Christoffersen leads Pirates to win

by Brian Smith sport@dailypost.co.nz | 9th February 2010

Eastern Pirates, Otumoetai Cadets, Te Puke and Tauranga Boys' College took maximum points from the second round of the BOPCA Cup.

A solid batting effort set Dawson Insurance Eastern Pirates up for a win over Eastern Bay United.

Jarrod Christoffersen, with fine innings of 60, along with James MacMillan, Douglas Fluker and Julian Danby, contributed 192 runs. MacMillan then took five wickets to give Pirates an emphatic 114 run win.

Meanwhile, Rotorua Boys' High School lost two wickets with only a run on the board against a depleted Otumoetai Cadets side before Kieran Carling and Shaquille Graham put on 84 for the third wicket. Cody Fell held the middle order together before the students were dismissed three balls short of batting out their fifty overs. In reply Cadets were never troubled, reaching their objective in the 42nd over.

Scoreboards:

Dawson Insurance Eastern Pirates 253/8 (J Christoffersen 60, J MacMillan 47, D Fluker 44, J Danby 41, S Ford 3/59.) defeated Eastern Bay United 139 (A Yates 60, S Ford 34, J MacMillan 5/38.)

Rotorua Boys' High School 222 (K Carling 59, C Fell 49, C Perham 32, J Christensen 4/47, G Manners 3/29.) Lost to Otumoetai Cadets 204/5 (C Wood 61, S Wineti 60no, J Graves 43, P Dhanjee 2/51.)

Greerton 186 (J Elliot 37, S Rae 3/19, L Staiger 2/28, A MacKay 2/20) lost to Te Puke 189/4 (L Staiger 61, B Williams 44no, J Scott 37.)

Tauranga Boys' College 213 (G Osmond 64, B Hampton 54, J Carter 30, D Hill 3/26, M Divehall 3/41.) defeated Mount Manganui 191 (M Golding 38, D Swan 35, D Hill 20, R McBrydie 2/27, E Timoti 2/28, C Thomas 2/30, B Hampton 2/31.)

Points;

Eastern Pirates, Te Puke, Otumoetai Cadets, Tauranga Boys' 20, Mt Maunganui 10, Greerton, Eastern Bay United, Rotorua Boys' 7, Central 0.