Selwyn Times: February 14, 2018

20 Wednesday February 14 2018
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Watson bowls Weedons to win
WEEDONS have kept
themselves in title contention
thanks to a mesmerising display
of right-arm pace bowling from
Josh Watson which helped them
roll a young Lincoln side on
Saturday.
Watson was the star of the
show at Weedons Domain,
claiming 6/10 from just 3.5 overs,
as Lincoln were bowled out for
just 78. He then chipped in with
the bat, finishing 19 not out to
secure his side the six-wicket
victory.
The win moves Weedons
within touching distance of competition
leaders Leeston-Southbridge
which lost to defending
champions Sefton.
With representative commitments
and what was described
as “an ill-timed wedding”, Sefton
fielded a team with an average
age in the golden oldies range,
including club stalwarts Nick
Proudfoot and Blair Walker.
Leeston-Southbridge were
rolled at home for just 90, which
the visitors would reach with
ease.
Other results saw Southbrook
win the one-day shield from the
talented young Cheviot side.
At Cheviot Domain, the home
side batted well to compile 221,
with Scott Burnett top-scoring
on 58.
With the star top-order pair of
Shanan Stewart and Jack Boyle
on Canterbury Country Hawke
• By Gordon Findlater
PREBBLETON driver Jack
Milligan has the Toyota 86
Championship title in his sights
after extending his
championship lead
in the penultimate
round at the
weekend.
In three races at
Manfeild’s Circuit
Chris Amon,
Feilding, Milligan
took two wins and a second in a
dominant performance.
“It was the perfect weekend for
us really,” said Milligan.
“The boys had the car hooked
YOUNGSTER: Max Painter fills in for Lincoln in spite of being just 12-years-old. (Right) – Weedons pace man Josh Watson bowls to
David McClelland. (Below) – Richard Clark and wicketkeeper Todd Innes both focused on the ball. PHOTOS: KAREN CASEY
Cup duties, perennial run-getter
Matt Brine anchored the chase.
After he was out for 102, fellow
seasoned campaigner Darryn
Boyle stayed composed to reach
the target, nine wickets down.
In Rangiora on a sub-par Dudley
Park pitch and slow outfield,
visiting Darfield-South Malvern
scrapped for a hard-fought victory
over Oxford-Rangiora.
Darfield-South Malvern won
the toss and elected to bat first.
After struggling early on with
the moving ball, Darfield-South
Malvern went from 100/8 to
166/9 off 45 overs thanks to an
incredible innings by Anoop
Surendran.
up from the first couple of
practice sessions so we knew we
had a strong chance.”
Milligan got the weekend off to
a perfect start, with a dominant
victory from pole
position in the opening
race on Saturday.
In the second race
on Sunday morning,
Michael Scott leapt into
contention with the
win and Milligan took
second overall.
Then in the final race on
Sunday afternoon, Milligan took
the win ahead of Jordan Baldwin
and Michael Scott.
Milligan now holds a 36-point
Surendran clubbed 45 off just
19 balls in what would prove to
be a decisive innings.
Oxford-Rangiora got off to a
flyer in response before losing
three quick wickets. Some handy
partnerships got them through
to 127/6 and a sniff of victory.
But Darfield-South Malvern
hung tough and eventually
bowled the hosts out for 149 after
39 overs.
Scoreboard:
•Lincoln 78 (R Clarke 20; J
Watson 6/10, B Nightingale
2/4) lost to Weedons 80/4 (G
Painter 20no, J Watson 19no;
M Elliot 1/5).
DOMINANT: Jack Milligan (left) secured two wins at the
weekend to extend his lead in the Toyota 86 Championship.
lead over Scott going into the
final round of the championship
at Hampton Downs, Waikato,
•Leeston-Southbridge
90 (H James 4/25, O Bragg
from March 9-11.
“The mentality won’t change.
We’re still going to push, the
SPORTS
2/10, A Laffey 2/13) lost to
Sefton 91/2 (M Rowe 53no, H
James 17no).
•Cheviot 221 (S Burnett 58,
H Workman 49, J Hyde 38; J
Tavendale 2/2, D Boyle 2/20)
lost to Southbrook 222/9 (M
Brine 102, D Boyle 47no; C
Sidey 4/37).
•Darfield-South Malvern
166/9 (A Surenden 45, M
Pauling 23, P Reardon 23;
G Mauger 3/20, M Murphy
2/12, N Cook 2/21) beat
Oxford-Rangiora 149 (D
Smith 31, J Waghorn 28,
C Scott 22, M Power 21; P
Reardon 4/28; A Surendren
2/21).
Milligan has sights on Toyota 86 championship
job’s not done yet,” said Milligan.
Fellow Prebbleton driver Jaden
Ransley made a solid return to
racing following a nearly seasonending
crash at the previous
round in Teretonga, Invercargill.
Ransley, 16, finished fourth
once and fifth twice to take out
third place overall at the end of
the round.
Championship standings:
Jack Milligan 919pts, 1;
Michael Scott 883pts, 2;
Connor Adams 793pts, 3;
Jordan Baldwin 750pts, 4;
Jaden Ransley, 713pts, 5;
Bramwell King 571 pts, 6;
Sam Wright 507pts, 7; Tom
Alexander 505pts, 8.