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Manawatu-Foxton won the toss and asked Kapiti Old Boys Green to
bat first at Manawatu College No. 3 artificial pitch. The Man-Fox.
bowlers were smashed to all parts of the ground and after 10 overs
K.O.B. were 80 runs, 128 after 20 overs, 169 after 30, 229 after
40 and after the 45 allotted overs were 255 for the loss of 9
wickets. Bowling for Man-Fox. Wayne Blackbourn, Jono Van Echten,
Tony Tatana and Nathan Paki all claimed 2 wickets each and Tom
Thomas picked up one.
Manawatu-Foxton lost their first wicket of Hayden Bramwell (50)
at 92. Stacey Thomas (22), Steven Thomas (5), Tony Tatana (32),
Marty O'Brien (7), Nathan Paki (59), Tom Thomas (25 not out) and
Jarrod Gilmore (0 not out) all contributed to take Man-Fox. through
to 257 for the loss of 7 wickets off 41.3 overs to win the game.
A win to Manawatu-Foxton by 3 wickets.
A couple of disappointing points of interest in this game was
the extremely high number of wides called, 34 and 47 and
the slow over rate in the game which was not completed until 7.50
p.m.
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