Taranaki punish Wairarapa

GOT IT: Calvin Ball about to gather in a catch for Wairarapa in their Hawke Cup match with Taranaki.PHOTOS/CHRIS KILFORD

Wairarapa were outclassed by Taranaki in their Hawke Cup qualifying round senior men's cricket match played at Rathkeale College over the weekend.

The visitors won by an innings and 34 runs after taking a stranglehold on the first day when after dismissing Wairarapa for a paltry 97 they raced through to 280-4 themselves before declaring, thanks in the main to an unbeaten 174 by skipper Tim Bruce.

His aggressive intent is shown by the fact he faced 123 balls and struck 18 fours and eight sixes.

Any prospect of Wairarapa scoring enough runs in their second innings to make Taranaki bat again soon went by the board. Again their top order batting failed to fire with the first two wickets falling at 25, the third at 26 and the fourth at 28. At 65-6 just managing to match their first innings total looked a longshot but an unbeaten 38 by Robbie Speers, helped by some useful resistance from the tail-enders, saw them eventually all out for 147. Speers faced 58 balls and hit three fours and a couple of sixes.

Short scoreboard:

Wairarapa 97 (Jarvis 3, T Burling 15, Cameron 18, Holmes 0, L Burling 12, Lyttle 0, Price 9, Speers 19, Ball 11, James 0, Watt 0 not out; extras 10; fall of wickets, 20, 29, 29, 52, 52, 55, 64, 95, 97, 97; McLeod 11-3-18-3, Barrett 7-1-13-0, Watkins 9-1-21-0, McDougall 5-0-13-2, Stuart 9.2-3-15-5, Thomas 2-0-9-0, McDougall 1-0-5-0) and 149 (Jarvis 4, T Burling 19, Cameron 0, Holmes 27, L Burling 1, Lyttle 5, Price 14, Speers 38 not out, Ball 12, James 19, Watt 0, extras 10; fall of wickets, 25, 25, 26, 28, 41, 65, 80, 110, 149, 149; Barrett 8-3-31-1, McLeod 13-2-34-4, Watkins 8-2-18-2, Thomas 3-1-10-0, McDougall 6-02-25-0, Stuart 6.5-1-26-3) lost to Taranaki 280-4 declared (Robinson 7, Barraclough 43, Bruce 174 not out, McDougall 7, Muggeridge 33, Ebrahim 6 not out, extras 10; fall of wickets, 19, 191, 204, 252; Hook-Sporry 12-1-63-1, Watt 9-4-24-0, Ball 6-0-36-0, Holmes 3-0-23-0, James 9.5-1-62-2, Price 4-0-15-0, Cameron 8-0-48-1) by an innings and 34 runs.

-Meanwhile, Wairarapa College chalked up a 33-run win over Lansdowne in their Umpire's Cup senior men's interclub match played on Sunday. Brad Griffith top scored with 31 as the students reached 136 in their innings and Lansdowne never recovered from a poor start which saw them 47-5 at one stage.They were all out for 103.

Short scoreboard:

Wairarapa College 136 (Elliott 6, Herbert 18, Burt 25, Griffith 31, Wakeling 3, Simpson 0, Reisima 18, Harp 11, Perry 0, Dickson 0, Coley 3 not out, extras 21; fall of wickets, 31, 33, 80, 85, 86, 86, 99, 130, 130, 133, 136; Macdonald 6-0-26-1, Goodin 5-0-35-1, Jackson 1-0-14-0, Patel 7-1-29-5; Barrett 6.5-1-29-3) beat Lansdowne 103 (A Treseder 18, Griffith 5, Adamson 8, S Treseder 4, Patel 3, Tim 12, Ganesan 25, Jackson 1, Barrett 9, Goodin 0, Macdonald 0 not out, extras 18; fall of wickets 21, 29, 44, 45, 47, 80, 87, 103, 103, 103; Griffith 6-0-26-3, Wakeling 6-3-12-0, Burt 7-1-20-3, Dickson 7-1-28-2, Coley 2-0-10-1) by 33 runs.