The final round of Borton Cup cricket before the semi-finals was played in the weekend with Liam Direen and Anesh Bose both scoring centuries, while Daniel Martin took five wickets for the first time at senior level.
Union won the toss and batted first on the artificial at Glenavy, reaching 272/6 of their 50 overs. Duncan Drew top scored with 77, Blake James 39 and Scott Kitto 31. Brad Fleming pushed the score along in the final overs being 46 not out of 38 balls at the end of the innings.
Harry Murphy took 3-45 and Hamish McCulloch 2-51.
In reply Glenavy was well short, bowled out for 106 in 28 overs. For Union Daniel Martin took 5-30, his first five wicket bag at senior level, Scott Kitto took 3-6 and Anuj Mishra finished with 2-25. Jordon Mulligan scored 31 and Matt Tangney 26.
A nine-man team Albion won the toss and elected to bat first against St Kevins at the College. Led by a fine 132 from Aneesh Bose of 101 balls, they reached 273 all out in the 44th over. He was supported by Tarras Beardsmore 37, Angrej Singh 25 and Sabareesh Ramesh 22. Campbell Fowler took 3-57 of 6.4 overs.
St Kevins got of to a fast start thanks to 70 of 37 balls from Campbell Fowler. Albion still fought on and looked to be bringing itself into the game having St Kevins 172-6, before Liam Direen saw his side home with 117 not out of 83 balls. St Kevins fishing with 276/6 in 36 overs.
For Albion Tom Squire took 3-40 of 10 overs, and Jacob Davies 2-87 of eight.
Valley defaulted their game against Waitaki Boys High School.
Next weekend St Kevins will play Union at St Kevins and top qualifier Oamaru will play Glenavy at Centennial Park in the Borton Cup Semi-Finals.
Short Scorecard(s)
Senior - Borton Cup - Round 14
Albion Senior vs St Kevins 1st XI at St Kevin's 1
Albion Senior 273 ( A.C. Bose 132, T. Beardsmore 37, A. Singh 25, S. Ramesh 22, C. Fowler 3-57 )
St Kevins 1st XI 276-6 ( L.T. Direen 117, C. Fowler 70, T. Squire 3-40, J. Davies 2-87 )
St Kevins by 4 wickets.
Union Senior vs Glenavy at Glenavy Domain
Union Senior 272-6 ( D.J. Drew 77, B.G. James 46no, B.G. James 39, S.C. Kitto 31, H. Murphy 3-45, H. Mcculloch 2-51 )
Glenavy 106 ( J. Mulligan 31, M. Tangney 26, D. Martin 5-30, S.C. Kitto 3-6, A. Mishra 2-25 )
Union by 166 runs.
Second Grade - Club30 - Round 12
WBHS Sewell vs St Kevins 2nd XI at St Kevin's 2
St Kevins 2nd XI 123-9 ( h. Winmill 25no, E. Goodsir 22, J. Fowler 22no, E. Strachan 3-17, D. McSkimming 2-16, L. Rooney 2-26, H. Latu 2-39 )
WBHS Sewell 124-4 ( L. Evans 38no, S. Smit 25, T. McLean 3-37 )
WBHS Sewell by 6 wickets.
Valley Club30 vs Albion Club30 at WCS Outer Oval
Albion Club30 197-6 ( D. Roulston 70, J. Varghese 66, K. Went 4-31 )
Valley Club30 175-8 ( N. Barnes 43no, H. Hughes 33, T. Sidhu 24, J. Joseph 3-32, A. Mathew 2-31, G. Evans 2-39 )
Albion by 22 runs.
Oamaru Club30 vs WBHS Smith at Whitestone Contracting Oval
WBHS Smith 83 ( A. Haywood 21, M. Burke 15, G. Rukmal 4-23, H. Singh 2-9 )
Oamaru Club30 91-3 ( S. Rana 35no, H. Singh 29no )
Oamaru by 7 wickets.
Third Grade - Youth Blast - Round 12
St Kevins College Junior XI vs Valley Girls at Weston Park 1
Valley Girls 78-5 (P. Flores 3-10, L. Curle 2-15 )
St Kevins College Junior XI 80-4 (E. Fox 2-2, I. Wardle 2-18 )
St Kevins by 4 wickets
North Otago Primary Youth Blast vs WBHS Rushton at Don Field 1A
WBHS Rushton 178-3 ( D. Kelynack 70, L. Rowell 18no )
North Otago Primary Youth Blast 49 ( J. Drew 16, D. Kelynack 3-18 )
WBHS Rushton by 129 runs.
WBHS Johnston vs WBHS Harris at Don Field 2A
WBHS Johnston 135-1 ( J. Kelland 21, T. Edmondston 20no )
WBHS Harris 119-3 ( J. Collins 38, B. Emerson 19no )
WBHS Johnston by 16 runs.