Wairarapa College cruise to victory

Brad Griffith, 50 runs and four wickets for Wairarapa College. PHOTO/CHRIS KILFORD

ALL-ROUNDER Brad Griffith shone with both bat and ball as Wairarapa College cruised to a seven-wicket win over Rathkeale College in the Wairarapa Cricket Umpires Cup match on Sunday.

His ability to maintain a consistent line and length paid big dividends for Griffith when Rathkeale batted first and were all out for 174. His 7.4 overs cost him only 18 runs and he snared four wickets in the process.

The highlight of the Rathkeale innings was the 62-run partnership for the second wicket between Anthony Sprowson and Liam Burling. Sprowson made 42 from 100 balls, including eight 4s, while Burling faced 65 deliveries and struck five 4s in his 39. Apart from Griffith four other Wairarapa College bowlers got among the wickets with Lucien Burt finishing with 2-33 from his nine overs.

Wairarapa College lost their first wicket with just 17 runs on the board but Griffith and Burt then put on 76 runs for the second wicket. Griffith's 50 came from 76 balls and included six fours while Burt was more circumspect, his 58 coming from 120 balls and including five 4s. Nathan Elliott was 39 not out when the winning runs were scored.

Short scoreboard:

RATHKEALE COLLEGE 174 (Morrison 0, A Sprowson 42, Burling 39, Fahey 4, Paton-Masters 14, Kelly 20, Hourigan 1, Price 11, Forrester 0, E Childs 2, Q Childs 0, extras 41; fall of wickets, 6, 68, 90, 126, 143, 150, 166, 170, 174, 174; Griffith 7.4-1-18-4, G Wakeling 9-1-39-1, Burt 9-0-33-2, H Wakeling 10-0-33-1, Percy 1-0-9-0, Harp 2-0-13-0, Brewster 7-1-21-1) lost to WAIRARAPA COLLEGE 175-3 (G Wakeling 4, Griffith 50, Burt 58, Elliott 39 not out, Perry 4 not out out, extras 20, fall of wickets, 17, 93, 168; Fahey 10-1-31-1, Garnett 4-0-19-0, E Childs 8.1-1-49-1, Q Childs 10-1-29-0, Kelly 9-2-22-1, Hourigan 3-0-17-0, Forrester 2-0-7-0) by seven wickets.

The Duckworth Lewis system came into play in the Greytown v Red Star match with rain causing four overs to be lost. It led to Greytown's total being increased from 189 to 194 and Red Star coming up just three runs short of victory, their total being raised to 191.

An unbeaten 35 from Ben Foster, made from 34 balls and including one 4, highlighted the Greytown innings while Robbie Speers (28) and Paul Lyttle (27) also made handy contributions. Bowling for Red Star Tane Workman took 3-37 .

Red Star's batting effort was dominated by Troy Burling and Zac Caldwell. Burling's 51 came from 84 balls and included one 4 while Caldwell's 50 came from 60 balls and included two 4s and one 6. Foster completed an excellent double for Greytown by taking 3-31 from his six overs.

Short scoreboard:

GREYTOWN 194-7 (Thayer 22, Reisima 8, Ross 14, Speers 28, Kibblewhite 0, Lyttle 27, Freeman 0, Truong 23 not out, Foster 35 not out, extras 32; fall of wickets, 12, 49, 67, 68, 123, 127, 130; Watt 8-0-36-1, Sigvertsen 7-0-31-0, Workman 10-1-37-3, McCluskey 7-1-27-0, Deans 9-1-35-2, Burling 5-0-17-1) beat RED STAR 191 (Loveridge 13, Burling 51, Rowley 3, Deans 11, Caldwell 50, Workman 10, Sigvertsen 6, Sprowson 0, McCluskey 14, Watt 20, Anand 0 not out, extras 13; Butterfield 8-2-19-1, James 9-1-34-2, Freeman 9-0-32-0, Reisima 9-0-32-2, Foster 6-1-31-3, Speers 4.5-0-41-1) by three runs.