Cricket News: Loss to Nelson ends Hawke Cup hopes

Cricket News: Loss to Nelson ends Hawke Cup hopes

The Marlborough Men’s reps suffered a 1st inning loss to Nelson over the weekend ending their hopes of a Hawke Cup challenge this season. Nelson recovered from 108 for 6 to reach 281 thanks to a superb 96 from David Zohrab. Jaden Adams was the standout bowler for...

Cricket News: Celtic Green win SBS Bank 2nd grade 40 over final

Celtic Green came out on top over clubmates Celtic Gold in Saturday’s SBS Bank 2nd grade 40 over final. Batting first Gold took a typically aggressive approach but lost wickets at regular intervals to be bowled out for only 85 in the 24th over. Player of the match Eli...

Cricket News: Hawke Cup Competition Starts

Marlborough suffered a 1st innings loss at the hands of Buller in their opening Zone 3 Hawke Cup fixture last weekend. Having chosen to bat first Buller made a competitive 217, Alistair Burnett top scoring with 53 well supported by former Marlborough rep Greg Knowles...

Cricket News: Wet Weather Again Effects Games

Another frustrating wet weekend saw all Saturday cricket cancelled although at least the Friday 5th grade evening games were able to get some play. As a result we have made the decision to add an extra round for our WK junior 5th and 4th grades which will now play a...

Cricket News: Wairau into SBS Bank Senior grade 40 over final

Wairau booked it’s place in the SBS Bank Senior grade 40 over final following a bonus point win over Renwick last Saturday. Andrew McCaa (125) and Hunter Ruffell (63) led the way in Wairau’s 268 (Cody Golding 3-58) before Renwick’s batting was demolished for only 82,...

Cricket News: Junior Grades Start Up

Junior grades and programmes start this weekend and there will be a lot of excited boys and girls – and parents – looking forward to their first piece of cricket action. WK 5th grade once again has 10 teams taking part with games played on 16m mainly artificial...