Albion marched to the top of the Borton Cup table after the third round was completed on Saturday afternoon when it defeated Eastern by six wickets at Palmerston. Oamaru/St Kevin’s College won its first game of the season when it defeated Union by 35 runs . The Waitaki Boys High School/Valley game saw the points shared after the game was unable to be played because of a funeral.
Batting first Eastern at one stage was staggering at 44 for seven saw the old brigade of Jeff Grubb(36), Michael Dodd(32) and apprentice Ollie McLelland(23 not out) guide Eastern to a respectable 151 before the final wicket fell in the 42nd over. Bowling for Albion Ian Cooney and Ricky Whyte took three wickets each while Amira Nazira who was to play an important part with the bat took two for 29. Albion required only 25 overs to pass the Eastern total with Nazira unbeaten on 82.
Oamaru/St Kevin’s batted first on St Kevin’s number two block which produced variable bounce and mainly due to some hard hitting from Jordan Bartlett(41) posted 203 for nine at the end of fifty overs. Brodie Flannery added 21, Bowling for Union Michael Ormandy claimed three for 55 while Dan Conlan, Paul Johnston and Brad Fleming took two wickets each. Union. Batting without Matt Lilley who suffered a hand injury while bowling in Oamaru/St Kevin’s innings Union was dismissed for 168 with four balls remaining in the game. Brayden Lindsay took six for 35 for Oamaru/St Kevin’s while Duncan Drew(36) and Paul Johnston(39) added an invaluable 80 runs for the fourth wicket.
Short Scorecard(s)
Senior - Borton Cup - Round 3
Albion Senior vs Eastern Senior at Mill Reserve
Eastern Senior 151 ( J. Grubb 36, M. Dodd 32, O. McLelland 23no, A. Nazira 2-29, I. Cooney 2-35, R. Whyte 2-40 )
Albion Senior 153-4 ( A. Nazira 82no )
Albion by 6 wickets.
Union Senior vs Oamaru-St Kevins Combined at St Kevin's 2
Oamaru-St Kevins Combined 203 ( J. Bartlett 41, R. George 22, B. Flannery 21, B. Kingan 21, J. Backhouse 15, M. Murphy 15, R. Curle 15, M. Ormandy 3-55, B. Fleming 2-23, P. Johnston 2-24, D. Conlan 2-37 )
Union Senior 168 ( P. Johnston 39, D. Drew 34, A. Cromwell 18, D. Conlan 14, B. Lindsay 6-35 )
Oamaru-SKC by 35 runs.