Papakura have given themselves a good chance of securing first innings points against Pukekohe Metro after the opening day of the latest round of the W.H Taylor Shield.
The visitors won the toss and opted to bat first at Bledisloe Park, scoring 226 on the back of a fantastic 122 not out from batsmen Shane Setia.
Ishaan Jain (44) and Shubham Handa (39) shared in partnerships with Setia to help propel their innings.
Veteran spinner Kurt Barnes took 4-47 for Pukekohe Metro while David Kingham took 3-53.
Pukekohe Metro had advanced to 64-2 by stumps with Bharat Popli unbeaten on 30.
Leon Marconi’s 117 helped Karaka reach 346 after being sent into bat by Southern Districts at Massey Park in Waiuku.
Navjot Sran made 69 and Devon Wilson 66 while George Williams and Finn Williams each picked up three wickets.
Southern lost regular wickets to be 90-8 at stumps and will be hoping to avoid an outright loss on the second day.
Brayden Riggs was the pick of the Karaka bowlers with figures of 3-19.
Manukau City made 249 all out batting first against Weymouth at War Memorial Park.
Wicketkeeper batsman Le-Shur Vermeulen top scored for the home side, posting 80 not out while James Piskulic scored 62.
Gurpreet Singh (2-35) and Pankaj Kumar (2-53) were the pick of the Weymouth bowlers.
Weymouth were 181-5 at stumps, needing 69 runs to secure first innings points.
Navdeep Singh was unbeaten on 52 while Cullen Halliday took 2-21 for Manukau City.
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