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ND First Xi Cup Tournament - Final

Tauranga Boys College And Aquinas College Finish Third And Fourth

A spectacular Western Bay of Plenty School derby, closed the two Bay of Plenty team’s campaign at the ND First XI Cup Finals week, played in Hamilton 19-22 March 2018.

Tauranga Boys College and Aquinas College met to battle out third place, on day four, of the NZ Cricket First XI Cup National Finals qualifying tournament.

Aquinas College took first use of the wicket at Jansen Park, after winning the toss, with opening batsman Fergus Lellman leading from the front. Two Aquinas wickets fell at the 52 run mark as the Tauranga Boys bowlers began to tighten the screws.

At seven down for 121 runs, the Tauranga bowlers looked to be in complete control. However the Aquinas tail, wagged with Fergus Lellam putting together two very useful partnerships with Ben Woodrow and Toby Taylor - and when the Aquinas opener was finally bowled by Rhys Donaghy for 116, Aquinas had posted a solid 208 runs.

Fergus Lellman’s knock was the highest individual score of the tournament and came from 146 balls, in an innings that contained eleven 4’s and two 6’s. Tauranga Boys bowlers Iman Singh and Rhys Donaghy both bowled extremely good line and length, to be rewarded with four wickets apiece.

Marcel Collett and Taylor Bettleheim strode to the wicket full of purpose and Tauranga Boys were well in control, when Collett was caught and bowled by Louie Robinson for 44. The arrival of Ben Pomare, after Tauranga Boys lost their second wicket with 116 runs on the board, produced a winning 97 run partnership between Bettleheim and the Tauranga Boys keeper.

Taylor Bettleheim was in sublime touch, as he carried his bat to 105 runs at a strike rate of 84.68 (per hundred balls). Bettleheim finished the ND competition as the tournament leading run scorer, with 215 runs at an outstanding average of 71.67.

The two Western Bay of Plenty Schools, can feel well pleased with their performance against the best cricket schools in Northern Districts, finishing in third and fourth place respectively.

Both Bay of Plenty representatives started the tournament with wins, with Tauranga Boys College easily defeating St Peters School from Cambridge and Aquinas College accounting for Whangarei Boys High School.

There were mixed fortunes on day two and three. Tauranga Boys got past Hamilton Boys second eleven and Aquinas lost to St Paul’s Collegiate on day two – with Tauranga Boys beaten by archrivals Hamilton Boys First XI and Aquinas accounting for St John’s College by eight wickets on day three.

ND First XI Cup Finals @ Hamilton 19 – 22 March 2018

Day Four – 22 March

Aquinas College 209 (Fergus Lellman 116; Iman Singh 4/32, Rhys Donaghy 4/49) lost to Tauranga Boys College 213/2 (Taylor Bettleheim 105no, Ben Pomare 46no, Marcel Collett 44)

Day Three - 21 March 2018

St John’s College 90 (Ben Woodrow 3/23, Louis Robinson 3/28, Finn Dempsey 2/16) lost to Aquinas College 92/2 (F Dempsey 42no, Carson Wills 21)

Tauranga Boys College 122 (Tim Pringle 28, Jacob Logan 24) lost to Hamilton BHS 125/5 (T Pringle 3/40, Iman Singh 2/21)

Day Two - 20 March 2018)

Hamilton BHS Second XI 141 (Iman Singh 4/19, Rhys Donaghy 2/13, Tim Pringle 2/27) lost to Tauranga Boys College 142/6)

St Paul’s Collegiate 284/9 (Finn Dempsey 3/50, Louis Robinson 3/51) defeated Aquinas College 151 (F Dempsey 38, Fergus Lellman 24)

Day One – 19 March

Tauranga Boys College 278/5 (Taylor Bettleheim 103, Tim Pringle 83, Ben Pomare 27) defeated St Peters School 114 (T Pringle 3/16, R Mischewski 2/15, Iman Singh 2/15)

Whangarei BHS 145 (George Catto 3/21, Finn Dempsey 2/29, Darcy Hoskin 2/35) lost to Aquinas College 146/4 (Carson Wills 41no, F Dempsey 38, G Catto 28no)