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Posted: Monday, 28 November 2016

Bay Of Plenty To Defend ND Senior Secondary Schoolgirls Title In Tauranga

Bay of Plenty will attempt to win the Louise Milliken Cup, which is awarded to the winner of the ND Senior Secondary Schoolgirls cricket championship for the third time in four years, when the Northern Districts tournament kicks off at Fergusson Park in Tauranga next Wednesday (30 November 2016).

Three days of action packed cricket, will be played out from the 30th November to the 2 December 2016, at the picturesque Tauranga suburban park. The first two days will consist of four rounds of T20 action, before the title contenders wrap up the competition with a 30 over encounter apiece.

Bay of Plenty swept all other teams in the ND competition last year to complete their campaign with an undefeated record. Poverty Bay finished in second place from Hamilton, Waikato Valley and Northland.

The most exciting game of the tournament was fought out on day two between hosts Bay of Plenty and Poverty Bay. The Bay of Plenty team won the toss and elected to bat first. An unbeaten stand of 33 runs from Holly Topp, led the way for the hosts to reach 80/7, in their allotted overs.

Poverty Bay went out to bat with plenty of self belief and were in touch with the required run rate all the way. At 74/6, with six balls remaining, the encounter was up for grabs. However outstanding fielding from Bay of Plenty, which saw three run-outs without a run being scored, resulted in Poverty Bay being restricted 77/9 which gave Bay of Plenty a paper-thin three run victory.

Hamilton won a high scoring encounter with Waikato Valley, in their thirty over contests on day three, in a battle for third place. The Waikato City side posted a big target when they reached 165/5, with Hannah Bree finishing with an unbeaten 57.

Waikato Valley’s Emma Parker made a valiant attempt for victory with an undefeated 64 runs, however Hamilton bowled their opponents out for 130, to take out third place in the tournament

ND Senior Secondary Schoolgirls Cricket Tournament 30 Nov/2 December 2016 Fergusson Park, Tauranga
Day One (Wednesday 30 November)
T20 Round One: Hamilton v Bay of Plenty; Poverty Bay v Waikato Valley, Northland the bye
T20 Round Two: Waikato Valley v Bay of Plenty, Poverty Bay v Northland, Hamilton the bye

Day Two (Thursday 1 December)
T20 Round Three: Waikato Valley v Northland, Hamilton v Poverty Bay, Bay of Plenty the bye
T20 Round Four: Bay of Plenty v Poverty Bay, Northland v Hamilton, Waikato valley the bye

Day Three (Friday 2 December)
Thirty Over Matches: Hamilton v Waikato Valley, Bay of Plenty v Northland, Poverty Bay the bye

2015 Tournament Finishing Positions
1st Bay of Plenty 2nd Poverty Bay 3rd Hamilton 4th Waikato Valley 5th Northland

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