Volts claim much-needed win against Northern Districts

The skilled Otago seamer nabbed 4 for 19 to steer the Volts to a much-needed eight-wicket win towards Northern Districts in Hamilton at the moment.

Duffy had nice help from Jake Gibson, who took three for 19 to assist skittle the house group for 128.

Glenn Phillips’ haul of 1 for 23 was nice worth as effectively.

And crucially the batting fired towards what was an international-class bowling unit.

The captain Dean Foxcroft paced the chase with a managed and undefeated knock of 55.

His boundaries got here from largely orthodox cricket photographs and there was not a touch of panic in his strategy.

Phillips was in additional of a rush.

The Black Caps all-rounder stroked left arm spinner Tim Pringle for 3 consecutive sixes and despatched a Mitchell Santner supply excessive on to the embankment as effectively.

His 50 got here off simply 27 balls and hammered the long-off boundary throughout his 53 not out.

Earlier, Katene Clarke wanted only one sighter earlier than he boomed a six over long-on.

The 24-year-old right-hander lofted one other down the bottom for 4 however didn’t final.

Left arm spinner Ben Lockrose angled a supply in and bowled him for 10.

Jeet Raval didn’t grasp round both. He obtained an edge and went for a duck.

Duffy obtained a bit of additional bounce and made it work for him on that event.

He thought he had Joe Carter trapped lbw too, however the batter survived.

Tim Seifert’s response was to hit over additional cowl for a brace of sixes.

The Courageous had muscled their technique to 51 for 2 by the tip of the powerplay.

Travis Muller obtained the important thing breakthrough. Seifert miscued to Duffy at mid-off for 37.

However Mitchell Santner planted his proper foot down the pitch and swung a pair over the sight display.

The lanky left-armer possesses a stunning quantity of energy in his wiry body.

However the Volts stored selecting up wickets which prevented the Courageous teeing off from each ends.

Santner fell one wanting what would have been a high quality 50.

It was a well timed dismissal too.

The Courageous had been dropping wickets within the final 5 moderately than thrashing boundaries.

Duffy took two within the seventeenth over and that actually knocked the stuffing out of the innings.

The Volts misplaced Hamish Rutherford early however Foxcroft and Phillips mixed in an unbroken 82-run stand for the third wicket to seal the win.

The Volts’ subsequent match is towards Central Districts in Napier on Wednesday.