Cameron wary of upset

Lansdowne will start hot favourites to beat Rathkeale College in their Wairarapa senior men's cricket Umpires Cup match at Rathkeale tomorrow but captain Henry Cameron won't be taking the students lightly.
Cameron, who has scored 79 not out and 101 not out in his two Cup innings to date this season, knows the perils of making confident predictions about any limited-overs game and he believes Rathkeale have enough talent in their mainly inexperienced side to cause an upset, especially if there is any complacency in the Lansdowne camp.
And while Cameron is delighted with a start which has seen Lansdowne chalk up two wins from as many matches, he is quick to point out that not everything has gone to plan, with too many wides being delivered by his bowlers. He wants them to show greater discipline tomorrow and is also keen to see some of his team's more talented batsmen, such as Jamie Holmes and Alex Treseder, start to fire in that department.
Rathkeale, on the other hand, will be desperate to see the back of Cameron and other in-form Lansdowne batsmen, such as Brock Price and Robbie Speers, before they get into full stride and they will be relying heavily on Jacob Smith and Harry Greenwood to achieve that objective.
Greenwood will also be expected to play a leading hand with the bat, an area in which skipper Ben Foster, wicketkeeper Matthew McKenzie and Harry Clinton-Baker should be major contributors as well.
Foster is looking for an improvement from his side in the field as they were below par there against Greytown last weekend but he was happy with his bowlers, especially Greenwood, who put down 10 overs on the trot and took the only two wickets to fall. Foster sees some consistent batting from the Rathkeale top order as the secret to a strong effort against the formidable Lansdowne combination.
Greytown will also be firm favourites when they take on Red Star in their Umpire's Cup fixture at the Park Sportsround, with the southerners certainly appearing to have greater depth in the batting and bowling spheres.
The return of Tim Lucas has boosted Greytown's batting strength, already powerful through the presence of proven stroke-makers such as skipper Paul Lyttle, Mark Childs, Steve Coleman, Seth Rance and Blake Lyford. They are well equipped in the bowling too, with Rance and Lyford able to work their magic while the shine is on the ball and Coleman and Nash Patel likewise when spin is required.
Lyttle was pleased with Greytown's eight-wicket thumping of Rathkeale last Saturday. Red Star captain Shay O'Gorman, on the other hand, was disappointed with a weak batting effort from his side in their latest loss to Wairarapa College.