ND Secondary Boys - Day 4

Posted: Friday, 16 December 2016

Day 4

The two Bay of Plenty teams, at the ND Senior Secondary Cricket tournament being played in Gisborne this week (12/16 December 2016) made a cracking start on the first day of the two-day championship playoffs.

Bay of Plenty Lakeland, won the toss against Northland in the playoff for third place and made the decision to bat first, on a track first that looked to have plenty of runs in it. Opener Ryan Neves got the Bay side to a grand start belting 62 runs off 49 balls, with Dylan Macdonald continuing the momentum to be rewarded with 37 runs.

Coming in at five, Dilan Nanayakkara took control of his teams batting attack and was patience personified, as he top scored with 71 runs. The Lakeland representatives were finally dismissed for 246 in the 64th over, to set the team from the far north a big challenge to take first innings advantage.

While Northland got away to a good start, the Lakeland bowlers knuckled down to their work. Led by three wickets from Jared Meeling, Northland were in some trouble being 140 runs behind, with just three wickets in hand, at stumps on day one.

Bay of Plenty Coastland, who squared off with Hamilton in the ND Senior Secondary Championship final for the second successive year, also won the toss but elected to field. The Coastland bowlers bowled good line and length in tandem and had the Waikato side on the back foot from early in the match.

Josh Healy-Ormrod, was the pick of the Bay sides bowling attack with three wickets for 32 runs, as Hamilton were bowled out for 166 in 66th over. Sean Wakelin and Iman Singh also bowled with genuine enthusiasm to take two wickets apiece.

The match was evenly poised at stumps, with Coastland reaching 87 for the loss of four wickets.

ND Senior Secondary Cricket Tournament @ Gisborne 12/15 December 2016

Day Four (Thursday 15 December) – Two Day Playoffs

Championship Final (Day One)

Hamilton 166 (N Farrell 52; Josh Healy-Ormrod 3/32, Sean Wakelin 2/16, Iman Singh 2/26) – Bay of Plenty Coastland 87/4 at stumps on day one.

Third Place Playoff (Day one)

Bay of Plenty Lakeland 246 (Dilan Nanayakkara 71, Ryan Neves 62, Dylan Macdonald 37) – Northland 106/7 at stumps on day one.

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