Bay Of Plenty Coastland Finish Third At ND Senior Secondary Cricket Tournament

Posted: Monday, 18 December 2017

Rain on day four of the ND Senior Secondary cricket tournament, played in Gisborne 11-15 December 2017, reduced the finals playoffs to one-day contests on the Friday.

Bay of Plenty Coastland finished the tournament with a flourish, after nailing third place, when they beat arch-rivals Hamilton for the second time. Opening batsman Marcel Collett again did his job with the bat, to give his team a good start belting a half century, as Coastland reached the 81 run Mark before losing their first wicket.

Coastland skipper Mikaere Leef, continued his good form with the willow to post a solid 45, with Cam Riley batting at eight chipping in with a handy 30 runs. The Bay of Plenty representatives set their Waikato counterparts a solid target after reaching 245/9.

Hamilton made a solid start and at five down for 158 runs had their nose in front. However the Western Bay side bowlers stuck to their task and removed their opponents for 187, to claim a convincing 58 run victory. Mikaere Leef again backed up his work with the bat, taking three wickets for 24 runs, with Dominic Crombie also grabbing a three wicket haul.

The Bay of Plenty Lakeland team, had a day they would rather forget after being bowled out for 41, by Waikato Valley in the battle for fifth and sixth place. Their opponents then cruised to a nine wicket win.

However the Lakeland side had their share of highlights during their week in Poverty Bay. The team drawn from the Eastern Bay, Rotorua and Taupo posted two victories, including a big win over the ND Invitation side. After being dismissed for 226, Lakeland bowled their opponents out for 174, to post a solid 52 run victory.

There were a number of outstanding individual performances posted from the two Bay of Plenty sides. Coastland skipper Mikaere Leef led from the front with both bat and ball, with a best of 65 against Hamilton in their first encounter. Leef along with Dominic Crombie and Cam Riley, snared prized three wicket bags, during the competition.

Eastern Bay of Plenty all-rounder Chris Tupea blasted 74 runs in the match with the ND Invitation side, with Ryan Neves posting 61 against tournament winners Counties Manukau. Jarrod Mealing was the only Bay player to grab a four wicket bag, with four for just 11 runs against Poverty Bay.

ND Senior Secondary Cricket Tournament @ Gisborne 11- 15 December 2017

Results
Day Five – Playoffs (One-Day Matches)
Third Place: Bay of Plenty Coastland 245/9 (M Collett 50, M Leef 45, C Riley 30) defeated Hamilton 187 (W Kingsbury 53; M Leef 3/24, D Crombie 3/43)
Fifth/Sixth: Bay of Plenty Lakeland 41 lost to Waikato Valley

Day Four: No play due to wet weather

Day Three - Semi-Finals
Bay of Plenty Lakeland 226 (C Tupea 74, J Mealing 62, R Neves 44) defeated ND Invitation XI 174 (S Singh 49, T Bettelheim 29; B Wiggins 4/23, J Mealing 2/22)
Northland 169 (Q Pooley 39; C Baldry 2/11, I Singh 2/2, M Leef 2/23) defeated Bay of Plenty Coastland 123 (D Price 35, M Collett 27)

Day Two - One-Day Matches
Bay of Plenty Coastland 252/9 (M Leef 65, B Pomare 55, M Collett 27, D Price 25, C Riley 25, D Crombie 21; NG Fitzgerald 3/32) defeated Hamilton 117 (C Burgess 21; F Lellman 2/9, C Riley 2/16, C Baldry 2/21, I Singh 2/23)
Counties Manukau 257 (N Dickson 58; B Wiggins 2/20, C Scott-Moore 2/39, J Nieuwoudt 2/43) defeated Bay of Plenty Lakeland 206 (R Neves 61, C Tupea 33; M Marconi 4/46)

Day One T20 - Round One
Bay of Plenty Coastland 130/7 (M Leef 27, M Collett 25, A Mascall 20) defeated Waikato Valley 49 (C Riley 3/15, I Singh 2/6, F Lellman 2/9)
Bay of Plenty Lakeland 127/9 (C Tupea 36, R Neves 34) defeated Poverty Bay 113 (J Mealing 4/11, C Tupea 2/25)
Round Two
ND Invitation XI 109/3 (T Pringle 59no; R Mischewski 2/17) lost to Bay of Plenty Coastland 110/4 (D Crombie 33)
Bay of Plenty Lakeland 104/8 (R Neves 20) lost to Northland 108/5 (C Scott-Moore 2/17)

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