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Sharrock's maiden ton propels United

Jared Smith
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1 Feb, 2015 06:40 PM2 mins to read

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DEBUT HUNDRED: Chris Sharrock made 118 for United against Saracens on Saturday.PHOTO/FILE

DEBUT HUNDRED: Chris Sharrock made 118 for United against Saracens on Saturday.PHOTO/FILE

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Despite wedding duties taking away seven players, Property Brokers United still consummated a complete performance with a 102-run win over Matt Burke Engineering Marton Saracens at Centennial Park on Saturday.

United were in trouble at 20-3 after losing both openers, while new Namibian international Christi Viljeon was run out after a promising start.

Enter Chris Sharrock, moved from opener down to cover No4, who proceeded to play watchfully and then carry his bat through to his maiden Premier 1 century, scoring 118 off 146 balls, before being stumped at the end of the final over.

"He batted well. He put on a good partnership with Brendon [Walker] and another with Lindsay Hobbs," said veteran Gerard Hobbs.

Walker's 36 and Lindsay Hobbs' 37 were the other notable contributions as United recovered to make 253.

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Sharrock, normally the wicketkeeper, continued his hot streak with ball, as he picked up three top order wickets with his medium pacers.

"He bowls his heart out in the nets ... so I said to Chris, 'you can bowl'," said Gerard Hobbs.

Saracens captain Dominic Rayner with 44 off 37 balls looked to be set, before being bowled by Walker, leaving them at 124-6.

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Viljeon did not grab his first Wanganui club scalp, but conceded only 20 runs from his eight overs.

It was a hard lesson at the Wanganui Collegiate grounds as St Johns Tech wrapped up a very quick 10 wicket win after laying waste to the schoolboys for 53.

With no Year 13 veteran players and only having a handful of training sessions since coming back after the New Year, Collegiate did have a player of note on the pitch, but the trouble was he was wearing Tech's blue.

Old boy Nick Harding took a five-wicket bag, with Travis Bartels also getting three wickets.

The big-hitting Harding would then need only four overs to overtake the target, smashing 43 not out with four boundaries and four sixes.

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