Dazzling end to women’s cricket

Press, Volume CXVI, Issue 34045, 8 January 1976, Page 18

Dazzling end to women’s cricket

IX.Z Pvftt 4 jrwOCMIf ton » AUCKLAND. Two centuries, including w hat may prove to be a r ecord - establishing “double” by Carol .Marett. of Otago, contributed to a dazzling finish to the national women’s cricket tournament yesterday. And while Mrs Marett zipped along to her second 1 consecutive century. 125 noti out, at the expense of Auck-j

r<L the Wellington opener ■'Linda Lindsay, flailed 120 ofi ' the North Shore attack. N >rth Shore and Auckland both made heroic efforts tc beat the clock and force outf right wins. Wellington declared and I left >rtn Shore 100 minutes! in which to make 173. The; North Shore hatswomen i chanced their arm and got! !to 152 for eight. The tail-, -nders. Louise Minnaar and Helen Smyth, had to survive 'three overs of hostile Welling- ' ton bowling to avoid defeat. Liz Allen and Elaine BadIham put on 62 for the secfond wicket, and it looked •■hough North Shore would | romp home, as these two 1 scored freely. But following ‘ Miss Allen’s dismissal. SheiI ah Washington was needI’essly run out. and Chris Millar went without scoring. When Otago declared their •second innings closed at 21 “i ;for the loss of eight wickets.i , Auckland required 146 in 7f>! ‘minutes for an outright win Linda Prichard and Larainr ■ faquiery rattled on 67 in 25j minutes Iwfore their ■pen’ne i . nartnershm was broken 'Fave Hedges added 15 and. jwhen she was stumped b' Barbara Turner. Auckland i had reached 9»> for the loss of only two wickets. In trying to force the nace. Auckland lost wickets -’eadilv. and were 127 for the loss of eight wickets , when play ended. rh« Hallvburton Johnstone Shield, the trophy retained the winner of the Roth- , marts sponsored tournament. '■’« wo bv Canterbury, who had he bve in rhe final! Irotmd. Points were - — Canterbury ’2. Nonh Shore 28. Welling-! 'm 27. Auckland 15, Otago Yachting.—Kialoa is all set to shatter the four-vear-old record : forthe l»<0-mile Hoban-Auckland 1 race, but the 79ft United States taper ketch -lowed to eight knots and a half bard on the wind in rough seas vesterday. I She was only 390 miles frem (Cape Reinga after lust under four davs at sea. Motor-racing. — The former world champion racing driver. Dennv Huhne. has returned to New Zealand after .spending the last 15 years travelling the racing circuits of the world. With his wife. Greeta. and two children. Martin, aged eight, and Adele, aged four, Hulme has ■ arrived in Auckland after travelI ilng from England