Jack Middleton Ashburton College Cricket. Photo supplied.A typically tenacious effort from Ashburton College’s Combined cricketers has seen the team go close to toppling the competition leaders.

The Christchurch Boys’ High School’s 5th XI squeezed past AshColl’s Combined XI by two wickets in the final game of the term four 2nd Grade competition at the Ashburton Domain on Saturday.

After being bowled out for 138 batting first, AshColl did not roll over in the field and with the ball as the league leaders’ faced consistent stumbling blocks with bat in hand.

The visitors’ lower order stayed in the fight however to guide the team home inside 30 overs.

The result means the Combined XI finish third in the 2nd Grade competition courtesy of a 4-3 record.

By Adam Burns © The Ashburton Guardian - 10 December 2020