Palmerston. Palmerston scored 123-7 in the first dig with the experienced Jonathan Salmon scoring 39. Marist needed 11 off the last over to win and reached 124-8 with two balls to spare.
Palmerston North Boys’ High School climbed into third place with a 37-run win over
Old Boys. The schoolboys scored 126-5 batting first off the back of 35 from Scott Davidson and 24 from Jonty Fleck. Stephen Bennett snared two wickets for Old Boys. In reply none of the Old Boys batsmen fired and they were all out for 89 in the 17.4 overs. Bennett top scored at No 9 with 16. Aadesh Ganugapati, Fred McVerry and Jonty Fleck all took two wickets apiece for Boys’ High.