Rowe, a bowler who hails from Palmerston North and represented New Zealand at the U19 World Cup, scored 47 from No 8 to lift Sydenham from a perilous 104/6 to 222 all out before Rae took over with the ball.
The 28-year-old starred, taking 6/28 to skittle Merivale-Papanui for 116, in an exhibition of seam bowling in his first appearance since moving from Dunedin last year to play for the Canterbury Kings, having previously represented Otago.
With six overs left in the day and a lead of more than 100, Sydenham enforced the follow-on but could not pick up another wicket before stumps with Merivale-Papanui finishing the day 12 without loss, trailing by 94 runs
Burnside West Uni are in a comfortable position for an outright win against East Shirley at Burnside Park and put themselves in pole position for back-to-back titles.
Both Shirley openers then went for golden ducks in their second innings, Jackson Latham doing the damage with 3/18 as Shirley finished the day 33/4, still 66 runs behind Burnside’s first-innings total.
The Heathcote pair of Dan Stanley and Talor Scott cut loose against St Albans at Heathcote Domain to secure a healthy first-innings lead.
Stanley picked up where he left off in the one-dayers, scoring 63 runs off just 27 balls at the top of the order, while Scott contributed 56 off 41 in Heathcote’s total of 248.
St Albans had earlier been bowled out for 134 with only Nabil Moughal (41) offering any resistance, and will resume their second innings on Saturday at 79/3.
A confident showing from Lancaster Park will likely see them gain valuable first-innings points – but an outright win could be beyond them.
Park batted first and scored 226/9 – with skipper Angus Hamilton facing the last ball of the innings and hitting it for six before declaring at the 60-over mark to gain batting points.
Hamilton was then destroyer-in-chief with the ball, taking 4/38 with his off-spin to leave Old Boys 137/7, still 89 runs off Park’s first-innings total.
- Matches resume at 10.30am on Saturday.
