Southland's senior club competitions got under way on Saturday.
The premier 50-over competition will only feature five clubs this summer after the Metropolitan Tigers decided they could not field a competitive team.
The first five weeks of this one-day competition will be reduced to 40-over contests to try to offset the likely weather issues.
The weather wiped out round one games last weekend but round two produced some quality performances.
Waikoikoi beat Marist by 25 runs at Miller St in Invercargill. The visitors batted first and scored 244 for the loss of just four wickets from their 40 overs.
Ryan McFaul scored the first century of the competition with an unbeaten 112 off 107 balls.
Ashleigh Harrison scored an unbeaten 34 while opening bat Welby Reed had earlier hit 38 runs.
Marist produced a good run chase with Shaun Fitzgibbon (101) also scoring a century and Thomas McCabe was unbeaten on 55 when Marist ran out of overs.
Last season’s beaten finalists Old Boys beat Southland Boys’ High at the school by eight wickets.
Old Boys bowled out the hosts for just 84 in 29 overs.
Opening bowler Blake Buttar-Scurr did the damage with six wickets for 21 runs. He took the second wicket of the match and then dismissed the next three batsmen for first ball golden ducks to have the hosts reeling at 16 for five.
Number three batsman Jack Claridge was unbeaten on 31 when the school’s innings was wrapped up.
Chris Case (35) and Brendan Domigan (15) were at the crease when Old Boys reached the total in the 10th over.
Defending champions Appleby had the bye on Saturday.
— John Langford
