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The Star Thursday February 6 2020 32 SPORT Canty opener steers NZ to U19 World Cup semi local sport Proudly brought to you by... Tower JuncTion Phone: 348 6020 Open 7 days 11am to late www.speightstowerjunction.co.nz • By Gordon Findlater A PROMISING Canterbury opening batsman is leading New Zealand’s charge into tonight’s semi-final at the under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa. Rhys Mariu, 18, is New Zealand’s leading run scorer at the World Cup. He has amassed 205 runs in four matches at an average of 51.25 and strike rate of 87.60. The former St Andrew’s College player will now look to continue his run of form when New Zealand play Bangladesh in the tournament semi-final this evening. “It’s always nice to contribute to a winning team and then obviously to get this far. We’re extremely happy with making the top four, but we think we can further and I think that belief will help us win games going forward,” said Mariu. “We’ve had must-win games so far, so we’ll just try to treat it like that and not think too much about it being a semi-final.” One of those must-win games came against Sri Lanka in pool play. Chasing 243 for victory Mariu got New Zealand off to a perfect start with a knock of 86 from 106 deliveries. “I wouldn’t want to bat anywhere else but opening. I wouldn’t want to walk out after waiting for someone to get out. I prefer to start out there and have the onus to score the runs rather than waiting for someone else to do it,” he said. Mariu – who plays club cricket for Oxford-Rangiora – has had no shortage of success Keas look to ‘brotherhood’ to start new era • By Jacob Page IUMA MULITALO knows he and fellow Linwood Keas premier co-coach Agaese Fiso’s biggest challenge will be to maintain the standards they had on the field. It seems fitting that two men will be needed to replace fourtime winning Canterbury coach Andrew Auimatagi, who stepped away from the role after the 2019 final. Auimatagi was in charge for eight years but chose to continue his Canterbury Bulls commitments while freeing up time to try to land more national coaching appointments. Mulitalo said as far as he knew with such a daunting legacy to continue, he and Fiso were the only two who applied for the role. “We’ve obviously been very successful for a long time now,” Mulitalo said. “This club is a family and we know those standards must be leading into the World Cup. In December he was named joint tournament MVP while captaining St Andrew’s College to their first ever Gillette Cup national secondary school title. New Zealand’s journey to the semi-final saw them finish second in their pool after a rained-off match with Japan, three-wicket win over Sri Lanka and 44-run loss to India. They then booked their spot in the semi-finals with a quarter-final maintained.” Both co-coaches were part of four Keas premier title teams as players in 2008 and 2016, 2017 and 2018 before coaching the Linwood Reserve team to a championship in their first attempt last season. Mulitalo played more than 150 premier games at prop while Fiso is a former captain and backrower who played for more than a decade. “It’s up to us to maintain the culture,” Mulitalo said. “It’s a brotherhood – we were all on one side of it (as players) and now we are on the other side trying to continue the great work Andrew has done.” Mulitalo said watching from the sideline initially did come easily after years of playing. “I definitely struggled not being out there every week. “We know our players pretty well, we’ve played with many of them so we just want to keep things going. “You have to put your coaches win over the West Indies last week. The team are more than familiar with tonight’s opponents – Bangladesh. The two sides split results during a five-match series at Lincoln University in October. The last time the two met was during a World Cup warm-up in South Africa last month which New Zealand won by four wickets. “We’ve played them six times already so we know what to hat on, we can’t be mates (with players). “We put our hands up for the role because we want to continue on the legacy. Mulitalo said it would be a very settled squad this year based on preseason training. “Most of the guys have returned and there is plenty of fire in the belly for them to continue to achieve big things this year. They won’t be the only coaching changes this year, with Jason Martin taking over the top job at the Halswell Hornets from Rob Faalio. The Northern Bulldogs will also have a new coach with Brent Ringdahl taking the helm, replacing Sam Brown. Ex Papanui Tigers player John Tafua will take over the club’s premier team and will be assisted by Poasa Alaifea. The Celebration Lions will have a new coach after Steve Fenika resigned but who that will be remains a mystery. BIG STAGE: Rhys Mariu has led from the front in New Zealand’s run to the Under-19 Cricket World Cup semifinal in spite of suffering cramp in the high temperatures of South Africa. expect,” said Mariu. “Their batsmen are quite handy. We’ve seen what they can do to our bowlers, but if we can combat that then we should be in with a chance.” If New Zealand are to advance to the final one of the biggest challenges won’t just be their opposition. Players have battled with the heat in South Africa throughout the tournament, with temperatures soaring in excess of 30 deg C most days. The forecast high today in Potchefstroom – where New Zealand will play Bangladesh – is 31 deg C. The heat got the better of Mariu in his high-scoring knock against Sri Lanka. Late in his 37-over stay at the crease Mariu had to be treated for cramp. The souring temperatures at the tournament have seen a number of players suffer the same fate. The most notable case came in New Zealand’s thrilling twowicket quarter-final win over the West Indies which saw two New Zealand players carry West Indian batsman Kirk McKenzie after being dismissed for 99 while suffering severe cramp. If New Zealand win tonight they will meet India in the World Cup final on Sunday. New Zealand’s best finish at an Under-19 Cricket World Cup was runner-up in 1998 when the tournament was last held in South Africa. The New Zealand team containing Marshall twins Hamish and James, Lou Vincent, James Franklin and Kyle Mills lost to England in the final. •The semi-final with Bangladesh is live on Sky Sport from 8.45pm (NZ time) FAMILIAR: Former Linwood Keas captain Agaese Fiso (left), and former player Iuma Mulitalo (above), will co-coach the Keas this year.
SPORT 33 Burnside women clean up Bowls Canty centre finals • By Gordon Findlater BURNSIDE and Elmwood Park took the major club honours at the Bowls Canterbury centre finals weekend by winning the respective women’s and men’s titles at New Brighton. Burnside continued their dominance of the women’s sevens by nabbing their seventh straight title by defeating Elmwood Park in the final. Burnside won two of the three disciplines. Tayla Bruce comfortably won the singles 21-7, while Cait Bassett (skip) and Emily Miller won the pairs 25-7. The only loss was in the fours, with the side of Gillian Abel (skip), Lyn Haworth, Carol Dawe and Tessa Lee going down 11-14. Elmwood Park were convincing in defeating Papanui Club to win the men’s sevens title. Kelvin Scott won the singles 21-14 while the pairs was won 15-9 by Nathan Glasson (skip) and Liam Eathorne. The clean sweep was completed when Lance Pascoe (skip), Paul McKinnel, • By Gordon Findlater BY THE end of today East Christchurch Shirley or Burnside West Christchurch University will be known for not just a long-winded club name, but also as twenty20 cricket champions. The two premier cricket sides meet at Hagley Oval today in the final of the men’s Metro Premiership T20 final. In last week’s semi-finals Burnside West defeated Lancaster Park by 34 runs, while Easts defeated St PROPOSED changes to the national football league will see a change to the format of the Mainland Premier League and Southern League this season. When the eight team MPL begins on March 7 it will consist of three full round-robins. The top two sides will then play the top two teams from the FootballSouth Premier League in a semi-final and final format to find a South Island champion. For the past two years the MPL has consisted of DOMINANT: Burnside captured their seventh straight women’s sevens title in the Canterbury centre finals at New Brighton Bowling Club. Steve Ditfort and Ian Rule won the fours 21-4. The centre finals weekend also saw a number of other champions crowned. Major men’s titles went to Elmwood Park’s Rod Greaney, Ditfort and Ian Rule in the triples. The pairs was won by Rohan Ware and Brian Ware of Christchurch. The fours was won by Burnside’s Richard Hocking, Mike Small, Kevin Gore and Barry Williams. The CHANGES: This year’s MPL will revert to three full rounds with a reduced Southern League. two rounds between all teams. The top five teams from the MPL then joined the top three sides from the FootballSouth Premier League in the Southern League which consisted of singles title went to Joseph van der Pennen from Bowls Papanui. On the women’s side the singles title went to Elmwood Park’s Mandy Boyd. The fours was won by the Redcliffs Mt Pleasant combo of Amy Caddie, Margaret Bunce, Annabel Walmisley and Jude Main. The pairs went to Burnside’s Bruce and Bassett, while Bruce and Bassett teamed up with Lee to win the triples. Twenty20 final decided today Changes to football pending • By Gordon Findlater Albans by three runs. Burnside West’s run to the final has come on the back of some tidy bowling displays from Joshua Poysden, Jackson Latham, Sam Carlaw and Matt Hay. The impressive bowling has seen their side concede more than 106 runs on just one occasion during the competition. However, that came when Easts scored 140 and cruised to an eight run victory in the opening round in December. Easts road to the final has been a stark contrast. They have conceded under 134 runs on just one occasion, but have been red hot with the bat. Opening pair Tom MacRury and Dylan Goldstone are both in the top-five competition run scorers and have amassed 441 runs between them in eight innings. The match at Hagley Oval begins at 1.30pm. The premier women’s T20 final also takes place today between St Albans and Sydenham. The match will be played at Hagley Park 2 from 1pm. one full round-robin. Proposed changes to the national league from 2021 will see the competition move from 18 matches to 23 matches a season. The 10-team league currently consists of two full roundrobins and a top four playoffs. However, proposed changes in 2021 would see the league move to two full rounds, followed by a top six and bottom four split before a final third round-robin. The proposed changes to the national league would also see a promotion/ relegation system implemented. 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