Northern Districts v CW Red
in Gisborne
Scorecard
Commentary
Big hitting from in-form Rob Dauth and Chris Dwyer, and key left-arm nigglers from Kingsley Clapham, ensured a comfortable victory for the Reds at the tiny Harry Barker Reserve in Gisborne. The couple of men and dogs assembled saw Luff and Bennett get the Red innings off to a confident start with 88, and though Alun Evans struck to remove David Kearsley, Red kept the momentum going throughout. Bennett led from the front, making a measured and patient 86 amid accusations from opposing bowlers that he "batted like Simon Katich". However, with Dauth and Dwyer's attractive strokeplay (35 and 38 respectively) the target got up to an attractive 270 for nine. Gaurav Nayak also made an application for a batting position higher than ten with a couple of lovely pull shots in the final overs.
In reply, Northern Districts never got going at all. Alun Evans' 31 was the best score; he sliced a cut to Luff at point, as Clapham came on as first-change to take three for 26 and send the hosts into disarray at 99 for four. James Marshall, Peter McGlashan and Mark Orchard all failed to carry on with their starts, as part-timers Robbins and Dwyer outfoxed them with variations, and Bennett and Raghav cleaned up the tail for a comfortable win.
Cricket Web Red 270-9 (50 overs)
SA Bennett 86, MD Luff 44, CR Dwyer 38, RJ Dauth 35; DR Tuffey 4-58, GW Aldridge 2-50
Northern Districts 177 all out (41.1 overs)
AW Evans 31; KR Clapham 3-26 [7], SA Bennett 2-11 [4], MJ Robbins 2-33 [6]
Cricket Web Red won by 93 runs
Man of the Match: S. A. Bennett (Red)
Tomorrow, we travel to Napier for a couple of matches in the McLean Park. The elevenses are as follows:
Carmine
A Sharma
SA Bennett
RJ Dauth
CP Thompson
CR Dwyer
MS Sinclair
MR Reddlapalli
BBJ Griggs
+H Mørk
S Raghav
DM Kennett
Vermilion
MD Luff
GKK Dobson
DA Kearsley
MJ Robbins
+JR Gray
GN Nayak
GEF Barnett
AD Niblett
KR Clapham
DJ Watt
MU Amir
One-day match first, then first-class.