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(File photo) Chad Bowes led Canterbury to a dominant win over Auckland with an unbeaten 85 at Rangiora.
At Mainpower Oval, Rangiora: Auckland Aces 162 from 44.1 overs (Danru Ferns 42 not out; Henry Shipley 3-14, Ish Sodhi 3-29) lost to Canterbury 166-2 from 20 overs (Chad Bowes 85 not out, Henry Nicholls 40; Will Somerville 1-12) by eight wickets.
Auckland’s disastrous start to their Ford Trophy title defense continued on a sweaty day in Rangiora on Sunday.
Coming off a six-wicket thumping at the hands of Otago, Canterbury hammered the Aces by eight wickets at Mainpower Oval to put them in a 0-2 hole at the bottom of the standings.
On a day when seamer Henry Shipley and new Black Caps recruit Ish Sodhi took three wickets apiece for the hosts, Auckland’s batting again floundered as they managed a below-par score of 162 from in 44.1 overs.
Led by the unbeaten Chad Bowes unbeaten 85 from 58 balls, the hosts made it easy, cruising home in the overs.
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Heck, Tom Latham, who plundered a superb ton against India for the Black Caps last month, was hardly needed.
He faced just eight balls for his unbeaten 17, finishing the job after dismissing Henry Nicholls with 40 runs to his name.
Shipley was the main destroyer after Canterbury put Auckland into bat, taking 3-14 from eight overs, beating the Black Cap and fellow opener Matt Henry.
Sodhi took 3-29 from his 10 overs, highlighted by his clean sweep of Cole Briggs in a peach of a wrong’un, as Canterbury improved to 2-1 at the top of the standings.
They join Wellington and Central with two wins, after the Firebirds beat Northern Districts by 50 runs at Cobham Oval in Whangārei and the Central Stags blitzed Otago in New Plymouth.
Rachin Ravindra was the star of the show for Wellington, stroking 105 at the top of the order as the Firebirds set the hosts 271 to win, before taking three wickets with his left-arm spin.
But his 3-52 was overshadowed by Ben Sears’ 4-41, a welcome return to form after a quick spell on the sidelines due to injury.
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Wellington bowler Ben Sears took four wickets in his team’s win over Northern Districts. Image file.
He took the all-important wicket of Brett Hampton (55), killing the hosts after Neil Wagner (45 not out) had dragged them back into the contest, putting on 88 runs for the ninth wicket.
In another match, Glenn Phillips’ Otago debut did not go to plan in New Plymouth, where the Stags cruised to a 123-run win over the Volts on the back of a fine Will Young ton.
Young scored 128 from 113 balls, more than making up for the early loss of Black Caps great Ross Taylor for a duck.
Taylor’s dismissal left the Stags in a hole on 33-3, before Young’s 10th Ford Trophy lifted them to 256, despite being dismissed with 5.3 overs up their sleeves.
Phillips top scored with 34 in Otago’s chase, which lasted just 25.4 overs and finished with 133 runs on the board.
At Cobham Oval, Whangārei: Wellington Firebirds 270 (Rachin Ravindra 105; Katene Clarke 4-50, Brett Hampton 3-49) Northern Districts bowled out 220 from 43.1 overs (Hampton 55, Henry Cooper 49, Neil Wagner 45*; Ben Sears 4-41, Ravindra 3-52) of 50 runs.
At Pukekura Park, New Plymouth: Central Stags 256 in 44.3 overs (Will Young 128, Josh Clarkson 42; Jacob Duffy 5-33, Michael Rippon 3-69) Otago Volts bowled out 133 from 25.4 overs (Glenn Phillips 34; Seth Rance 3-29, Doug Bracewell 3-38) by 123 runs.
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