East Coast Bays kept themselves within touching distance of the top-four with a strong win over Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s Premier Men in the Jeff Crowe Cup competition at Lloyd Elsmore Park on Saturday.
Bowling first, Bays held the Alpaca openers in check as 23 runs came from an attritional first 10 overs. Bill Walsh held firm for the hosts, hitting 85 off 141 balls, while the middle-order duo of David Winn (50) and Andrew Morrison (40) added the impetus to lift their side to 225/6 from their 50 overs.
In reply, an opening stand of 114 between Cole Briggs (63) and Ryan Schierhout (47) took the game away from Howick Pakuranga. It came in quick time too before Ryan Harrison (51*) and Seb Langridge (51) together took Bays to within a dozen runs of the target. Bays fourth win came in the 41st over with seven wickets to spare.
- Howick Pakuranga 225/6 (B Walsh 85, D Winn 50, A Morrison 40) lost to East Coast Bays 230/3 (C Briggs 63, R Harrison 51*, S Langridge 51, R Schierhout 47) by seven wickets.
Meanwhile, stunning figures by Rae Allright (5-5) helped Howick Pakuranga’s Premier Women’s side keep themselves in the play-off picture with a tense victory over Parnell in the Pearl Dawson Trophy competition.
While Isabel Mills (33) top-scored for Parnell, Allright was all over the Plums middle-order, with four of her five wickets bowled.
Chasing 105, Howick Pakuranga were on the ropes at 65/7 as Parnell’s Ella Drumm picked up 3-6. Josie Penfold (28*) and Yasmin Bhadha then added an unbeaten 53 for the eighth wicket to seal a crucial three-wicket victory.
- Parnell 104/7 (I Mills 33, R Allright 5-5) lost to Howick Pakuranga 106/7 (E Drumm 3-6) by three wickets.
SATURDAY’S CLUB CRICKET SCORES
Premier Men
Jeff Crowe Cup | Round 8
North Shore 216 (Ad. Dhadwal 76, Am. Dhadwal 75, D van Deventer 5-35, A Parikh 3-39) lost to Parnell 217/3 (R Clinton 76, A Parikh 50*, F McGregor-Sumpter 41) by seven wickets.
Howick Pakuranga 225/6 (B Walsh 85, D Winn 50, A Morrison 40) lost to East Coast Bays 230/3 (C Briggs 63, R Harrison 51*, S Langridge 51, R Schierhout 47) by seven wickets.
Auckland University 178 (G Beghin 56, N Stobart 39*, W O’Donnell 3-23, M Jones 3-38) lost to Takapuna 181/3 (Q Sunde 64*, W O’Donnell 33, B Beecroft 32) by seven wickets.
Eden Roskill 229/7 (O Chakraborty 68, S Sharma 54, S Chopra 43*, L Wheeler 3-46) lost to Cornwall 233/4 (M Guptill-Bunce 84* A Bagadam 82) by eight wickets.
Richard Jones Cup | Round 8
Ellerslie 330/5 (J Allan 125*, D Kharel 95, A Alam 43) defeated Waitakere 262 (Q Taljaard 55*, R Kumar 32, S Edkins 3-40, D Kharel 3-40) by 68 runs.
Birkenhead 228 (J O’Brien 68, L Sandeep 55, O La Brooy 35, C Rajapaksha 32, N Deol 3-9, A Prasad 3-49) defeated Papatoetoe 217 (N Deol 76, S Setia 44, A Jayampathi 4-45, A Frew 3-40) by 11 runs.
Grafton 185 (F Campbell 38*, L Devereaux 4-21) lost to Suburbs New Lynn 189/5 (S Martin 36, M Barry 32) by five wickets.
Hibiscus Coast 248/7 (R Lakmal 108, M Spicer 70, S Zada 4-52) lost to Kumeu 251/5 (A Christian 93, R Jenner 51*) by five wickets.
Premier Women
Pearl Dawson Trophy | Rounds 7 and 8
Auckland University 122/4 (S Petherick 53) defeated Cornwall 100/8 (C Crooks 49*, S Petherick 3-13) by 22 runs.
Parnell 104/7 (I Mills 33, R Allright 5-5) lost to Howick Pakuranga 106/7 (E Drumm 3-6) by three wickets.
Takapuna 164/7 (E Irwin 51, F Trussler 35, H Semau 3-19) defeated Papatoetoe 69 (K Halliday 3-11) by 95 runs.
Takapuna 135/5 (E Irwin 50, L Hollister 30*, N Matthews 3-16) lost to Auckland University 135/6 (S Petherick 53) by four wickets.
Papatoetoe 77/8 lost to Howick Pakuranga 80/3 (R Patel 43*) by seven wickets.
Cornwall 94/9 (O Anderson 3-7) lost to Parnell 95/1 (Y Kareem 54*) by nine wickets.
