Union maintained its Borton Cup lead in Oamaru club cricket when it defeated Valley by eight wickets.

Batting first, Valley was dismissed for 84 in 25 overs. Union replied with 87 for two, and the match was over early.

Oamaru set Glenavy the task of scoring 227 to win. Siwach Lakshay (28), Pad Singh (50) and R Singh (29) batted well while Robert van Leeuen took four for 48 for Glenavy.

In reply, Glenavy was bundled out for 97, Kurt Thomas top-scoring with 27. The destroyers were Lakshay (five for 20) and Nick Johnston (three for 18).

Waitaki Boys’ High School defeated St Kevin's College by four wickets. Batting first, St Kevin's made 91 with Jess Valp top scoring with 21.

Liam Mavor (three for 26), Andrew Ruddenklau (two for 23) and Matthew Stewart (two for 9) did the damage with the ball.

Eli Johnson, 55 off 37 balls, and Angus Philpott, with 23, made the runs to claim victory while Lachlan Brookes (three for 36) and Ben Kay (two for 27) took wickets for St Kevin’s.

Short Scorecard(s)

Senior - Borton Cup - Round 9

Union Senior vs Valley Senior at Weston Domain
Valley Senior 84 ( S. Dunnett 21, H. McKenzie 20, N. McLachlan 11, B. James 4-33, M. Lilley 3-26, M. Creighton 2-12 )
Union Senior 86-2 ( T. Shields 26, S. Conlan 26no )
Union by 8 wickets.

Oamaru Senior vs Glenavy at Glenavy
Oamaru Senior 226 ( B. Singh 50, R. Singh 29, L. Siwach 28, N.R. Johnston 27no, D. Percival 22, R. van Leeuwen 4-48 )
Glenavy 97 ( K. Thomas 27, L. Siwach 5-20, N.R. Johnston 3-18, T. Sidhu 2-14 )
Oamaru by 129 runs.

St Kevins 1st XI vs Waitaki Boys 1st XI at Milner 1
St Kevins 1st XI 91 ( J. Valpy 21, L. Mavor 3-26, M. Stewart 2-9, A. Ruddenklau 2-23 )
Waitaki Boys 1st XI 92-6 ( E. Johnson 55, A. Philpot 23, L.X.F. Brookes 3-36, B.D.P. Kay 2-27 )
WBHS by 4 wickets.