The St Kevin's First XI moved up the Borton Cup ladder when it defeated Albion in the North Otago club competition on Saturday.
Batting first, the College side was dismissed for 186 with Regan George (55) leading the way supported by the consistent Liam Direen (43) while bowling for Albion, Steve Slack claimed three for 31 and Mac Singh, four for 40.
The Albion top order slumped in reply to be 93 for seven and the side was all out for 116.
Jonty Naylor (20) and Ben Davis (27 not out) held the side together, while for St Kevin’s, Jacob Fowler took three for 18 and Adam Docherty and Jack Cameron took two wickets each.
Union defeated Waitaki Boys’ High School at King George Park by 127 runs.
Batting first, Union made 261 for seven it its 50 overs with Duncan Drew (41), Brad Fleming (42) and Happy Singh (30 not out) making runs while bowling for Waitaki Boys’ Liam Mavor took three for 27 and Quin Wardle claimed three for 33.
Waitaki did not have the batting strength and succumbed to be dismissed for 74 after facing 26 of the 50 overs with player-coach Ben Donkers scoring 21.
Blake James and Jordan Whyte took three wickets each.
Oamaru had too much batting power for Glenavy. Batting first, Oamaru made 290 for seven with Sarel Smit (72), John Bartlett (53) and Harvinder Sandhu (46) in good form while Ross McCulloch took two for 46 for Glenavy. Glenavy was dismissed in the chase for 166 runs.
Short Scorecard(s)
Senior - Borton Cup - Round 8
Waitaki Boys 1st XI vs Union Senior at King George Park
Union Senior 256-7 ( B. James 74, B. Fleming 42no, D. Drew 41, H. Singh 30no, G. Singh 19, B. Martin 15, Q. Wardle 3-33, Li. Mavor 2-67 )
Waitaki Boys 1st XI 74 ( B. Donkers 21, Q. Wardle 19, J. Whyte 3-18, B. James 3-23, B. Fleming 2-7 )
Union by 182 runs.
Glenavy vs Oamaru Senior at Whitestone Contracting Oval
Oamaru Senior 290-7 ( S. Smit 72, J. Barlett 53, H. Sandhu 46no, S.F. Grobler 30, R. McCulloch 2-36, E. Booth 2-63 )
Glenavy 106 ( L. McRae 35, J. Barrett 35, R. Van Leeuwen 23, E. Booth 20, W. Sunderland 17, K. Mahajan 15, S.F. Grobler 5-42, R. Breen 2-6, H. Sandhu 2-13 )
Oamaru by 184 runs.
Albion Senior vs St Kevins 1st XI at St Kevin's 1
St Kevins 1st XI 186 ( R.J. George 55, L.T. Direen 43, M. Singh 4-40, S. Slack 3-31 )
Albion Senior 116 ( D. Davies 27no, J. Naylor 20, J. Fowler 3-18, J.E. Cameron 2-10, A. Docherty 2-20 )
St Kevins by 70 runs.