Record haul for Ross Kinnerley

Marist's Chris Stewart swats a boundary off Tech's Bevan Hunter during his innings of 52 at Victoria Park on Saturday. Photo/Bevan Conley

It is often big Bayer Marist allrounder Fraser Kinnerley who has been taking up newspaper column inches for his performances during the Wanganui Premier League, but on Saturday it was brother Ross who stepped into the limelight.

Ross Kinnerley joined his brother in taking a six-wicket bag in this season's Premier League, including clean bowling two St Johns Tech batsmen with the first three balls of the match, to set up a comfortable five wicket win for his team at Victoria Park.

From 0-2 only halfway through the first over, Tech struggled manfully to reach a defendable total but were dismissed for 156 in the 48th over.

Marist experimented with their batting lineup, leaving some of their leading lights in Brett Cameron, Mark Fraser and Fraser Kinnerley to come in down the order, but had matters fairly well in hand by reaching their target after 38 overs.

Ross Kinnerley's figures with 6-55 from his 14 overs, while Fraser got 1-34 from 12.

The man of the moment said he had previously picked up a six-for, back in his native England not that long ago.

"They just swung in late ... they were both perfect balls," he started modestly but then raised his assessment of the opening salvos after prompting from his nearby team mates.

News of the haul will no doubt be well received back home by the Kinnerley's grandfather, who diligently reads the match reports on the Wanganui Chronicle website.

Ross Kinnerley picked up Andrew Mackintosh and then potential dangermen Dominic Lock and Bevan Hunter to leave Tech struggling.

Josh Roebuck (53) and Caleb Greene (47) put up some fight, while another Englishman in Paul O'Callaghan finished unbeaten on 16 when the last Tech wicket fell.

O'Callaghan also struck early to cheaply dismiss Marist's top order in Craig Thorpe and John McIllraith, but Chris Stewart settled in on his way to scoring 52.

From there, Cameron (36no) and Fraser (23no) combined again to pick off the remaining runs.

These two teams will meet again this Saturday in a non-points match because Collegiate First XI is out of town that day, so the two teams have agreed to make it a Twenty20 slog.

In Marton, Saracens beat Collegiate by 60 runs in their non-points game, scoring 225 and bowling the students out for 165.

Marton will host Property Brokers United at Centennial Park this weekend.

Tech 156 (J Roebuck 53, C Greene 47, R Fraser 6-55) lost to Marist 159-5 (C Stewart 52, B Cameron 36no, M Fraser 23no, P O'Callaghan 3-23).