Welcome to Nelson. I enjoy playing the Central Districts based teams as it maintains a connection to my old stomping ground. I saw some boys that look likely to reach higher honours if they are prepared to work at their game and play in the V. We commend coach Garry MacDonald for continuing to be so involved at a level of cricket we, as a club, feel NZ Cricket needs to invest more into.

The Willows batted first and mustered 269/7 against a well-balanced attack. Tom Dunlop was impressive scoring 70 with D Kelly, M Paltridge, A Hastilow and C Finnie all contributing around him. There was some notable bowling from Restieaux and McKay but a couple of catches going to hand could have made the target a lot less imposing.

T Agnew was superb running into a stiff breeze with enough cross current to allow his left arm pace to straighten. A Hastilow also bowled quickly, R McGuire was ageless and C Finnie completed a good all-round performance.