Twenty20 cricket Saturday

Saturday saw two rounds of Twenty 20 cricket played, with Naenae Old Boys, North City and Onslow each recording two wins.

North City defeated Eastern Suburbs in the morning round, scoring 124 for 5 with Ben Jansen scoring an unbeaten 52. They then dismissed Easts for 78, Criag Shanks 3 for 16 and Mark Gillespie in his first game of the season getting 3 for 18. In the afternoon they defeated University by 32 runs. Norths got 150 for 4 and then restricted University to 118 for 9 with Shanks getting 3 for 16 and Ben Jansen 3 for 14.

Naenae defeated neighbours Taita in the early game. Taita made 147 with Ollie O’Leary scoring 67 and Naenae lost six wickets getting the target. They then defeated Karori by 32 runs. Naenae made 122 with Simon Baker taking 3 for 20 and then dismissed Karori for just 90 after they had an opening partnership of 69. Marcel Wratt took a career best 5 for 12.

Onslow beat University on the super over rule. Onslow scored 97 with the students then getting 97 for 8. In the super over University made 7 for 2 while Onslow scored 8 for 0.In the afternoon Onslow beat Easts by 23 runs. Onslow made 137 for 6 with former Easts player Jimad Khan getting 63. Khan then took 3 for 27 as Easts could only score 114-9.

Karori defeated Hutt in the early game, getting 137 for 6 but Hutt could only make 125 for 5 despite Tim Robertson scoring 61.

Hutt lost their afternoon game to Taita in a high scoring game. Hutt got 171 for 7 with Stephen Myburgh ( brother of Canterbury player Johann) getting 98 from 62 balls. He hit 8 fours and 6 sixes. Taita scored 174 for 4 with O’Leary getting 62, Mark Houghton 54 and Myburgh taking 3 for 22.

In the Senior grade Wellington College, Johnsonville and Upper Hutt all recorded two wins.

Wellington College  got 126 for 5 against Karori and then limited them to 89 for 7. They then defeated Petone-Riverside by 6 wickets. Petone-Riverside made 92 for 8 with Scott Archer taking 4 for 19. Then they scored the runs for the loss of just four wickets.

Johnsonville beat Petone-Riverside in the early game. Petone scored 71 for 8 and then Johnsonville lost three wickets. They then defeated Karori by 24 runs in the afternoon.

Upper Hutt beat North City by six wickets scoring 104 for 4 in reply to 99, and then beat Taita by 14 runs.

Taita had beaten Collegians by 3 wickets in the morning, with Anthony Crummy taking 4 for 16.

Collegians then defeated Norths by 11 runs in the afternoon

Results

Premier

Taita 147 ( O.O’Leary 67, M Houghton 22, Z Curtis 22, A Williams 2-21, M Cornish 2-29, S Battock 2-32) lost to Naenae 150-6 ( M Ball 33, R Karaitiana 28*, B Crook 24,H Bloomfield 2-18, A Sturt 2-23)

Onslow 97 ( S Foley 30, B Parlane 28, J Finch 3-16, H Evans 2-12, M Burns 2-14) tied with University 97 ( B Orton 27, S Rasmussen 3-14, J Khan 2-26) In the Super Over Onslow 8-0 defeated University 7-2.

North City 124-5 ( B Jansen 52*) beat Easts 78 ( J Dean 21, C Shanks 3-16, M Gillespie 3-18)

Karori 137-6 ( H Boam 28*, H Templeton 25*, S Allen 23, S Baker 22, D Twigg 2-33) beat Hutt 125-5 ( T Robertson 61, J Sewell 2-24)

Naenae `122 ( P Tunnicliffe 34, S Battock 21, S Baker 3-20, L Edwards 2-21) beat Karori 90 ( M Ellison 33, S Murdoch 33, M Wratt 5-12, A Williams 3-8)

Onslow 137-6 ( J Khan 63, A Thompson 22, L Dry 2-14, R Joseph 2-29) beat Easts 114-9 ( J Dean 41, R Joseph 28, J Khan 3-27, D McKeefry 2-14, L Chrisp 2-18)

Norths 150-4 ( S Fairley 46, ) beat University 118-9 ( M Goldstein 41, B Orton 38, B Jansen 3-14, C Shanks 3-16, F Quarterman 2-18)

Hutt 171-7 ( S Myburgh 98, M Pepper 3-38, M Houghton 2-16) lost to Taita `174-4 ( O O’Leary 62, M Houghton 54, S Gellatly 27*, S Myburgh 3-22)

Senior

Well College 126-5 ( L Scully 42, T Gibson 26, C Gajanayaka 24) beat Karori 89-7 ( V Ward 32, H Wright 2-10, C Larsen 2-21)

Petone-Riverside 71-8 lost to Johnsonville 72-3

Norths 99 lost to Upper Hutt 104-4

Collegians 107-8 ( A Crummy 4-16) lost to Taita 110-7 ( D Little 31)

Petone- Riverside 92-8 ( S Archer 4-19, H Wright 2-9) lost to Well College 93-4 ( C Gajanayaka 34*)

Johnsonville 107 beat Karori 83-8

Upper Hutt 142-4 beat Taita 128-7 ( M Lewer  43)

Collegians 139 beat Norths 128 

 

One-Day games Sunday

A round of one-day games was played on Sunday following the double round of Twenty 20 games on Saturday.

In the Premier grade, Karori beat Hutt on an adjusted target. Karori made 225 for 9 with Tim Blundell scoring 99 from 125 balls. Hutt had a revised target of 117 but could only make 100.

Taita scored 230 for 8 against Naenae, Steve Gellatly scoring a century off 99 balls. In reply Naenae made 125-7, losing by 44 runs.

Easts made 162 against North City, who had an adjusted target of 147 which they achieved with four wickets down.

University made 98 against Onslow, who won losing three wickets.

With one round of One-Dayers to go, Easts and Karori have 21 points followed by Norths with 20, the two one day finalists will come from these three teams.

In the Senior competition, Collegians had a comprehensive win over North City. Upper Hutt defeated Karori , Petone-Riverside beat Johnsonville and  Taita beat Wellington College.

Petone-Riverside hold a slender one-point lead over Karori and North City.

Points:

One Day Premier: Easts & Karori 21; Norths 20; Hutt 14; Taita 12; Onslow 11; Naenae 9, University 2

Total: Karori 29; Norths 28; Easts 27; Onslow 21; Naenae 19; Hutt and Taita 18, University 6

One day Senior: Petone-Riverside 18; Karori and Norths 17; Johnsonville 15; Collegians and Wellington College and Upper Hutt 12; Taita 6

Total: Johnsonville 25; Petone-Riverside 24; Upper Hutt 22;  Karori and  Norths 21; Wellington College 20; Collegians 18; Taita 14