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A mid-Saturday afternoon fight back by Riverview Motel Whanganui was absorbed by the Furlong Cup’s powerhouse side who just clicked up another gear on their...
Weather permitting the club cricket season will get underway on Saturday, starting with the one-day competition.
Freyberg seamers Brad Fulton and Ali Akhter took four and three wickets, respectively, giving them an 80-run lead. Freyberg then scored 193-8 in their second dig and pushed for quick runs, giving them a lead of 273. Scott Mitchell came close to a century, but was out for 91, caught down the ground. Mitchell had an opening stand of 64 with opener Charles Parker, who scored 33. Old Boys spinners Trent McGrath and Regan Fleming put the brakes on as McGrath took four 4-57 and Fleming 3-65. Old Boys then had 41 overs to bat and hung on to be 96-8 at stumps. Freyberg looked like they were clo...
It gave Marist a lead of 60 after they scored 148 in their first innings in what had seemed like a low score. Liam Gunning top scored for Marist with 49, but Freyberg seamers Brad Fulton and Akhter pegged Marist back with 4-17 and 3-34, respectively. In Marist’s second innings they finished the day at 37-0 with a lead of 97. WARWICK SMITH/Stuff Freyberg's Charles Parker is bowled by Jack Gleeson. United batsman Ma’ara Ave scored a big hundred to give them a good start against Palmerston North Boys’ High School. Ave scored 154 to set up United’s first innings total of 289 all out ...
There is one more week of the twenty20 competition remaining. CRICKET: Marist batsman Craig Lawrence put in the Manawatū club performance of the weekend, smashing a century in their 57-run win over Old Boys in the twenty20 competition. Lawrence raced to 100 not out from 56 balls, hitting eight fours and five sixes as Marist piled on 194-4 batting first at Ongley Park in Sunday. The win put Marist into fourth place with one round of matches remaining this weekend, but they are out of the running. There is one round at 12pm on Saturday, with the final at 3.30pm. Unbeaten United still lead t...