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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Cricket : Central Districts A v Canterbury A

CD were sent in to bat after Canterbury won the toss, and while all the CD batsmen made starts none reached 50. Opener Mark Calkin top scored with 46, Greg Hay made 44 and Dominic Rayner made 39. At the end of 50 overs CD had made 285/7. Michael Davidson took 2/55 off 10 overs.

Darren Broom anchored Canterbury’s run chase with a brilliant unbeaten 140 off 114 balls and with Sam Noster hitting 46 off 41 balls at the top of the innings Canterbury paced the run chase to perfection, winning with three balls to spare. Richard Sherlock took 2/14 off five overs and off-spinner Tim Lythe 2/67 off his 10 overs for CD.

Central Districts 285/7 (Mark Calkin 46, Greg Hay 44, Marty Kain 3/30) lost to Canterbury 289/5 (Darren Broom 140*, Sam Noster 46) by five wickets.

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