da premier bet： Invercargill Metropolitan has made a winning start to the Otago District Junior Board’s programme for 2001/02 with a seven-wicket win over Southland Country in the opening round
Steve Davie21-Nov-2001Invercargill Metropolitan has made a winning start to the Otago District Junior Board’s programme for 2001/02 with a seven-wicket win over Southland Country in the opening round.Batting first Invercargill amassed 163/3 by the time of the compulsory declaration with Shaun Fitzgibbon contributing 56 and Hamish Skelt finishing 63 not out.Country struggled in reply and was dismissed for 83 in the 39th over – James Crisp (4-19), Sam Harry (3-13) and Tim Riley (2-13) doing the damage.This weekend the two Dunedin teams square off while North Otago and Central Otago meet on December 2.