An unbeaten 110 by Wellington opener Josh Brodie who batted through the innings against Canterbury, was a highlight of a hot second day of competition in the Provincial A cricket tournament at Lincoln today [Thursday 22 January].
Brodie’s innings was not enough to see Wellington to victory, however, with Canterbury winning by six wickets. Auckland had a close eight-run win over Central Districts to extend their lead at the top of the points table, while Otago took a bonus points in defeating Northern Districts by six wickets.
Auckland A v Central Districts A
Auckland won the toss and chose to bat, with openers Jeet Raval and Mark Turner putting on 87 for the first wicket before Raval was dismissed for 37. Turner went on to top score with 82 off 97 balls. Dusan Hakaraia with 33 and Andrew De Border with 50 continued to set a great platform for Auckland, but from 225/5 they collapsed and at the end of 50 overs had reached 283/9. Spinners Greg Hay and Tim Lythe did the damage with four and three wickets respectively.
With CD 200/9 chasing 284 to win Auckland was in the box seat but a last wicket partnership of 75 balls in 34 balls between Liam Rukuwai and Jeremy Kuru created a tight finish. Rukuwai was run out off the last ball of the 48th over to give Auckland an exciting win. For CD James de Terte scored 59 and number 10 Jeremy Kuru hit 51 not out off 21 balls. Lance Shaw took 4/76 off his 10 overs for Auckland.
• Auckland 283/9 (Mark Turner 82, Andrew De Boorder 50, Greg Hay 4/44, Tim Lythe 3/48) beat Central Districts 275 (James de Terte 59, Jeremy Kuru 51*, Lance Shaw 4/76) by 8 runs
Wellington A v Canterbury A
Wellington won the toss and batted - opener Josh Brodie top scoring with 110 not out off 145 balls. There was then a series of partnerships that took Wellington to 265/6 at the end of 50 overs. For Canterbury Hamish Bennett took three wickets and Leighton Burtt, Marty Kain and Sam Noster one each.
Canterbury paced their run chase well. Opener Todd Astle scored 85 off 135 balls and together with Corey Anderson, who made 51, they put on 110 for the second wicket. Darren Broom was not out 70 out off 50 balls and they achieved the win in 48.2 overs for the loss of four wickets. Dewayne Bowden took 2/54 off 10 overs for Wellington.
• Wellington 265/6 (Josh Brodie 110*, Hamish Bennett 3/56) lost to Canterbury 267/4 (Todd Astle 85, Corey Anderson 51, Dareen Broom 70*) by six wickets
Northern Districts A v Otago A
ND won the toss and batted first in their match against Otago and lost opener Cameron Merchant to the first ball of the match. They struggled to recover and were bowled out for 198 in the 48th over. Captain Brad Wilson top scored with 46 and Keir Bettley, batting at number nine, scored 43. Matt Harvie took 2/21 and Anthony Bullick 2/23 and left arm spinner 3/34 off his 10 overs.
Otago lost Hamish Rutherford to the first ball of the second over but a series of solid partnerships enabled them to reach the target in 39.3 overs to get the bonus point. Captain Jordan Sheed made 52 off 63 balls including nine 4s, Sean Eathorne made 49 off 78 balls and Sam Wells was unbeaten on 42 off 47 balls when the winning runs were scored.
• Northern Districts 198 (Brad Wilson 46, Keir Bettley 43, Nick Beard 3/34) lost to Otago 202/4 (Jordan Sheed 52, Sean Eathorne 49, Sam Wells 42*) by 6 wickets
Points at the end of Round 2
Auckland 8
Otago 5
Northern Districts 4
Canterbury 4
Wellington 4
Central Districts 0
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