Taieri batsmen Ash Simpson (left) and Toby Batchelor walk
off the field as the covers go on at Sunnyvale on Saturday.
Photo by Jane Dawber.
The rain once again hurt Dunedin senior cricket on
Saturday, with all four games being abandoned.
Green Island will rue the rain after it had the Taieri
batsmen teetering on the edge of destruction. Taieri managed
just 32 for five before rain hit.
Dion Lobb bowled with pace and accuracy to dismiss the first
three Taieri batsmen, with Nathan Watt taking two catches in
the field.
Lobb took three for 10 off seven overs and partner Russell
Ritchie took two for 14.
The match between Carisbrook-Dunedin and Kaikorai started on
time, with Carisbrook batting first.
The team got off to a disastrous start, losing four wickets
for 38 runs inside 15 overs, before the rain fell.
Will Deerness bowled well for Kaikorai, taking one wicket for
13 runs from 7.2 overs.
University-Grange got off to a hot start against North East
Valley, as its batsmen took full advantage of the North East
Valley attack.
Jesse Simpson (45) and Dan Murari (29) got the team started
and put on 58 runs for the first wicket.
Despite strong bowling from captain Jamie Murley (two for
35), University-Grange pushed on and was well poised at 112
for three before rain forced the abandonment of the game.
The match between Albion and Otago Country was abandoned
without a ball being bowled.
By John McKenzie.
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