The Willows 260
N Johnston 69, M Satterthwaite 36, J Cutts 6/32
Waitaki BHS 189
J Cutts 42, S Conlan 40, M Patel 3/30, G Gallaway 3/30
The Willows
won by 74 runs
Batting first The Willows compiled a very
healthy 260 with a final wicket falling on the
final over.
The star for The Willows was Nick Johnston who scored a hard hitting 69 well supported with a solid contribution from former Waitakien, Mike Satterthwaite. Garth Gallaway, James Leggat and Maulik Patel all contributed significantly.
Bowling for the Combined XI, English professional James Cutts was outstanding picking up 6 for 32 with his aggressive off spinners.
The Combined XI began their chase of The Willows total with Cutts and Cant compiling 64 for the first wicket. The remainder of the wickets fell at regular intervals with the Combined XI finishing with 186. The pick of The Willows bowlers were Maulik Patel and Garth Gallaway.
The Willows bowlers were well supported in the field by a Jonty Rhodes like performance by James Leggat at backward point and aggressive wicket keeping by Nick Johnston.
Special thanks to Cran Bull who acted as match manager as well as being 3 not out in The Willows innings.