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BAY OF PLENTY TO HOST TWO ND AGE-GROUP CRICKET TOURNAMENTS

3rd - 7th December 2018

It will be an extremely busy time for Bay of Plenty Cricket personnel next week with the region hosting two ND Age-Group cricket tournaments. 

The ND Secondary Schoolgirls tournament will be held at Fergusson Park in Tauranga from Monday to Wednesday (3-5 December), with the ND Junior Secondary championship kicking off in Rotorua on Monday with a Friday afternoon finish (3-7 December). The two Northern Districts age-group competitions to be held in the Bay of Plenty, along with the Primary and Senior Secondary tournaments, are the pathway for the most promising talent in the region to advance to senior representative and professional cricket. Hamilton will be chasing a three-peat of victories, in the ND Secondary Schoolgirls tournament, after back to back titles in the last two seasons. The Waikato city side returned home with an unbeaten record in the round robin competition twelve months ago, with Waikato Valley who’s only stain of defeat was delivered by Hamilton, finishing in second place. The Hamilton age-group representatives collected a brace of wins at the two Bay of Plenty regional venues last year, with their Junior Secondary side blasting their way to victory. Hamilton batted first and were finally removed for 305 by the Waikato Valley bowlers, in the title decider. Led by seven wickets from Hamilton bowler Banrog Sidhu the Waikato Valley team were removed for 170, to give Hamilton a big first innings point’s victory. In addition to Banrog Sidhu’s exceptional seven wicket haul, two other outstanding milestones were also compiled at the Rotorua tournament. The tournaments highest score was blasted by Tim Pringle, when the Bay of Plenty Coastland batsmen hammered 173 runs and Coastland all-rounder  Niven Dovey achieved the rare feat of a century and (two) five wicket bags. 

ND Age-Group Tournaments 2018
3-5 December - ND Secondary Schoolgirls @ Fergusson Park, Tauranga
3-7 December – ND Junior Secondary Tournament @ Rotorua