Duncan Drew

The Union Senior team had a close fought 1 wicket victory against Oamaru at Excelsior on Saturday

After winning the toss and electing to bat, the 8 man Oamaru team recorded 144 in 47 over's with Nathan Mitchell (34) and Khalil (29) top scoring. A critical 37 run partnership between David Sewell and Khalil help to move Oamaru to a defendable total. For Union Duncan Drew continued his wicket taking form finishing with 2-24 of ten over's, while Paul Johnston was extremely economical with 2-18 of 8 and after his first five over's taking 2 wickets for 0 runs.

Chasing the Oamaru total, Union was in trouble being 5-51 but a 55 run partnership between Ben Sheat (32) and Johnston soon put the Union side back on track. After the loss of Johnston for 28, Union suffered a collapse losing three wickets for only 8 runs leaving them 132-9 and needing another 13 runs for victory. Grant McMillan at the crease was joined by the experienced John Crombie, batting at 11. The pair slowly but surely moved there team to the required total in the 44th over. Crombie was 4 no

Player Pages:
John Crombie | Duncan Drew | Paul Johnston | Grant McMillian | Ben Sheat |

Oamaru 144 ( N Mitchell 34, Khalil 29no, D Sewell 16, N Johnston 14, Johnston 2-18, Drew 2-24 )
Union 145-9 ( B Sheat 32, P Johnston 28, Sewell 4-17, Julius 2-25 )
Union won by 1 wicket
Full scorecard for the match