Marlborough cricketers agonisingly close to beating Canterbury

Our Marlborough Rep cricketers came agonisingly close to defeating Hawke Cup holders Canterbury Country in Rangiora last weekend as this season’s Zone 3 elimination series got underway. Akhil Pant scored a superb maiden century for Marlborough sharing a 174 run...

Vineyard ground great addition to Marlborough cricket

The grand opening event for the United Country & Vineyard Cricket ground last Saturday evening was a resounding success with over 400 people watching an exhibition game between UCVC and a Wanderers XI. The ground set up and atmosphere created was 1st class and a...

Marlborough’s young cricketers edge out Nelson

The Marlborough U15 side secured a notable win over Nelson last weekend in a game that also counts as part of the Central Districts U15 tournament taking place in Levin in January. In a closely fought game played at Saxton Oval the Marlborough bowlers held their nerve...

Junior Cricketers enjoy warm sunny conditions

Our junior cricket grades are up and running again after the winter break and it was great to play in warm sunny conditions last weekend with plenty of players putting in strong performances. In WK 4th grade Nathan Brooke-Taylor took 3 wickets for 5 runs for Renwick...

Plenty of cricket for all ages as season gets underway

Another summer of Cricket is underway and it was great to see all our junior grades starting last weekend despite the wet weather last week. This week sees the start of our Superstar Cricket programmes  run over 6 weeks as an introduction to the game for 5 to 7 year...