Sunday morning greeted the boys from Southland with probably a familiar light drizzle. The game managed to get away with a delayed start and the Willows elected to bat. This proved to be poor choice with the Willows losing the first three wickets for four runs!

The rot was quickly remedied by some solid batting from the ageless Graeme Inglis and Ben Laughton which along with some fine batting in the middle order, including valuable knocks from Eugene MacFarlane and John Hamilton in difficult conditions, got The Willows through to 160/8 from 35 overs. A couple of notable bowling performances included B Andrews 3/33 and R Ackland 2/23.

With The Willows being far too sporting in pulling out after 35 overs, the Southland Boys’ XI must have thought they really had a chance. As it transpired they were right!

The Willows managed to return the openers to the pavilion in a timely fashion but unfortunately that gave Hamish O’Brien plenty of time to construct a lovely innings of 60 from 64 balls.

With good support from Ackland (24) and Roger (23) the boys from the South managed to pass the Willows total in the 35th over which made for an exciting finish.

Some notable bowling performances from the Willows included Brendon Wellington 2/21 and Carlos McGillivray 1/20.