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Papakura Senior A piled on 292/9 off 70 overs in the first innings of their two-day match against United CC. B Strydom top-scored with 88, while Chris Herbert(60), Scott Allison(43), Gavin Mudford(24) & Josh McEvoy(with a quickfire 23 including two sixes at the end) came up with worthy contributions. United workhorse Anthony Brookes once again bore the major bowling workload, bowling over a third of his team's overs & removing four of Papakura's top-order batsmen for 88 off his 24 overs. Skipper Harley Bayliss (2/42), Dean Ross (1/35) & Matthew Forrest (1/63) were the other successful bowlers.

United CC, looking for a big partnership at the top, lost opener Aaron Rowe(4) with the score reading 7/1 & then skipper Harley Bayliss(17) at 33/2. Thereafter, opener Josh Burgess(24*), solid as a rock as usual, & battle-hardened Matthew Forrest(14*) got together & added 28 more to the score before stumps, taking the total to 61/2 from 24 overs. Gavin Mudford (2/31) was the only successful bowler for Papakura.