Cricket
Canterbury suffered their second 50-over Ford Trophy defeat to Wellington in the space of four days after falling to a 22 run loss in the capital on Saturday.
Canterbury were set 276 to win and looked on track early at 118/1 in the 23rd over. However, after the dismissal of Black Caps opener Henry Nicholls for 55, Canterbury struggled for any partnerships of substance and were dismissed for 253 in the final over.
With two rounds of the Ford Trophy remaining Canterbury are in second. They have a chance to confirm a semi-final spot when they host Otago at Hagley Oval on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, at club level the fourth round of the men's two-day premiership began.
The final two round-robin matches in the premier women's Kirsty Bond Series were also completed. Old Boys Collegians, St Albans, Sydenham and Lancaster Park will now contest the semi-finals and final at St Albans Park on February 22.
- Men's premiership two-day trophy results
St Albans 254/10 (Tyler Lortan 60, Jack Harper 52, Matt Holstein 37; Jack Turner 4/73, Fraser Campbell 3/52) lead Riccarton 125/10 (Jack Tuner 30, Nick Kwant 24; Matt Holstein 3/12, Lachie Harper 3/30) and 4/0.
Lancaster Park 221/10 (Alistair Burnett 51, Michael Davidson 38, Will McDowell 31; Tom Agnew 4/40, Tim Johnston 3/89) lead Sydenham 77/8 (Connor Sullivan 3/38, Ben McCord 2/12, Josh McCarthy 2/9).
Burnside West University 284/9 (JJ Naude 125, Carl Huyser 33; Blake Coburn 3/92, Ben Hanham 2/51) lead East Shirley 145/3 (Jeremy Duncan 59*, Tim Hampton-Matehe 31; Jackson Latham 2/45).
Old Boys Collegians 239/7 (David Wakefield 103, Luke Germon 37; Ben Cochrane 2/44) lead Heathcote 124/9 (Josh Jones 29; Luke Germon 4/18).
- Premier women Kirsty Bond Series
Old Boys Collegians 180/2 (Hayley Aburn 71*, Livvy Thomson 70; Venecia Stoffers 2/33) beat Lancaster Park 106/4 (Harriet Graham 34, Joey Hull 33; Tatiana Gibbs 2/26).
Sydenham 99/4 (Erika Oda 35*, Jenna Waghorn 20) beat St Albans 78/7 (Eden Pettigrew 3/23, Isla McKenzie 3/18).
St Albans 166/1 (Alana Topping 68*, Safron Wilson 59) beat Lancaster Park 88/4 (Zoe Pullar 32*, Joey Hull 23).
North West 75/7 (Izzy Sharp 30, Molly Dunlop 15; Hannah Stevens 2/23, Emma Blundell 2/13) lost to Old Boys Collegians 77/1 (Hayley Aburn 48*).
Football
Any chance Canterbury United Dragons had of sneaking into a play-off position in the ISPS Handa Premiership appear to be over after they conceded two goals in the final 15min during their 1-2 loss to Waitakere City at English Park.
Captain Tom Schwarz was making his 150th appearance for Canterbury. But he did not mark the milestone in the manner he would have wanted. He picked up a second yellow card and was sent off shortly after half-time.
However, the Dragons responded well to the setback, making light of their numerical disadvantage to take the lead soon after through Jacob Richards.
However, the match was then turned on its head in an 8min spell, as Waitakere skipper Sam Burfoot found an equaliser before New Zealand under-23 international Dane Schnell popped up to provide a winner in the 85th-minute.
The Dragons are rooted to the bottom of the competition on nine points from 12 matches.
