B16 SPORT Wednesday, April 6, 2011 THE PRESS, Christchurch CRICKET MOTORCYCLING Teen Shield within the Wizards’ grasp speeds Matt Richens points, but ND would take the title because of having one The Canterbury Wizards more win in the 10-round edged closer to the Plunket competition. to title Shield title on another rain- Central Districts’ title affected day of domestic chances are fading quickly as Andy McGechan cricket yesterday. Auckland, then the rain, The Wizards reached made an outright win a long Rangiora motorcycle mech- stumps at 130-3, needing just way off for them. anic Seth Devereux has been 20 more runs to take the two Auckland were 382-4 when racing bikes for less than first-innings points against bad light caused stumps to be three years, but now he’s a Northern Districts at Ran- drawn early leaving a huge national motorcycling cham- giora’s Mainpower Oval. mountain for CD to climb to pion. Teenage quick Matt Henry win outright in the remaining The 19-year-old Kawasaki was again the best of the two days. ace lives in Christchurch but Wizards bowlers and took his Andrew de Boorder – the commutes to nearby Rangiora second five-wicket haul. He second Auckland batsmen to for work each day, took the first five ND wickets On fire: Matt Henry grabbed his reach three figures in the Devereux led a Kawasaki and ended with 5-54 as the second five-wicket bag yesterday. innings – was 102no at 1-2-3 to the podium in the visitors struggled to build a stumps. If CD are to win the Prolites 250 class at the fifth meaningful partnership. Wizards slowly tracked down title, they need to win and final round of this year’s Needing an outright win to ND’s mediocre first-innings outright and hope the New Zealand Superbike guarantee the first piece of score. Wizards do not win their Championships, which silverware since Canterbury Brownlie was dismissed 10 game. wrapped up at Manfeild, in won the four-day title in overs before stumps while De Boorder’s brother Manawatu, last weekend. 2007-2008, the Wizards made Fulton will resume today on Derek also scored a century, Devereux, racing a an awful start to their first 60no after scoring his fourth in Queenstown, for Otago. 2010-model Kawasaki Ninja innings losing Rob Nicol off half-century of the season Derek de Boorder scored 122 250R, had already sealed the just the second ball. yesterday. to all but kill off Wellington’s title at the previous round, at Michael Papps and captain Canterbury’s biggest title faint hopes. Otago declared at Hampton Downs, near Mere- Peter Fulton then added 60 for challenge looks likely to come 441-8 before Wellington mere, a week earlier. the second wicket before from ND who would win the reached 57-1 at stumps. Wel- He had by then Papps was bowled by test title if they beat Canterbury lington need not only to win accumulated enough points to bowler Brent Arnel for 35. outright even if they lose the outright, but also need first be untouchable as the series Fulton then added 52 with first innings. That would innings if they are to close the headed south to Manfeild. Dean Brownlie (22) as the leave both teams tied on 35 six-point gap on the Wizards. ‘‘It’s quite funny how I got into road-racing,’’ Devereux said. Out: Canterbury batsman Michael Papps is bowled by Northern Districts seamer Brent Arnel at Rangiora yesterday. Photos: DON SCOTT ‘‘I had picked up a few speeding tickets riding my Easts blitz University-Grange SCOREBOARDS bike on the road and a friend of mine, Tony Grieving, suggested I should go road- Matt Richens balls and included 15 fours A last-wicket partnership CANTERBURY v ND CANTERBURY M Craig lbw b Tugaga.....................28 CD v AUCKLAND racing. and seven sixes while Lyons’ of 46 in 23 balls threatened to Scoreboard after the second day of First innings N Wagner lbw b Tugaga................... 0 Scoreboard after the second day of ‘‘The first time I tried East Christchurch-Shirley 114 – his first senior century – take the game away from the Plunket Shield four-day cricket R Nicol b Aldridge.............................. 0 I Butler b Gillespie............................. 4 the match between Central racing I finished the day had the best possible start to came off 93 balls with 11 fours Easts as rain threatened and match between Canterbury and M Papps b Arnel ...............................35 W McSkimming not out..................53 Districts and Auckland in Napier:- fourth overall . so that was Northern Districts in Rangiora AUCKLAND the national club champs and six sixes. the countback system being P Fulton not out ...............................60 Extras (10b, 16lb, 1w, 5nb) ...........32 pretty good. yesterday: First innings (overnight 267-2) D Brownlie c McGlashan b Boult ..22 Total (8wkts dec, 138.0 overs) . 441 cricket tournament in Auck- ‘‘It was a great way to start used at the tournament had NORTHERN DISTRICTS S Stewart not out.............................. 4 J Raval c Worker b Mason ........... 100 ‘‘I won the streetstock 150 Fall: 78, 172, 194, 194, 240, 304, land yesterday. the week,’’ Papps said. ‘‘We’re the game close, but Brandon First innings (36-3 overnight) T McIntosh c How b Nethula.........56 class South Island Cup last Extras (6lb, 1w, 2nb)......................... 9 304, 311. Easts blitzed Dunedin’s notoriously slow starters Hiini bowled the University- B Wilson lbw b Henry ........................ 7 Total (3wkts, 38 overs)............... 130 A de Boorder not out ................... 102 year but it wasn’t a national Bowling: M Gillespie 25-6-93-1 University-Grange by 58 runs here; we usually lose our first Grange No 11 to roll the A Kitchen c Sinclair b Bracewell..35 championship. B Watling b Henry.............................. 8 Fall: 0, 60, 112. (3nb), A McKay 29-8-81-3, M via the Duckworth-Lewis game and have to play catch- Dunedin team for 182. D Flynn c Astle b Henry .................... 0 Bowling: G Aldridge 13-2-45-1 Tugaga 13-3-38-2 (1w, 1nb), H G Todd c How b Bracewell.............30 ‘‘I’m thinking I might like method after scoring 265-1 up all week,’’ Papps said. H Marshall lbw Henry......................36 (1nb), T Boult 9-0-43-1 (1w), B Arnel G Hopkins not out............................26 to try the 125 GP class next Short scoreboards: East Christchurch- Boam 8-4-8-0, L Woodcock from their 35 overs. ‘‘They are small bound- B Hatwell run out.............................22 11-5-22-1 (1nb), J Walker 4-0-13-0, 28-8-64-1 (1nb), J Patel Extras (8b, 5lb, 20nb) .....................33 season.’’ Shirley (Canterbury) 265-1 (T Papps J Donnelly 1-0-1-0. Easts were playing on the aries here, but we played 129no, D Lyons 114no) beat P McGlashan c Latham b Henry ..... 5 29-9-107-1, G Elliott 6-2-24-0. Total (4wkts, 121.3 overs)......... 382 Runner-up to Devereux OTAGO v WELLINGTON smallest of the three Cornwall cricket shots and batted well.’’ University-Grange (Otago) 182 (J G Aldridge c Latham b McCone ....23 WELLINGTON Fall: 101, 210, 276, 336. this season was Palmerston Hynes 44no, J Simpson 37, A Coleman Scoreboard after the second day of T Boult c Latham b Ellis..................24 First innings Bowling: B Wheeler 12-1-41-0 Park wickets and peppered University-Grange, who 24, J Pawson 3-30, J Grice 3-42) by 58 the match between Otago and (2nb), M Mason 26.3-7-58-1, K North’s Paul Billington, with J Donnelly c McCone b Ellis ...........15 S Murdoch lbw b Broom ...................6 the boundaries, with opener made last year’s final, were runs by D/L method. Wellington in Queenstown:- Noema-Barnett 18-5-43-0 , D Otaki’s Sarah Elliott taking Marist-United (Central Districts) 118-5 S Rhodes not out .............................37 and captain Tim Papps always up against it, chasing J Walker c Latham b Ellis ................. 0 OTAGO Bracewell 25-3-92-2 (5nb), T third spot on yet another from 20.1 overs (D Robinson 31, M Sim B Arnel not out ................................... 0 H Boam not out ................................10 reaching 129no. He was joined an adjusted total of 240 from 25, L Edwards 2-16, J Sewell 2-33) beat First innings (overnight 213-4) Nethula 25-1-111-1 (13nb), G Kawasaki. by No 3 D J Lyons who 30 overs. Karori (Wellington) 107-9 from 18.1 Extras (5lb, 1w, 3nb)......................... 9 C Cumming b McKay.......................91 Extras (1b, 1lb, 2nb)..........................4 Worker 10-3-13-0, M Sinclair Devereux also won the finished unbeaten on 114. They put on 60 for the first overs (T Blundell 29no, Edwards 21, M Total (all out, 36.1 overs) ........... 149 A Redmond c Rhodes b McKay .....46 Total (for 1 wkt, 28 overs).............57 1-0-5-0. New Zealand TT and New Ander 3-25, H Birss 2-15, S Barrett The pair added 220no for wicket in quick time, but Fall: 15, 15, 24, 80, 86, 86, 129, S Haig lbw b Patel ...........................31 Fall: 23. Points Zealand GP titles for his class 2-25) by 11 runs. 135, 146, 149. N Broom c Austin-Smellie b McKay Bowling: N Wagner 8-2-18-0 (1nb), Canterbury 33, Central Districts Howick-Pakuranga (Auckland) 60-4 (D the second wicket after Scott capitulated to be 136-9 as Bowling: M Henry 13-3-54-5 (1nb), .............................................................18 W McSkimming 4-2-8-0, I Butler 29, Northern Districts 29, this year.