Cricket - Great day at the office for Stags bowlers

Canterbury are battling to avoid an innings defeat but Central Districts captain Jamie How last night didn't want to get carried away in the euphoria of a good day at the office.
"The boys played well but we're under no illusions about how we have to work even harder tomorrow [today]," How told SportToday from Rangiora after the end of day two of the four-day Plunket Shield match against the Wizards.
True to coach Dermot Reeve's predictions, the hosts had bowled poorly on the juicy and soft-top MainPower Oval pitch and the visitors, itching to get on yesterday, were out to make that point.
They did with aplomb, needing just 72.4 overs to claim first-innings points by dismissing a fragile Canterbury batting line-up for 171, fours runs shy of avoiding to bat again.
At stumps, Canterbury were 38-2, still 116 runs behind with two days to play and, according to How, a promising weather forecast after he had no hesitation to put the Cantabrians back on wicket that is still doing plenty.
"To be honest we weren't out there for very long and our bowlers were reasonably fresh so we just pout them back in again.
"We put some pressure on them and created opportunities and we took those," he said, reflecting on the stark contrast to when they were under the pump against the Otago Volts at Nelson Park, Napier, last week and denied them an outright win with some dogged batting.
"That's the way cricket goes and we can only control the controllables."
Resuming yesterday morning on 305-9 the Stags' first innings closed at 325 with the exit of Napier Old Boys' Marist allrounder Doug Bracewell, who added another 14 runs to his overnight score for a 32 off 40 balls.
Shanan Stewart was the only Canterbury batsman to provide some resistance with a stay lasting just under three hours, eking out 65 runs from 132 balls.
Part-time medium pacer Mathew Sinclair, who went on to clean up the tail and claim career best figures of three for 29, claimed Stewart's crucial wicket.
Opening bowler Ewen Thompson took three for 39 with fellow opening seamer Michael Mason and first-class rookie Seth Rance claiming two scalps each to keep their foot on the hosts' throats.
Canterbury were in a quagmire at 79-6 but their spirits lifted a little when bowler Brandon Hiini built a rapport with Stewart to produce a 58-run partnership for the seventh wicket.
When Stewart stumbled at 137-7, Hiini who scored 38, found little support and the Canterbury innings predictably crumbled.
The Wizards' abracadabra in the second innings didn't faze CD who sent openers Rob Nicol (10 runs) and Michael Papps (duck) back to the changing rooms.
Johann Myburgh, 19 and nightwatchman Ryan McCone, 2, will need something special against a side that showed some ticker against the Volts last week.