Sam Borland was unlucky not to notch up a century in the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s Premier Men’s match against Eden Roskill at the weekend.
Borland hit an unbeaten 97 helping HPCC dominate to win by nine wickets.
Bill Walsh was the other big scorer with 39 runs on the board.
Premier Men
Jeff Crowe Cup | Round 11
Takapuna 270/8 (B Beecroft 98, D James 44, J Sussex 31*, S Collinson 31, M Olsen 3-48, H McKay 3-55) defeated North Shore 222 (Ad. Dhadwal 49, H McKay 30*, P Ruffell 4-34, S Collinson 3-45) by 48 runs.
Eden Roskill 151 (S Sharma 52, A Bhardwaj 32, H Singh 4-30, K Chetty 3-13) lost to Howick Pakuranga 154/1 (S Borland 97*, B Walsh 39) by nine wickets.
Cornwall 231/9 (J Cassidy 60, L Dasent 44, J Plummer 3-40, H King 3-45) defeated Parnell 177 (D van Deventer 49, A Parikh 38) by 54 runs.
East Coast Bays 269/8 (S Langridge 79, M Ross 59, L Watson 36, R Harrison 30) defeated Auckland University 142 (J Low 44, K Mackenzie 31, L Delport 3-27) by 127 runs.
Richard Jones Cup | Round 11
Grafton 251/8 (D Sharples 57, P Patel 46*, G Olliff 46, K Minhas 3-50) defeated Waitakere 159 (K Minhas 48, J Dymond 3-27) by 92 runs (DLS method).
Hibiscus Coast 208 (BJ Jacobs 51, T Treadaway 40, C Elliot 35, P Fernando 5-36) defeated Birkenhead 193 (J O’Brien 36, C Rajapaksha 34, A Jayampathi 3, T Treadaway 4-39) by 15 runs.
Ellerslie 270/8 (J Allan 98*, A Alam 65, B Dench 35, S Wimilaratne 30, D Laban-Jeffries 3-52) defeated Kumeu 153 (D Dogra 3-24) by 117 runs.
Papatoetoe 253 (S Setia 108, A Luthra 43, R Gill 31, M Barry 5-42, S Devereaux 3-46) lost to Suburbs New Lynn 257/2 (T Patel 110*, M Barry 85*) by eight wickets.
Barfoot and Thompson Royal Oak Premier Women
Prichard Cup | Round 5
Papatoetoe 93 (P Catton 4-25, N Patel 3-17) defeated Auckland University 81 (M Pearson 3-10) by 12 runs.
Takapuna 191/7 (R McNeill 45*, A Kelly 34, A Hucker 3-37) defeated Cornwall 90 (B Armstrong 44, R McNeill 3-7, F Trussler 3-17) by 101 runs.
Parnell 221/6 (C Pederson 110, Y Kareem 37) defeated Howick Pakuranga 121 (K Anderson 40, O Anderson 3-30) by 100 runs.
Pearl Dawson Trophy
Elimination Final | Takapuna 120/4 (I Gaze 51, R Allright 3-23) defeated Howick Pakuranga 102 (S Shahri 41, J Barnett 3-21) by 18 runs.
Final | Takapuna 89/9 (N Patel 3/21) lost to Auckland University 93/1 (K Gurrey 71*) by nine wickets.
