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Cricket: Business time for top clubs

By Anendra Singh
Hawkes Bay Today·
16 Feb, 2014 04:00 PM3 mins to read

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With four rounds remaining, the cat-and-mouse games have begun in the premier men's club limited-overs cricket competition.

The Pay Excellence-sponsored competition went up a tier in ideal playing conditions with interesting results on Saturday.

At Cornwall Park, Hastings, Ruahine Motors Ford Central Hawke's Bay (CHB) pipped the hosts by eight runs, doing leaders Complete Flooring Napier Technical Old Boys (NTOB) a favour in the race for top spot.

Heretaunga Building Society Cornwall, CHB and Sharpies Driving Range Taradale CC are all looking sharp in the business end.

"CHB helped us out but we play them at [Forest Gate Domain, Ongaonga] next weekend [this Saturday] so it'll be a good game," NTOB player George Diack said, after they made short work of Craft and Hern Havelock North CC by 126 runs at Nelson Park, Napier.

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No5 Stevie Smidt scored 57 runs, and opener Indika Senarthne provided the platform with 51 for 242-9 before Jayden Lennox claimed a five-wicket bag to help skittle the villagers for 116.

NTOB will be tested because they will be without Smidt (wedding guest) and Liam Rukuwai, who is off to Australia for a holiday, although he didn't play on Saturday after rolling his ankle during warm-up.

The following Saturday, they will be without skipper Morten Freer, who is getting married in Tauranga, but Diack said after that they would be at full strength.

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NTOB have lost to Cornwall earlier in the season and will play again in what Diack claims is a "close competition".

James Mackie was coach Brendon Bracewell's man of the match for CHB when the veteran No3 scored 86 runs before rolling his arm for 3-36.

"It was a good game and we got up for it," said Mackie, who finished an over for opening bowler Jazz Kalsi, who had dislocated a finger in his fourth ball. "Scotty thought it came all right so he carried on with me," a laughing Mackie said of captain/wicketkeeper Scott Schaw.

The leftie described his deliveries as "straight breaks".

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At Nelson Park, Napier, Taradale amassed 190 runs but The Station Napier Old Boys' Marist (NOBM) could only muster half their target, thanks to seamer Ben Stoyanoff who took 5-44.

Visiting skipper Luke Kenworthy, who has replaced Toby Doyle now living and working for Canterbury Country Cricket at Rangiora, said they were pleased with the win considering he had to make some late changes to his line-up.

No5 Vance Morris top-scored with 48 after those above him got to double figures but failed to kick on.

"Ben was outstanding with the new ball and had NOBM on the back foot from the start."

Spinner Artwell Nambamje took 3-19.

For NOBM, CD squad member Andrew Mathieson top-scored with 35 as opener, while Ravi took 5-35.

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