Having turned up to Jansen Park and flooded wickets, the match was shortened to 45 overs and transferred to artificial at St Paul's.
Winning the toss and batting, St Paul's were off to a very bright start through Kippa Fawcett 33 and Dillon Kelliher who put on 43 in 6 overs before a bad mix up saw Kelliher run out. From there the innings lost momentum with a series of small partnerships being snuffed out with the loss of regular wickets. Chris Swanson with 69 not out kept a cool head throughout and batted St Paul's professionally through the innings. Jacob Robb joined Swanson and scored an excellent 38 and Sam Holmes 8 not out off 4 balls as St Paul's made 206 for 5.
St Paul's through Simon Morbey, Guy Wilkins and Josh Malpas then bowled beautifully to the St Peter's top order to have them struggling at 62 for 3 from 22 overs, with captain Scott Finlayson striking the big blow in having NZ U19 player Tim Seifert brilliantly caught by keeper Joel Kosoof. After drinks the St Paul's fielding fell away with a series of dropped catches and misfields allowing St Peter’s back in the game. Young spinner Bede Higgins stuck to his guns in taking 3 for 39 from 9, while the “bowling machine” Guy Wilkins was the stand out taking 4 for 26 from 9 bowling into a tough head wind as St Peter's were finally bowled out for 194, 12 runs short.
Players of Day were Chris Swanson and Guy Wilkins.
