Makeshift Wairarapa go down to Manawatu

A DEPLETED Wairarapa were beaten outright by Manawatu in the last of their Hawke Cup qualifying cricket matches played at Palmerston North over the weekend.
With several first string players unavailable including captain John Peters, vice-captain Ngatai Walker, in-form batsman Sam Curtis and the spearhead of the pace attack, Hayden Spierling.
Wairarapa started as rank underdogs but were in with a winning chance through most of the game
Only lower order batsman Andy Dodd (36) and Seth Rance (44) prospered when Wairarapa batted first and were all out for just 167. Dodd struck seven boundaries and Rance eight after the top order had failed to fire.
It was a similar story though in Manawatu's first innings. They started disastrously and at a remarkable 21-7 looked set to be dismissed for a paltry total but a 114 run seventh wicket partnership between Forgie (42) and Wylie (75) tuned things round and they were finally dismissed for 178.
It was opening bowlers Seth Rance and Richard Wylie who did most of the damage for Wairarapa with Rance taking 4-43 and Wylie 3-25
Wairarapa's second innings was a marked improvement on the first with seven of the batsmen getting into double figures and the team getting through to a respectable 243.
Opener Eddie Hopkins hit 11 fours in his 66, Cameron Stone seven fours in his 45 and newcomer Jeremy Anderson seven fours in his 36.
Wanganui were thus left 233 runs to get for the outright win and they looked a forlorn chance at 49-4 but again they dug themselves out of the hole, this time through some fine batting from Lompard (64), Baldwin (80 not out) and Forgie (28 not out).The target was reached with just the five wickets down.
The most successful of the seven bowlers used by Wairarapa were Robin James and Richard Wylie both of whom took two wickets
Scoreboard:-
Wairarapa 167 (Cameron 15, Hopkins 13, Stone 1, Rist 4, James 14, Anderson 1, Dodd 36, Roberts 13, Rance 44, Wylie 0, Clinton-Baker 10 not out, extras 16; Davis 8-2-21-3, Norman 3=0=12-0, Wylie 12-2-45-2, Baldwin 17-7-49-5, Fulton 5-1-16-1, Forgie 4-1-14-1) and 243 (Cameron 9, Hopkins 66, Stone 45, Rist 6, Jams 16, Amderson 36, Dodd 11, Roberts 17, Rance 11, Wylie 4, Clinton-Baker 6 not out, extras 16; Davis 7-1-34-1, Norman 6-0-29-2, Wylie 11-4-35-1, Baldwin 17-2-61-3, Fprge 14-3-36-3, Fulton 7-1-19-0, Cunningham 8-1-18-0) lost to Manawatu 178 (Hodge 1, Worker 3, Murley 0, Lampard 4, Fulton 2, Baldwin 0, Forge 42, Cunningham 3, Wylie 75, Hall 25, Davis 0 not out, extras 23; Rance 14-3-43-4, Wylie 8-1-25-3, B.James 8-3-24-0. R.James 10-1-28-1, Dodd 1-0-10-0, Stone 5-0-29-1, Clinton-Baker 2-0-12-1) and 233-5 (Hodge 28, Worker 1, Murley 7, Lampard 64, Fulton 10, Baldwin 80 not out, Forgie 28 not out, extras 25; Rance 10-1-52-0, Wylie 9-1-21=2, R.James 8-2-38-2, Stone 8.5-3-31-0, B.James 7-1-36-0, Clinton-Baker 5-0-22-0, Cameron 4-0-22-1).