St Paul's were put in to bat in overcast conditions on a hard green wicket against two time champions Christchurch Boys. Kippa Fawcett hit a stunning pull shot for four first ball of the tournament and put on 48 runs with Dillon Kelliher in very quick time before Fawcett was out for 21. At 75 for 1 off only 12 overs and then 125 for 3 from 26 overs St Paul's looked set for a big score.
However a big collapse of 7 wickets for 10 runs to one of the Christchurch spinners saw St Paul's bowled out for 135, which was a very disappointing ending to a promising innings. Dillon Kelliher with 45 top scored with Chris Swanson also making 18.
In reply Simon Morbey with 1 for 23 from 6 and Tom Yarrall 1 for 17 from 6 bowled well early on, while Eli Spadoni bowled a good spell to take 2 for 29 from 8. However St Paul’s never had enough runs to challenge Christchurch Boys and went down by 6 wickets.
