Hendry makes his mark in style

The 21-year-old East Coast Bays medium-fast bowler, Mike Hendry, may never again have to buy his own refreshments in the clubrooms at Mairangi Bay after his match-winning century against Suburbs New Lynn on Saturday.

Hendry, who has been in the New Zealand Youth side for the past three seasons, came to the wicket with his side in a spot of bother chasing 241. He got stuck into a steady Suburbs attack, taking just 146 balls to reach three figures and beat his previous best score of 98.

With Jayden Moran (50) he added 149 for the fifth wicket and took his side to a much-needed first innings lead of 70. North Shore was disappointed that it could not hold out the strong Grafton line-up, but given the onslaught mounted by Tane Topia (73) and the steady batting of Shaun Gear (91) it seemed doubtful that any side could have hung on.

Topia scored his first 50 from 36 balls and by the time he was out 60 of his runs had come from boundaries, six of them over the fence.

The 18-year-old North Shore batsman, Gene Andrews, scored his maiden premier century in its second innings of 197.

Grafton headed North Shore by 44 and the game petered out to a draw.

Cornwall conceded a first innings lead of 80 to bottom-placed Takapuna and then offered a generous chase of 205 got there with seven balls to spare after Chris Knight smashed 33 from 20 balls.

Parnell failed to make the most of restricting Howick Pakuranga to 216 and ended its first innings 70 runs short. Howick Pakuranga set Parnell 185 from 34 overs to take maximum points but Sam Whiteman and Kyle Mills were far too accurate and the challenge foundered at 98.

Waitakere City, let off the hook by Ellerslie when it failed to stop a record-breaking tenth wicket partnership of 174, took complete advantage of the situation to win by an innings and 98 runs.

The Waitakere all-rounder, Blair White, added to his growing reputation with match figures of 10-66 to go with his innings of 81 not out. White (4-18) and Kylie Todd (4-18) bowled Ellerslie out for 48 in its second innings.

Eden Roskill battled hard to take first innings points from University Akarana leaving the students well and truly at the bottom of the ladder, but the best battle in the division came in the match between leading sides, Birkenhead City and Papatoetoe. It ended with Papatoetoe falling 55 runs short just before the close.

Scores:

Premier - (Round 4, day 2 of 2) Takapuna 228 and 120-6 dec (P Escott 47; H Davis 3-23) lost to Cornwall 148 (M Powell 30; R Henderson 3-12, K Murphy 3-56) and 205-5 (D Storer 69, P Vallabh 38, A Barnes 33, C Knight 33) by five wickets after trailing on the first innings. Suburbs New Lynn 241 and 145-2 (G Arnold 66) lost to East Coast Bays 315 (M Hendry 124, J Moran 50, P Walsh 33; D Eliaba 3-68, Chris Fawkner 3-85) on the first innings.. North Shore 248 and 197 (G Andrews 121; D Paynter 4-34) lost to Grafton 292 (S Gear 91, T Topia 73; S Sharp 6-48) on the first innings. Howick Pakuranga 216 and 114-3 dec (R King 39no, J Aiken 33) bt Parnell 146 (C Buss 43; K Mills 5-31, S Whiteman 4-38) and.98 (Whiteman 5-19, Mills 4-34) by 98 runs. Points: Grafton 52.15, Howick Pakuranga 45.76, Cornwall 40.36, Parnell 39.84, East Coast Bays 32.57, North Shore 31.25, Suburbs New Lynn 29.30, Takapuna 26.44.

First grade - Eden Roskill 229 and 136-6 dec (D Bruce 40, S Eakins 34; M Lindenberg 3-34) bt University Akarana 203 (F Scordini 50; S Lala 4-40, B Cates 3-36) and 43-1 on the first innings. Birkenhead 307-7 dec bt Papatoetoe 252 (C Boroughs 66, A Clarke 57, G Ronaldson 55no; A Hill 3-29, G McPherson 3-45) on the first innings. Waitakere City 312 bt Ellerslie 166 (Cribbins 36; White 6-48) and 48 (White 4-18, K Todd 4-18) by an innings and 98 runs. Points: Birkenhead 51.82, Waitakere City 47.46, Papatoetoe 37.51, Eden Roskill 34.95, University 24.61, Ellerslie 23.97.

Auckland Women's First Grade (One-dayers) Grafton 96 in 40ov (H Partridge 3-7, K Hill 3-18) lost to Cornwall 100-4 in 30ov.