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20 Wednesday <strong>February</strong> <strong>19</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
Canty Country earn<br />
cup challenge<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
CANTERBURY Country have<br />
earned a Hawke Cup Challenge<br />
against Hamilton next<br />
weekend after beating<br />
Marlborough by five<br />
wickets in their zone<br />
final in Blenheim.<br />
Sefton pace bowler<br />
Jed Roberts took five<br />
for 63 from 14.5 overs<br />
to help skittle the hosts<br />
for 186 after Canterbury<br />
Country won an<br />
important toss.<br />
The victory reversed<br />
the round-robin result between<br />
the two teams from a fortnight<br />
ago.<br />
Canterbury Country last challenged<br />
for the Hawke Cup two<br />
seasons ago when they came up<br />
short against Counties.<br />
Canterbury Country last held<br />
the Hawke Cup in the 2014/2015<br />
season.<br />
An unbeaten 70 from wicket<br />
keeper Will Hamilton and 64<br />
from veteran Shanan Stewart<br />
helped Canterbury Country gain<br />
a 131-run lead on the first innings<br />
as they made 317 all out and<br />
recovered somewhat after being<br />
110 for five.<br />
Marlborough entered the final<br />
day at 113/2 but they lost their<br />
last eight wickets for 109 runs<br />
Jed Roberts<br />
which means the visitors needed<br />
91 for victory.<br />
While wickets fell steadily in<br />
the chase, Rupert Young’s 46<br />
helped Canterbury<br />
Country earn the win.<br />
Canterbury Country<br />
coach Michael Sharpe<br />
praised Roberts for his<br />
swing bowling in the<br />
first innings and his<br />
two crucial wickets in<br />
the second.<br />
“Jed swung the ball<br />
for the entire first innings<br />
and then got the<br />
first wicket for us on<br />
day three in the second innings<br />
which gave us a lot of momentum,”<br />
he said.<br />
Sharpe said his batsmen were<br />
able to build partnerships when<br />
they needed them most which<br />
was an improvement on the<br />
previous encounter between the<br />
two teams.<br />
He said he would discuss with<br />
Canterbury Cricket the possibility<br />
of them releasing domestic<br />
players like Will Williams, Fraser<br />
Sheat, Henry Shipley and Jack<br />
Boyle, all of whom will be in contention<br />
to play four-day cricket<br />
for the province.<br />
Rhys Mariu who has just<br />
returned from the under-<strong>19</strong><br />
World Cup is another possible<br />
selection recall.<br />
Lincoln still in T20 hunt<br />
SPORT<br />
• By Jacob Page<br />
LINCOLN ARE the only <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
cricket team in with a chance of<br />
making the Canterbury Country<br />
twenty20 final on March 6 with<br />
one round to go on Saturday.<br />
Five teams have a chance of<br />
making the decider at Rangiora’s<br />
Mainpower Oval.<br />
Oxford lead the competition<br />
on 20 points, four points ahead<br />
of Sefton, with Lincoln and Cheviot<br />
a further two points back.<br />
Southbrook will need to win<br />
their final game and hope results<br />
go their way to make the top two<br />
for the straight final.<br />
Both matches at Southbrook<br />
Domain were abandoned after<br />
wet weather on Thursday hampered<br />
preparations on the pitch.<br />
It meant Southbrook played no<br />
cricket on Saturday.<br />
The first match at Dudley Park<br />
between Leeston-Southbridge<br />
and Cheviot was also abandoned<br />
for the same reason.<br />
With their first match abandoned<br />
and points shared, Lincoln<br />
got a much needed win over<br />
Sefton in the afternoon.<br />
Lincoln chased down their target<br />
of 121 against Sefton by five<br />
wickets and nine balls to spare.<br />
Three wickets from Arthur<br />
Paterson and two from Jeremy<br />
TOP PERFORMANCE: Lincoln’s Jeremy Benton took two wickets<br />
and then made 39 with the bat to help his team beat Sefton by<br />
five wickets and keep their Canterbury Country twenty20 final<br />
hopes alive on Saturday.<br />
Benton restricted Sefton.<br />
Then Benton hit 39 and Paterson<br />
38 in the run chase to see the<br />
team home.<br />
It was a great weekend for<br />
Oxford who won both their<br />
matches, first against Darfield<br />
by 30 runs after they were able<br />
to defend 118 thanks to Mitch<br />
Power’s five for 17.<br />
They then ended Leeston-<br />
Southbridge’s final hopes with a<br />
four wicket win.<br />
Darfield lost both their games to<br />
Cheviot and Oxford respectively,<br />
SELWYN TIMES<br />
while Weedons lost their morning<br />
encounter with Sefton and their<br />
afternoon fixture against Southbrook<br />
was abandoned.<br />
The final round of games<br />
is a ‘closest neighbour’ round<br />
with Lincoln hosting Weedons,<br />
Darfield welcoming Leeston-<br />
Southbridge, Cheviot travelling<br />
to Oxford and Southbrook hosting<br />
Sefton.<br />
Points: Oxford 20, Sefton<br />
16, Lincoln, 14, Cheviot 14,<br />
Southbrook 12, Weedons 10,<br />
Leeston-Southbridge 6, Darfield 4.<br />
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