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CRICKET by Wynsley Wrigley
CRICKET teams don’t usually come back from 11-4 and that proved the case for Pirates as they slumped to a comprehensive six-wicket loss to OBR in Saturday’s feature DJ Barry Cup match.
The Kevin Hollis Glass Pirates tail launched a modest recovery to take the score to 146 before Carl Carmody smashed 72 off 44 deliveries to lead Landmark Homes Bain Construction OBR to a comfortable top-of-the table victory.
The other matches at Harry Barker Reserve were even more one-sided.
Tamarind High School Old Boys easily beat Gisborne Boys’ High School (2), scoring 300-9 and dismissing the school for 35, while Horouta made 295-9 and knocked over Campion College for 99.
OBR captain Ian Loffler said it was a good toss to win, with the wicket showing some effect from recent rain.
Pirates vice-captain Brad Reynolds, one of the four early wickets, said the Aberdeen Road end of the No.1 wicket at Harry Barker Reserve was wet and green.
“It (the ball) was like a tennis ball,” he said.
“It was a battle just to survive, never mind score.
“You wanted to bowl first to that end.”
But it was Jimmy Holden, bowling to the other end, who made the breakthrough. He had Olly Tilley caught behind the wicket for two.
Timoti Weir (3-45) then dismissed Andrew Aston (0), Tom Needham (1) and Reynolds (1) in quick succession at the other end.
Richie Needham made 21 but Pirates were 78-7 after a seventh-wicket partnership of 29 between Albert Tibble (14) and Dan Torrie (41 not out) ended right on drinks.
Torrie, showing a mixture of defence and attack, joined with Caleb Robinson (7) to put on 29 for the ninth wicket and then teamed up with 15-year-old Tayla Hollis (11) to put on 34 for the 10th wicket.
“I knew Pirates would fight back,’’ Loffler said.
OBR decided to attack from the outset of their innings.
Pirates still had an outside chance when Craig Christophers and Marshall Norris were both dismissed with the score on 32.
But Carmody and Weir (34) put on 107 for the third wicket.
“That is where we won the match,’’ Loffler said.
Carmody struck 12 fours in an aggressive innings.
Francis Gray was the star of the day for Horouta in their 196-run victory over Campion.
He scored a hard-hit 67 that included 13 boundaries, took 2-3 with the ball and made two catches.
Horouta chose to bat first and scored 295-9.
They lost an early wicket before skipper Brian Forde (35) and Quentin Mill (36) added 94 for the second wicket.
Campion claimed the middle-order wickets in quick time before Gray combined with Jason Brooks (15) in an 80-run stand for the sixth wicket.
Gray was then joined by annual summertime visitor, English-based cricket lover Duncan Gibson, who made 17 on debut for his new club after stints with Tatapouri-United and Ngatapa.
The two put on 50 for the seventh wicket before Jimmy Craig, also on debut, made 15no in an eighth-wicket stand of 29 with Amit Vyas (11).
Hunter Jones again led the Campion attack and took 2-42.
Sam Patterson, who has been showing promise with the ball, top-scored with 26 in Campion’s innings of 99.
Blake Taylor knocked over the Campion top order, taking 4-13, while Craig took 2-16.
HSOB batsmen Gagan Dhingra (55) and Jeremy Tucker (56) made the major contributons as their side amassed 300-9 against GBHS (2.)
Ryan Majstrovic said all of the HSOB batsmen made contributions and “enjoyed valuble time in the middle”.
Robert Schwass took 4-56 for Boys’ High.
Majstrovic said Paul Stewart’s bowling showed promise and kept the batsmen honest.
Ajay Kumar took 4-6 and Caleb Greaves 2-5 as the school side were restricted to 35.
GBHS (1) had the bye.
OBR 146-4 (C Carmody 72, T Weir 34) defeated Pirates 146 (D Torrie 41no, R Needham 21; T Weir 3-45, Patrick Mather 2-9, J Holden 2- 21, Matt Cook 2-38).
Horouta 295-9 (F Gray 67, Q Mills 36, B Forde 35; H Jones 2-42) def Campion 35 (S Paterson 26; B Taylor 4-13, J Craig 2-16)
HSOB 300-9 (J Tucker 56, G Dhingra 55; R Schwass 4-56) def GBHS (2) 35 (A Kumar 4-6, C Greaves 2-5).
DJ Barry Cup table (three rounds left before the semifinals): OBR and HSOB 12 (both with a game in hand), Pirates 12, Horouta 4 (game in hand), GBHS (1) and Campion 4, GBHS (2) 0.
Teams play on Saturday and Sunday at the weekend.