Hawke's Bay v Poverty Bay Kirk Cup cricket
The demons of last year were exorcised yesterday in what was an anti-climax after the opposition came and went without much fuss.
The Pay Excellence Hawke's Bay senior men's representative cricket team made short work of Poverty Bay when they crushed them by 10 wickets at Nelson Park, Napier.
It was redemption of sorts for the humiliating loss at Harry Barker Reserve, Gisborne, last year but what sort of a workout was it before the all-important Hawke Cup zone 2 (Blair Furlong) match against Horowhenua-Kapiti this weekend in Levin?
"I'm quite happy with the guys who'll take some confidence to [Levin]," first-season coach Colin Schaw said last night.