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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Wednesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 21<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

WEEDONS AND Sefton<br />

have seized the early<br />

initiative in the top-four<br />

section of the Canterbury<br />

Country premier one-day<br />

competition.<br />

Weedons defeated<br />

Leeston-Southbridge<br />

by three wickets in a<br />

tight match played<br />

in bowler-friendly<br />

conditions at Weedons<br />

Domain.<br />

Batting first, Leeston-<br />

Southbridge made a slow<br />

but steady start before<br />

Weedons’ Jonathan Green<br />

dismissed both William<br />

Macfarlane for 17 and<br />

Chris Beatson for a duck<br />

in quick succession to<br />

have the visitors at <strong>28</strong>/2.<br />

Opening batsman Liam<br />

O’Sullivan was the only<br />

batsman to make a healthy<br />

contribution, grinding<br />

out 39 from 101 deliveries<br />

before being bowled by<br />

Green.<br />

Leeston-Southbridge<br />

were bowled out for 119<br />

in the 38th over. Weedons<br />

were able to clean up the<br />

middle order and tail<br />

with relative ease. Brad<br />

Nightingale and Green<br />

were the best of the<br />

SPORTS<br />

Weedons take tight match<br />

bowlers, both claiming<br />

three wickets.<br />

Weedons’ run chase got<br />

off to a shaky start. They<br />

found themselves two<br />

wickets down for just 10<br />

runs early. Gareth Painter<br />

and Sam Wilson were able<br />

to steady the ship by combining<br />

for a third wicket<br />

partnership of 32.<br />

However, it was the<br />

lower order that fired to<br />

get Weedons over the<br />

line. Number 6 Shannon<br />

Dunnett and No 9 Kane<br />

Meyerhoff both scoring 23<br />

runs each to see their side<br />

reach the total in the 24th<br />

over.<br />

O’Sullivan continued<br />

an impressive day of work<br />

with three wickets to<br />

finish as the best Leeston-<br />

Southbridge bowler.<br />

The other top-four match<br />

RUNS: Liam<br />

O’Sullivan<br />

was the top<br />

scorer on<br />

Saturday with<br />

39.<br />

saw competition defending<br />

champions Sefton defeat<br />

defending newcomers Cheviot<br />

by eight wickets.<br />

Andrew Laffrey and<br />

Harley James both claimed<br />

three wickets for Sefton as<br />

Cheviot were all-out for<br />

just 75. Sefton reached the<br />

small total with ease in the<br />

27th over.<br />

Scoreboards:<br />

Leeston-Southbridge<br />

119 (L O’Sullivan 41; J<br />

Green 3/14, B Nightingale<br />

3/19; J Watson 2/38) lost<br />

to Weedons 123/7 (S Dunnett<br />

23, K Meyerhoff 23; L<br />

O’Sullivan 3/30, C Norton<br />

2/<strong>28</strong>).<br />

Cheviot 75 (e Anderson<br />

15; A Laffey 3/2, H James<br />

3/8, T Waller 2/16) lost to<br />

Sefton 76/2 (M Rowe 29, H<br />

James 22; S Burnett 1/6, H<br />

Fitzpatrick 1/9).<br />

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AERIAL: Jack Thorpe sends the ball flying<br />

towards the boundary.<br />

HOW’S THAT? Weedons successfully<br />

appeal for an lbw on Hamish Malcolm.<br />

STOP: Gareth Painter puts his<br />

body on the line to prevent a<br />

boundary.<br />

SHOT: Tim Field pulls the ball to<br />

the onside.<br />

CUT: Oscar Hooper slashes the<br />

ball over point.<br />

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