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Otago Volts vs Canterbury:
By Otis Murray
After an early morning bout of rain, a delayed start of 11 am was decided with the Volts electing to bowl.
Debutant Scott Janett didn’t make life easy in his first white-ball match, with him and Rhys Mariu scoring a 124-run partnership off 24 overs, demolishing all the Volts bowlers excluding Mason Clarke.
Mariu went for 44 in an overall slow inning, being trapped in front by Ben Lockrose.
Janett went on to score his maiden List A 100 in his debut, with Matt Boyle’s supporting role being dismantled on 32 with a slight tickle on the 6th stump line.
Canterbury were only at 218 by the 40th over, with Jannet being dismissed for a run-a-ball 115. Dean Foxcroft took one with a top edge out to Jake Gibson which was taken cleanly.
Captain Cole McConchie and Mitch Hay accelerated the total quite quickly with scores of 48* and 56, bringing the total up with a few failures from the backend of the Canterbury order.
The total ended at 322/7 after their 50 overs with the Otago Volts being left to dry after a mid-paced inning until the 40th.
The Volts didn’t start great when starman Dale Phillips went for 10 off 13, getting bowled straight through by Fraser Sheat.
Jamal Todd and Llew Johnson started to chew away at the fat setup by Canterbury. Todd continued his amazing form, scoring 56 off 64, being caught behind off Michael Rae’s bowling.
Foxcroft was bowled for 27 after a ball remained low and hit the toe of the bat, the Volts were at 140/3 after 28.6 overs.
Carter and Johnson managed to set up a 78-run partnership that lasted for 12 overs, giving some hope back to the Otago faithful, who turned up on their sole day off. After Michael Rippon’s dropped catch, he made up for it with Carter departing for 42 off 34.
Chu couldn’t chew any more fat off, departing for only nine off 8 top edging a bouncer off Fraser Sheat being caught & bowled.
Llew Johnson ticked over 100 while Jake Gibson decided to hit 50 in 20 balls, propelling Otago to have a chance at the match. Johnson was caught in the deep, needing three off 3, scoring 115 off 118 balls.
Needing three off the last two Lockrose was caught in the same spot, Hazeldine snagged a leg bye for Canterbury to snatch the win by a run!
Northern Districts vs Wellington Firebirds:
By Otis Murray
Stand-in captain Joe Carter’s batting performance didn’t leave anything to suggest a low total for the visiting side. He scored 49 off his 57 balls, however, it didn’t help that only two more of his players obtained over 30.
Katene Clarke was chopped on by Logan van Beek in the third over for only two. However, Fergus Lellman decided to stand up, scoring 32 before being caught on the 45 off Peter Younghusband.
Robbie O’Donnell mustered up 47 off 60, nicking off to Mo Abbas with Callum McLachlan taking it calm and collected.
Brett Hampton ran out of batting partners mustering up 28 off 51 until he tried to go big after a short ball being caught at deep square leg.
This ended the Northern Districts innings for 200/10 after 43.4 overs leaving a relatively weak target to chase.
Jesse Tashoff’s move to the top hasn’t provided much, even after only one inning of over 50, failings again, scoring six off 21, chipping one up to mid-on.
Once again, Nick Greenwood delivered, scoring 47 off 61 chopping on after playing at a ball targeted at the wide line.
Mo Abbas was the one to steer Wellington home at the end of it all. He managed to score 59 off 68 while no one else could score over 25. Severin, Kelly, and Johnson got close to the mark but couldn’t muster it up.
Wellington got to the target with only four overs to spare, did this show that the pitch was in for a low-scoring thriller all along?
Auckland Aces vs Central Stags:
By Vincent Jones
The Central Stags have picked up their second Ford Trophy victory of the season off the back of Brett Randell’s five-wicket haul and Tom Bruce’s 139 from just 124 in Tāmaki Makaurau.
Three Aucklanders made their List A debuts with Lachlan Stackpole, Quinn Sunde, and Harjot Johal all playing their first one day matches.
A solid 69 from Sean Solia at the top of the order led the way for the hosts after they elected to bat. Cam Fletcher struck a middle order knock of 80 from 76 balls after the home side had slipped to 160/4 midway through their innings.
Jock McKenzie, who had been elevated to number three produced a run a ball 22 after Stackpole had fallen for eight in the third over.
Michael Sclanders (23) and Sunde (10) provided some support to Fletcher, but it was Johal’s 31 from 40 that got the Aces through to 285.
Randell finished with 5/57 from his ten overs with Angus Olliver (7) and Fletcher falling to him in the final over whilst Ray Toole had figures of 2/56 from his ten.
Auckland had early success with the ball as Brad Schmulian (1) fell to Olliver in the fourth over and Ferns grabbed Jack Boyle leg before for four.
Dane Cleaver and Bruce went about resurrecting the visitors' innings with a 55 run stand for the third wicket but this was cut short by McKenzie who bowled Cleaver for 45.
The Stags then went about with a record stand for the Central for the fourth wicket with Curtis Heaphy and Bruce putting on 183 before Bruce fell to McKenzie with 15 runs required.
Heaphy provided stability throughout the stand with Bruce, only striking seven fours in his eventual score of 85* and Josh Clarkson finished on six not out to give Central a six wicket win with two overs remaining.
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