in particular, looked to hit straight on his way to 59 as the Celts made their way past 100.
Off-spinner Hamish Race pegged it back for Star, his flighted deliveries undoing Andrew Buckingham and Dan Laming cheaply on his way to 3-23 off four overs.
Leg-spinner John Beeby sent down an entertaining three overs at the death, picking up four wickets but conceding 39.
All-rounder Tom Pavletich came out swinging and connected with a couple for 25, including one six where he slipped and fell on his nose as he hit it.
Star took some quality catches including Phil McGregor’s diving effort to snare a high ball and as a result Celtic were never able to put the game to bed, finishing on 167-8 from their allotted 20.
Star started badly, losing McGregor for a duck, but a 61-run partnership between Hamish Race and Jacques Marais gave them the slightest of sniffs.
After Race departed Marais opened his shoulders bringing up Star’s 100 with a six.
Marais, a South African import, has shown the pedigree of playing schoolboy cricket against the likes of Neil Wagner, and is easily Star’s top run-scorer this season.
When he finally departed on 75, Star’s challenge was over, finishing 21 runs short with just four wickets down.
In Temuka, Zane Sanders top scored for Timaru with 42 and Josh Smallridge chipped in with 23 as they set Temuka 157 to win.
Nick McGuire was the best of the Temuka bowlers, finishing with figures of 3-30.
In response Temuka were always behind the run rate with a fighting 44 from Adrian Cunningham allowing them to get through to 122-7 off their 20.
The Timaru attack kept it tight throughout with Hayden Leonard (2-20) and Jason Stevenson (2-21) both bowling out.
In the weekend’s other match Waimate’s total of 114 proved too much for Roncalli/Celtic at Knottingly Park.
Nathan Sew Hoy top scored with 25 as the Roncalli/Celtic bowlers restricted Waimate’s hitters, none of the attack going for more than six runs an over.
Chasing down a gettable target the visitors folded. Glen Drake took 3-12 off his four overs as Roncalli/Celtic collapsed to 100 all out, no-one making it past 16 with the bat.
The next round of Twenty20 matches will be dead rubbers with Timaru and Celtic looking to find individual form before the final at Aorangi on February 13.
South Canterbury Primary Development (Yr 7) Tournament 2015
Below you can follow daily results from the regional Prmary Development tournament being played at Mandeville this week.
Click here to follow the whole competition, and where operating live scoring.
South Canterbury have started well with a win first up.
Day One
South Canterbury 182-6 defeated CJCA Rep Astle 172-6
Click here for the full scorecard
Day Two
South Canterbury 47-8 rained off against CJCA Rep Cairns – view scorecard
Day Three
South Canterbury 66-10 lost to Canterbury Country 254-7 – view scorecard
Day Four
South Canterbury 224-8 defeated Nelson 41-11 – view scorecard
South Canterbury U15 Boys Tournament Results
Results from games at the Canterbury Regional U15 Boys tournament being played in Christchurch this week will be posted below as they become available.
Day One – T20 x 2
Game 1
South Canterbury 109 (Gabriel Evans 37, B Little 2/9, Z Medland 2/10, L Foulkes 2/13) beat Christchurch Blue 90/4 (R Dhakal 38, B Entwhistle 29) – click here for full scoreboard
Game 2
Christchurch Black 184/2 (S Yorston 76, B Hartland 51*, D Cornish 33) beat South Canterbury 134/3 – full scoreboard
Day Two – 50 Overs
Christchurch Red 269/4 (L Champman 125*, T Dunlop 48, D Hickford 29, G Evans 2/31) beat South Canterbury 113/10 (Shaun Rooney 20, H Howard 4/16) – full scoreboard
Day Three – 50 Overs
South Canterbury 200-10 (Cullen Grace 51, Ben Aicken 50, Gabriel Evans 27) defeated Canterbury Country 155-10 (Matt Cochrane-Bennett 4-24) – click chere for full scoreboard
Day Four – 50 Overs
South Canterbury 84-1 defeated Buller 82-10 – view full scoreboard
Day Five – Finals
Mid Canterbury 217-10 defeated South Canterbury 77-10 – view full scoreboard
Watt snares six wickets in Hawke Cup win
Grant Watt’s second innings spell of 6-13 was too good for North Otago
An outstanding bowling spell by Grant Watt – in his first Hawke Cup match for more than 10 years – led South Canterbury to outright victory over North Otago in Timaru yesterday.
The veteran bowler took six wickets for 13 off his 10.1 overs in North Otago’s second innings – and at one stage had four wickets for two runs.
The first day of the Hawke Cup elimination match at the Aorangi Oval started to plan after James Laming won the toss for South Canterbury and asked North Otago to bat.
Alex McDuff, in his Hawke Cup debut, rewarded his selection and captain’s decision by removing two North Otago batsmen with nine runs on the board.
Ben Watson joined in and North Otago were in more trouble at 15-3.
Watson would go on to be the leading bowler with 4-43.
North Otago then fought back with a 66-run partnership between Duncan Drew and Ben Cant before James Blackstock’s second spell removed two in quick succession as North Otago slumped to 81-5.
After that wickets fell reasonably regularly around Drew who was eighth out for a solid 175-ball 56 with the total only 130.
Sam Carlaw put the brakes on at one end, not conceding a run until his sixth over, but was not rewarded with a wicket.
Unfortunately, despite another wicket soon after, the last-wicket nemesis that South Canterbury encountered against Mid Canterbury earlier in the season again raised its head as North Otago with a few lusty blows managed to get through to 171 before Blackstock stopped the rot with his third scalp. But North Otago had a total which would prove to be competitive.
In reply, South Canterbury also lost both openers cheaply before Prabodha Arthavidu and Jacob Naylor settled in for a partnership of 70 for the third wicket.
Arthavidu was dominating the bowling and scoring at better than a run a ball, even while facing former New Zealand opening bowler David Sewell and brought up his 50 off 47 deliveries.
But just when observers were discussing possibilities, he played an uncharacteristic pull shot and was caught off the gloves in the slip cordon.
Naylor by now was looking solid but struggled to get someone to stay long enough in partnership with him as he was the seventh batsman dismissed two shy of his half-century.
There was no wag to the South Canterbury tail and after at one stage being 104-4 they were dismissed for 138, almost the identical shortfall the last-wicket partnership by North Otago produced.
North Otago survived the three overs before stumps on the first day without adding any runs to their lead.
On day two South Canterbury set about getting back into the match. In the third over of the morning, McDuff produced a caught and bowled delivery to remove the nightwatchman and three overs later Blackstock removed the other opener to have North Otago 13-2.
This led to a 40-run partnership between Jeremiah Shields and Stefan Grobler before the introduction of Watt changed the game. Watt bowled not only incredibly tightly, conceding 13 off his 10.1 overs, at one stage having 4-2 off 5 overs, but removed batsmen 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in succession and then picked up Sewell, the 10th and final wicket as North Otago were dismissed for 100.
Blackstock chimed in as well to pick up a well-earned six wickets for the match and suddenly South Canterbury had two sessions to score 134 runs for victory.
Sam Porter’s poor run continued, out in the first over, but then the two form South Canterbury batsmen this season – Laming and Arthavidu – added 50 for the next wicket.
Laming was eventually out to the leg-spin of Grobler for 32 but South Canterbury were now on a more solid footing.
Grobler picked up four wickets in succession, removing Naylor (5), Carlaw (0) and then Arthavidu for 38 and at 75-5 the South Canterbury innings suddenly looked much like the first innings as the middle order again failed to fire.
Wicketkeeper Willie Wright then found a solid ally in Watson on his way to an unbeaten 42 and the winning of the match.
It was a relieved South Canterbury side as the outright was secured before tea. While first-innings points keep North Otago at the top of the table with a match to play, South Canterbury have every chance, if they win at Central Otago next weekend.
Smallridge’s 50 keeps Timaru on track for final spot
Josh Smallridge’s 51 led Timaru to a comfortable victory
Josh Smallridge scored 51 for Timaru in the latest senior Twenty20 round with the win keeping his team in second place.
Winning the toss and deciding to bat first on a 36 degrees Celsius Friday evening at Ashbury Park, Timaru lost both openers out to Nick O’Brien with 17 on the board, and shortly after went to 33-3 before Josh Dick was joined by Smallridge, and together the Joshs added 70 runs in quick time.
Smallridge was the dominant partner as he found the middle of the bat and after losing Dick (26), became O’Brien’s third victim just after bringing up his half-century.
The lower order added a further 48 runs as they took the Timaru total through to 162-7.
Grant Watt took two wickets and Liam Beck was economic through his four-over spell, both in support of O’Brien, but it was the Roncalli/Celtic batting that needed now to perform.
Unfortunately for Roncalli/Celtic the 18-degree temperature drop as the southerly came through seemed to hit their batting. Opening batsman Mike de Joux struggled to time the ball but was still the best batsman.
But when he was fourth out for 25 with the total on 60 it was a long hill to climb and with only two other batsmen making double figures, Roncalli/Celtic’s challenge faltered and they were all out for 100. The Timaru bowlers all had good spells with Prabodha Arthavidu returning excellent figures of 4-17 from his spell.
In Waimate’s first ever Friday night T20 match at home, they asked Celtic to bat first and it was hard work for their batsmen after the weather interfered with pitch preparation during the week.
But 29 from Glenn Matthews and 20 from Tom Pavletich helped Celtic to 116-6, a score that proved to be more than enough.
For Waimate, veteran campaigner Reuben Allan was the most successful bowler with 3-25.
In reply, Lachie Robertson was the standout for Waimate with 29 but with no-one else making double figures, Waimate were dismissed 56 runs short.
In Temuka the home side were far too good for Star, who managed only 92, chasing the winning score for the loss of two wickets.
With two rounds left, Celtic cannot be caught on the points table and are assured one final spot but who their opposition will be on February 13 is yet to be decided.
Timaru need one more win to claim the spot but will have a tougher task next Friday night when they lose their representative players ,who will be travelling to Alexandra.
Timaru travel to take on Temuka who, although out of this competition, will still want to be giant killers on their home ground.
If Timaru do not beat Temuka, then their final match could be a real nailbiter, as again they may miss representative players when they take on Waimate in Waimate, one of the two teams (Roncalli/Celtic is the other) that can still tie for second with Timaru.
As things stand, Timaru would go through on countback against Roncalli/Celtic and on run rate against Waimate but with two rounds to play that equation may change.
Tarrant’s stellar season continues for Temuka
Vaughan Tarrant 100*
Vaughan Tarrant’s first senior century and a tight final over gave his Temuka side victory over Star in the match of the day at Aorangi Oval.
On the hottest summer day of cricket this season, Tarrant continued his stellar season as he ticked off more statistical boxes, this time scoring 100 not out, bringing up his ton off the final ball of the Temuka innings and adding to his first senior hat-trick achieved earlier in the season.
Temuka won the toss at Aorangi and after the run-scoring feast during the first class matches the previous weekend were looking forward to testing their own skills on the same deck. Things didn’t start quite to plan losing their first wicket with one run on the scoreboard but Johnny Geddis soon resurrected that as he pulled and hooked any short deliveries.
However, Geddis probably got ahead of himself as he looked to dominate the bowlers and was out caught with the total at 50.
Willie Stone continued on eventually bringing up his second fifty of the season before becoming a Brown brothers’ victim for 58 and Temuka still had a lot of work to do at 129-6 to post a competitive total.
Tarrant stood up, dominating the strike and partnerships as he moved Temuka’s score past 200. His innings included 12 fours and 3 sixes and comfortably surpassed his previous best score in senior cricket of 58 and when he was told his score was 99, and managed a single off the final ball he had guided Temuka to a very good score of 246-8 from their 45 overs.
For Star Matt and Blair Brown and Alex McDuff all took two wickets each and all the bowlers toiled hard in the hot conditions.
A run chase of 5.5 runs per over is never easy over a longer match and with both openers back in the shed with only 9 runs on the board, Star’s chances looked grim.
However, Matt Brown and Danny Campbell had different ideas as they joined in a century partnership with their running between the wickets a feature as they worked the singles as well as boundaries onto their run sheets.
The introduction of leg-spin proved an inspired decision as Nick Maguire appreciated not only the turn but the higher bounce of the Aorangi pitch and he went on to return figures of 4-37. He dismissed Brown (63) and Campbell (62) in quick succession and his spell slowed Star as they slumped from 121-3 to 154-6.
Now the second ‘Brown brother’ Blair, stepped up as he found support from the lower order with McDuff (17) and captain Jeremy Lane (13) helping the total along until it looked all a bit difficult to the independent observers with the score 204-9 and ten runs an over still required.
Obviously Star, and especially Brown had different ideas as he found ways to score runs, ruining Kevin Teahen’s bowling figures as his consistency of line and length was punished with an array of stunning shots.
Dale Warwood did his part by defending solidly and giving the strike back to Brown and the pressure went back on the Temuka decision makers as the final over was about to start with Star needing 11 runs for what had seemed an unlikely victory earlier in the day.
Captain Hayden Broker took himself out of the attack and threw the ball to century-maker Tarrant, no doubt with instructions to not ruin his big day with a loss.
Warwood duly took the single off the first ball to give Brown the strike, but Tarrant who had gone for 23 runs off his previous three overs was back to his miserly best as the batsmen couldn’t find the boundary, eventually only conceding 4 runs to finish his day off in the best possible manner.
At Ashbury Park Roncalli/Celtic batted first against Timaru and Mike de Joux with 42 got them off to a great start before a brilliant catch to Arthavidu stopped his innings and then Roncalli/Celtic returned to type with several of the young batsmen getting in but not persevering and when number six Grant Watt was last out for 17, Roncalli/Celtic had only put 119 on the board.
The biggest problem for the batsmen had been Dwayne Richardson who to took his first senior five wicket bag on the way to the great figures of 5-15, achieved by keeping the ball up and in line – sounds simple but very effective.
In reply Timaru lost just four wickets on their way to victory with Josh Dick finding some form again to finish 48 not out and get his team home comfortably.
In Waimate, Celtic were far too good for the hosts, dismissing them for just 84 with Ben Watson picking up 4 wickets and Dan Laming 3, while for Waimate only Connor Farrell showed much fight top-scoring with 36.
Celtic knocked the target off in just 13 overs for the loss of two wickets with Dan Laming top-scoring with an unbeaten 39.
Next week Friday night T20 returns with no Saturday senior cricket with the Hawke Cup match against North Otago being played.
South Canterbury Yr 5&6 Rep Tournament Results
Below you can follow the results from the Canterbury Regional Yr 5 & 6 Boys Cricket Tournament being played at Mandeville, Rangiora.
The team finished 3rd out of 10 teams, with only the two Canterbury Country teams ahead of them, and all the Chch Metro teams below them – a brilliant effort so well done to coaches, management and especially players on a very successful and happy tournament.
Day One:
Canterbury Astle 172/5
Sam Harris 51*, Hugh 26, Scott 21.
Nick Webb 6-0-1-15, Sam Rieley-Segal 6-1-1-21, Jarrod Phillips 3-0-1-16.
South Canterbury 126
Toby Scannell 32, Fletcher Rhodes 31, Caleb Donaldson 7
Sam Harris 7-2-3-10, Jackson 4-0-3-19, Scott 3-0-1-20
Canterbury Astle won by 46 runs
Day Two:
South Canterbury defeated CJCA Anderson
CJCA Anderson batted first and were all out for 96. Both teams batted 12 so it was a very good bowling and fielding effort by the boys.
CJCA Anderson 96
Harry W 13, Riley Behrnes 11*, Josh Duton 10
Taine Hull 7-1-10-2, Caleb Donaldson 6-1-10-2, Liam Andrews 5-1-12-2
South Canterbury 175/9
Toby Scannell 24, Ollie Porter 22*, Liam Andrews 18, Nick Webb 18, Jarrod Phillips 15*, Harper McKerrow 14
Harry B 4-0-20-2
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Day Three:
Canterbury Country North 162/9
Archie Prane 53*, Adam Supik 26, Hayden Thornley 18
Harper McKerrow 8-1-16-3, Nick Webb 4-0-9-1, Caleb Donaldson 2-0-7-1, Toby Scannell 5-0-25-1
South Canterbury 126 (40 overs).
Liam Andrews 47, Harper McKerrow 20, Jarrod Phillips 14*
Will Anderson 8-1-25-5, Jacob A 8-2-23-1
Canterbury Country North won by 36 runs
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Day Four:
South Canterbury 224/8
Harper McKerrow 44*(retired), Liam Andrews 33*, Toby Clemmett 20, Nick Webb 20, Caleb Donaldson 19, Fletcher Rhodes 18*(retired)
Jacob F 7-1-25-2, Mbongeni 4-0-22-2
Buller 41
Flynn A 10
Jarrod Phillips 3-2-1-3, Toby Scannell 3-1-2-3, Caleb Donaldson 3-1-6-3
South Canterbury won by 183 runs
Umpires’ call decides Hawke Cup thriller
Kevin Teahen took 6 wickets from 31 overs over the weekend
The umpires had the final say despite both teams wishing to continue in the Hawke Cup elimination match between South Canterbury and Mid Canterbury last weekend.
Winning the toss on a pleasant day in Ashburton South Canterbury Captain James Laming justified his decision batting nearly the whole first session of two and half hours before disappointingly losing his wicket right on lunch, out for 83.
More unfortunately for South Canterbury, Laming was the sixth wicket to fall with the total only 127 as his team mates regularly lost their wickets after often doing the hard work and starting to get things on the right track. Partnerships of 33, 43 and 34 which all looked promising never went on.
Down the order Zane Sanders helped keep Mid Canterbury in the field scoring his 26 off 71 deliveries, and the lower order wagged in terms of time, rather than runs and eventually South Canterbury’s first innings was completed, all out for 178.
The medium pace Mid Canterbury bowlers all grabbed a couple of wickets while off-spinner Tom Meyrick was the most successful with 3-23.
South Canterbury nemesis James Southby was soon driving and pulling as he put our opening bowlers under pressure on his way to his top score for Mid Canterbury with 91 off only 85 balls.
However the experience of Kevin Teahen helped slow the scoring and he was rewarded with the prize scalps of the Southby brothers, just reward for toiling through 17 overs.
As the breaks went on to try and build some pressure Prabodha Arthavidu who didn’t have a great day with the bat, showed his all round skills as he took 3-40 with his off-spin, and importantly helped Teahen to slow the scoring rate and make Mid Canterbury battle for their runs.
James Blackstock bowled one of his best spells for South Canterbury hitting a good length and troubling all the batsmen to be rewarded by picking up two top-order batsmen and two at the tail, on his way to a very economical 4-25.
When Southby was out Mid Canterbury were 132-3 and snuck past the South Canterbury total to earn first innings points 7 down. With their No 5 batsman out of the match after dislocating his shoulder throwing the ball in from the boundary, Mid Canterbury made it to stumps on the first day with their last pair at the crease and a 20 run lead.
Day 2 loomed and a lovely day with none of the gusty nor-westers from the first day to trouble the bowlers, but Richard Print took the attack to the bowlers on his way to an unbeaten 27 and Mid Canterbury to a 45 run lead before Blackstock finished off proceedings.
South Canterbury set about their batting in a positive manner as they looked to set a score to declare, with an outright their only option to gain points.
Hero of the first day Laming couldn’t repeat his efforts, out very early on but Sam Porter got into the twenties, Arthavidu made it to 33 before being stumped and Josh Dick also looked promising before being out for 24.
Again South Canterbury lost wickets just as they seemed to be ahead of the game again, and in the end handy double figure contributions from Liam Beck, Ben Watson and Blackstock helped South Canterbury to 157.
Small targets are often harder than large ones, and this time was no different as Mid Canterbury chased 113 to win outright.
Blackstock continued his fine match removing danger man Southby for 5, and the South Canterbury fielders were hunting everything.
You would think South Canterbury had video analysis as fields were changed according to batsman, but South Canterbury’s workhorse, Kevin Teahen, also proved to be the unluckiest bowler in the match as chances were put down that need to be taken at this level, and in the end he had to bowl them to be sure.
Teahen bowled 14 overs straight on the way to 4-45, but easily could have had six or seven victims as Mid Canterbury crawled to 77-5 when the rain came about tea time.
With the forecast not looking good it was a surprise when the rain ceased and the players and ground staff were able to get the covers off ready to resume the battle with South Canterbury needing 4 wickets for a victory after having fought back into the match and was probably on top when the rain had arrived, while Mid Canterbury had begun to throw the bat at the ball to try and nick or edge their way to an outright before losing their wickets.
Alas, despite all the work, and both teams wanting to play for the 12 points still on offer, the umpires deemed an area near the run ups as too wet and called time.
After a good match for two days, both dressing rooms looked a bit gloomy, as a result either way was a probably more fitting outcome.
South Canterbury have some things to improve on, but would be reasonably happy with their effort, playing with great spirit as a group, showed some heart to battle back into a winning position, and one can only hope that they take that into their next match with competition leaders North Otago on January 16/17 in the New Year.
The full score card can be seen here
Summer of Cricket at Aorangi Jan 2nd & 5th
South Canterbury are hosting two Ford Trophy 50/50 matches at Aorangi Oval on January 2nd and 5th.
FREE to children 16 and under (id may be requested at gate)
$10 Adults
Gates Open 11.00am
*** You need tickets for Free entry to. Order/Buy your tickets here now
January 2nd 12.00pm
Canterbury vs Central Stags
January 5th 12.00pm
Canterbury vs Auckland Aces
SC Primary Rep Yr 5&6 Practice Thursday
The South Canterbury Yr 5 & 6 Boys Rep team will be practicing this week at Aorangi Oval at 4.00pm on Thursday 18th December.
If unable to attend please contact David Fisher 021 840039
Roncalli/Celtic’s best weekend of season
Roncalli/Celtic moved into second place in the Twenty20 competition with a win over Temuka and on Saturday became the first team to dismiss Celtic this season.
It was a family affair as all the de Joux crew playing in the Roncalli/Celtic lineup had success with bat, ball and in the field as they first restricted Temuka to 119-9 with Ants de Joux taking two wickets, one due to a catch by son Ben. Then Mike (40) and Neil de Joux (24) got the innings off to a solid start, before non-family member Liam Beck scored an unbeaten 42 to go with his 2-16.
In other Friday night T20 matches, Nathan Sew Hoy continued his fine season as a T20 specialist, scoring 60 for Waimate to take him to the top of the batting table and helped his team account for Star at the same time.
Over the weekend there were at least three occasions where the ball struck a player’s head and this pointed to the fact players need to be aware of where the ball is at all times. Sam Porter is sporting a good shiner after a throw from the outfield hit him just below the eye while he was returning to his bowling run-up.
Phil McGregor was hit in the helmet from another fielder’s throw as he dived for the crease while batting, and then the next morning Prabodha Arthavidu was hit first ball, breaking his helmet open with a big hole.
Star would have been disappointed at their performance, coming up 25 runs short with wickets in hand, but Waimate’s opening bowlers choked the life out of any scoring opportunities.
JP Roguski, with 0-5 off four overs, and Alan Reid, with 0-12 in his return to cricket, put Star under pressure at 18-0 after eight overs. Despite Jacques Marais top-scoring again with 39, none of the other batsmen could get going, being forced suddenly to score at 12 an over on arrival at the crease and in fading light it was too much. With Marais’ fellow opener, Phil McGregor, unable to penetrate the field or rotate the strike enough despite scoring an unbeaten 37, Waimate was always in control of the outcome.
In the third Friday night T20 match, Celtic again saw off Timaru, showing their club depth with several players unavailable.
Saturday saw a continuation of the one-day competition, with the seventh round being played.
Roncalli/Celtic’s kudos in being the first team to dismiss Celtic this season was short-lived as they were dismissed in 24 overs for 84 chasing a target of 177 to win.
Celtic had four batsmen dismissed in the 20s and Sam Carlaw top-scored with 35 as they were all out in the 44th over but it was still too good a total for the opposition.
Celtic’s Ben Watson enjoyed his day out, taking a five-wicket bag from his maximum nine overs but for Roncalli/Celtic no-one other than opener Michael Lees, who almost carried his bat, dug in.
Lees was ninth out, with the score at 70, but by then the match was a foregone conclusion.
At Mountainview, Star’s miserable weekend continued despite home ground advantage and asking Timaru to bat first after winning the toss and then having to watch Arthavidu finally find some club form to match his representative form on his way to 94.
He found good support from Josh Dick with 42 as the pair added 121 runs but once they departed Timaru offered little as Alex McDuff continued his fine season with the ball, taking 5-41.
Timaru eventually posted 218-8, a target Star never threatened.
While Phil McGregor top-scored with 31 not out to remain not out for the whole weekend, he had little support as five ducks in the batting column clearly shows, and Star were dismissed for 88 with Arthavidu capping off his day by taking 3-7 with the ball.
In Waimate, Temuka, whose home game it was, played accordingly, dismissing Waimate for 89.
Theo Davidson did the bulk of the scoring, dismissed for 47, and five Temuka bowlers claimed two wickets each.
In reply, Johnny Geddis led Temuka to victory, with 47 not out, as his team reached the target for the loss of two wickets.
Next weekend, clubs play only in Friday night’s T20 competition as the Hawke Cup campaign begins in the weekend.