Sean Eathorne

South Canterbury beat North Otago by ten wickets in a two day Hawke Cup elimination match at Whitestone Contracting stadium.

North Otago put South Canterbury in to bat on the first day and Craig Davies(19) and Richie Preston(44) produced an opening stand of 51 before Davies was dismissed. South Canterbury lost Preston and Ed Kilbee with the total at 67 but an 85 run partnership between Ben McCord(48) and Bill Walsh(41) took the total through to 152. But then South Canterbury lost its next four wickets for the addition of only 12 runs before Mark Tutton(16) and Glen Matthews(36) featured in a ninth wicket stand of 49 before the final wicket fell at 227. David Sewell and Tim McCormick took four wicket each for North Otago.

South Canterbury had North Otago 55 for four at stumps with Dan Laming taking three for 16 off his six overs. North Otago lasted only an hour on the second day before the side was dismissed for 96 and forced to follow on with Stephan Grobler(21) and Sean Eathorne(30) reaching double figures.

Laming finished with four for 22 while Ben McCord claimed three for 35, those three wickets coming from four balls as he dismissed Jordan Horrell, Tim McCormick and Darcy Hooper-Smith in one over. Sam Carlaw whipped through the tail taking two for four off nine balls.

Following on North Otago went to lunch on the second day 22 for three and after lunch the decline continued with the tenth wicket falling just on tea with the total at 142 meaning South Canterbury needed to bat again and make 12 runs to win.

Stephan Grobler(25) and Jordan Horrell (37) put up some resistance but it was bowlers day with Ben Watson taking three for 32 and Glen Matthews and Bill Walsh took two wickets each.

Short Scorecard(s)

Representative - Hawke Cup - Zone Series

South Canterbury vs North Otago at Whitestone Contracting Stadium, Oamaru
South Canterbury 227 ( B. McCord 48, R. Preston 44, R. Walsh 42, G. Matthews 36, C. Davies 19, M. Tutton 16, D.G. Sewell 4-59, T.J. McCormick 4-62, A.J. Horrell 2-41 ) & 12-0 ( F. Kilbee 12no )
North Otago 96 ( S.W. Eathorne 30, S.F. Grolber 21, J.H. Shields 19, D. Laming 4-22, B. McCord 3-35, S. Carlaw 2-4 ) & 142 ( A.J. Horrell 37, S.F. Grolber 35, D.G. Sewell 19, B. Watson 3-32, G. Matthews 2-5, R. Walsh 2-18 )
South Canterbury won by 10 wickets
Full scorecard for the match

Player Pages:
Sean Eathorne | Stephan Grobler | Jordan Horrell | Tim McCormick | David Sewell |

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North Otago 2011-2012 |