North Shore were made to work for their 25-run victory over Howick Pakuranga in their premier men’s Jeff Crowe Cup cricket clash at Lloyd Elsmore Park on Saturday.
Batting first, North Shore had several middling partnerships to get the scoreboard moving. Despite Sam Hinds hitting 57 at the top of the order, both sides would have felt on top throughout.
At 157/6, Tendai Chitongo (45) and Ronnie Hira (39) combined to ensure the visitors made the most of their 50 overs. Rutvik Botadra was the best of the Howick Pakuranga bowlers, picking up 3-55 from his 10 overs.
Howick Pakuranga made a shaky start to their chase. At 39/3, Zac Watson (2-22) had the Shore on the front foot. The game appeared all but over at 103/6 only for Connah Thompson and Harmeet Singh (41) to take the aggressive approach.
Thompson hit 8 fours and 3 sixes on his way to a stunning 67 off 46 balls, but it wouldn’t be enough as the hosts were bowled out for 230 in the 47th over.
Meanwhile Howick Pakuranga’s premier women’s side recorded a win and a loss in rounds 5 and 6.
Auckland University continued their impressive start to the summer with a final-ball victory over Howick Pakuranga premier women. Though the Llamas built nicely on the back of knocks by Emma Child (40) and Amberly Parr, Alex Eastwood’s three wickets made it tough to push on.
In reply, University were asked to fight to the end after Naomi Matthews (33), Alex Eastwood (32) and Nikita Parshotam (29) chipped away at the target. Needing two to win from the final ball, Rebecca Ellison found the boundary to keep University atop the table.
Up against Cornwall, Howick Pakuranga didn’t let a low total stop them from remaining in the play-off hunt. Batting first, Radhika Patel led the way for the Llamas hitting the top score of 31.
For Cornwall, openers Issy O’Connell and Olivia Baton picked up two wickets apiece to help hold Howick Pakuranga to 91/7. Cornwall’s batting, however, came unstuck a second time around under pressure from a remarkable spell by the opposing skipper; Amberly Parr finished with figures of 3-3 from her 3 overs as her side stormed to a 29-run victory.
RESULTS:
Premier Men
Jeff Crowe Cup | Round 6
North Shore 255/9 (S Hinds 57, T Chitongo 45, R Hira 39, R Botadra 3-55) defeated Howick Pakuranga 230 (C Thompson 67, D Young 56, H Singh 41) by 25 runs.
Parnell 343/7 (A Parikh 95, J Plummer 68, D van Deventer 58, F McGregor Sumpter 54) defeated Takapuna 126 (B Beecroft 54, D James 31*, N Perera 4-34, H King 4-43) by 217 runs.
East Coast Bays 322/5 (S Langridge 137*, R Schierhout 74, L Watson 52) defeated Eden Roskill 259 (A Bhardwaj 68, O Chakraborty 61, S Sharma 33, L Delport 3-34, B Smith 3-45) by 63 runs.
Cornwall 259/8 (D Gallage 65, J Cassidy 61, L Dasent 42, M Guptill-Bunce 37, N Stobart 4-63, K Mackenzie 3-49) defeated Auckland University 253/9 (J Stephan 124, G Beghin 44, J Patel 34, C de Beer 3-47) by six runs.
Richard Jones Cup | Round 6
Waitakere 222 (P Whynn 94*, B Nash 56, D Bhatti 3-33) lost to Papatoetoe 224/0 (B Rowland 102*, S Setia 101*) by 10 wickets.
Suburbs New Lynn 309/3 (S Martin 158, T Patel 63*, T Payle 60) defeated Ellerslie 106 (S Venville 32, D Watson 4-21, S Devereaux 3-39) by 203 runs.
Birkenhead 269 (C Rajapaksha 51, O La Brooy 39, A Jayampathi 36, P Faulkner 36, R Jenner 4-49) defeated Kumeu 151 (E Sayed 59, A Jayampathi 3-26) by 118 runs.
Grafton 352/6 (B Chamberlain 111, D Sharples 108, D Taylor 65) defeated Hibiscus Coast 101 (S Gunawardene 4-8) by 251 runs.
Barfoot and Thompson Royal Oak Premier Women
Pearl Dawson Trophy | Rounds 5 and 6
Howick Pakuranga 122/6 (E Child 40, A Eastwood 3-23) lost to Auckland University 125/6 (N Matthews 33, A Eastwood 32) by four wickets.
Cornwall 60/8 lost to Takapuna 61/2 by eight wickets.
Papatoetoe 81/6 (R Lilii 31*, W Pretorius 3-16) lost to Parnell 82/4 by six wickets.
Papatoetoe 127/6 (C Agafili 48*) lost to Auckland University 128/2 (E Handyside 50*, P Catton 39) by eight wickets.
Takapuna 103/4 defeated Parnell 81/6 (Y Kareem 32, J Barnett 3-8) by 22 runs.
Howick Pakuranga 91/7 (R Patel 31) defeated Cornwall 62 (A Parr 3-3) by 29 runs.
