Cricket
Red Star picked up their second trophy of the season when they beat Lansdowne by 23 runs in the final of the Wairarapa Cricket Association's The Rock Twenty20 senior men's cricket competition at Queen Elizabeth Park oval on Sunday.
The victory followed hard on the heels of Red Star's victory over Wairarapa College in the Umpires Cup limited-overs final and they came close to winning all three trophies at stake in senior cricket in 2012-13, having lost the Bidwill Cup two-day final narrowly to Lansdowne after having won all their qualifying round matches outright.
Batting first on Sunday Red Star got off to a good start with openers Harry Clinton-Baker and Joe Hull putting on 39 runs for the first wicket. Clinton-Baker was eventually out for 43 made off 46 balls and including three 4s while Hull's 24 came off 19 balls and included four 4s. As it happened, their contributions were vital to the end result as only one other Red Star batsman made it into double figures and their 20 overs ended with the score at 127-9.
Bowling for Lansdowne, Alex Treseder finished with the excellent figures of 5-23.
Any disappointment Red Star had felt at the failure of their middle order to front up runs-wise was soon put to rest when Lansdowne batted, the first two wickets falling for 13 and half the team being out for 33. Thanks to Chris Jefferies making 32 off 29 balls (four 4s) there was a slight revival but they were all out in 18.4 overs for just 104. Short scoreboard: Red Star 127-9 (Clinton-Baker 43, Hull 24, Karaitiana 2, Jarvis 8, Wells 4, Wendon 4, Sigvertsen 3, Dudley 23, Stoneley 6, Payton 0 not out; extras 10; fall of wickets, 39, 63, 82, 87, 94, 95, 105, 127, 127; Calkin 1-0-11-0, Goodin 2-0-20-0, Hannam 2-0-13-0, Cameron 4-0-16-2, Barret 4-0-20-1, Treseder 4-0-23-5, Ball 3-0-21-1) beat Lansdowne 104 (Cameron 5, Barret 8, Adamson 5, Calkin 9, Jackson 3, Jefferies 32, Ball 1, Rogers 2, Hannam 16, Goodin 4 not out; extras 12; fall of wickets, 13, 13, 27, 29, 33, 46, 63, 66, 86, 104; Karaitiana 4-0-9-2, Wells 4-0-26-1, Jarvis 4-0-17-4; Dudley 3-0-36-0, Sigvertsen 3.2-0-14-3)
Meanwhile, the full list of prize winners in Wairarapa cricket for the 2012-13 season has been confirmed. It is:
Senior - Bidwill Cup: Flight Centre Lansdowne. Bidwill Challenge Cup: Red Star. Umpire's Cup: Red Star. The Rock Twenty20 championship: Red Star. Arthur Hoar Bowling Cup: Jarred Watt (Red Star). Dermot Payton Batting Cup: Justin Herbert (Wairarapa College). Spirit of Cricket Cup: Harry Clinton-Baker (Red Star). Thursday Cup for best and fairest: Lansdowne.
Open grade - Charman's Cup championship: Greytown. Times-Age Cup first round: Wairarapa College 2. Ben Iveson Cup: Marist Old Boys. The Rock Twenty20 championship: Lansdowne 2. John Gray Batting Cup: Todd Thayer (Greytown). Peter Walker Bowling Cup: Mike Thomson (Greytown).