1st Report
The North Otago bowling attack face a big challenge today, the second day of the Hawke Cup challenge being played at Rangiora. North Otago won the toss and decided to bat first but lost opener Glynn Cameron in the second over and although Lachie Kingan ,who with Cameron added 25 runs with Jeremiah Shields and 28 invaluable runs with Duncan Drew was eventually dismissed early in the second session for 35. Of the remaining batsmen only Francois Mostert(62) and Nathan Smith(23)showed any resilience before the final wicket fell at 179 in the eightieth over .The NZ under 19 .left arm spinner Jeremy Benton took five for 61 off 25 overs while rightarm opening bowler Will Williams a member of the Canterbury squad claimed three for 17 off 16 overs. At stumps Canterbury Country was 67 for one, 112 runs in arrears with nine wickets in hand. Liam Bartholomeusz was unbeaten on 41 with Jack Boyle on seven. Mostert had taken one for 32 for North Otago

2nd Report
Canterbury Country put the Hawke Cup away for the winter after it repelled North Otago’s challenge at Rangiora.Canterbury Country batted through the second day of North Otago’s Hawke Cup challenge to be 364 for six at stumps giving it an overall first lead of 185 with four wickets still in hand. Canterbury Country dismissed North Otago for 179 on the first day and at stumps was 67 for one with Liam Bartholoweusz on 67 and Jack Boyle on 7.This pair added 96 for the second wicket before Boyle was dismissed for 33. Bartholomeusz went for 91 five runs later before Shanan Stewart and Harry Chamberlain added a further 36 runs before Chamberlain was out for 30. His brother Sam did not trouble the scorers falling without any addition to the score while captain Andrew Robertson went with the total at 206. Stewart and Henry Shipley dominated the later stages of the second day and at stumps on the second day had taken Canterbury Country through to 364 for six, with Stewart on 130 and Shipley on 37, an unbeaten seventh wicket stand of 158. Francois Mostert took four for 76 and Jeremy Smith, two for 33 off 17 overs for North Otago. The runfest continued on the final day. Stewart and Shipley added 37 runs before, with the total at 401, Shipley was run out by Jeremy Smith for 56. Stewart continued to dominate the North Otago attack adding a further 36 runs with Will Williams, before he was caught behind for 173 by Lachie Kingan off Jeremy Smith’s bowling, an innings containing twenty three fours and a solitary six. The last two wickets fell with the total at 446 leaving North Otago 267 runs in arrears going into its second innings. .At lunch on the final day North Otago was two for one with Kingan out for one and North Otago needing a further 265 runs to make Canterbury Country bat again. At tea the respective captains Andrew Robertson(Canterbury Country) and Jordan Horrell(North Otago) agreed that the game be drawn with Canterbury Country retaining the Hawke Cup on the first innings.

Short Scorecard(s)

Representative - Hawke Cup - Challenge Round 4

North Otago vs Canterbury Country at Mainpower Oval, Rangiora
North Otago 179 ( F. Mostert 62, L.T. Kingan 35, N.G. Smith 23, J.H. Shields 12, J.T.A. Benton 5-61, W.S.A. Williams 3-17 ) & 114-4 ( B.C. Cant 37, F. Mostert 36no, J.B. Smith 20no )
Canterbury Country 446 ( S.L. Stewart 173, L.D. Bartholomeusz 91, H.B. Shipley 56, J.C. Boyle 33, H.J. Chamberlain 30, J.H. Tapper 17, W.S.A. Williams 14, F. Mostert 5-95, J.B. Smith 3-61 )
First innings win to Canterbury Country
Full scorecard for the match

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