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Two Bay Of Plenty Senior Secondary Cricket Teams Chase Success In Gisborne

Two Bay Of Plenty Senior Secondary Cricket Teams Chase Success In Gisborne

Posted: Thursday, 5 December 2019

ND Senior Secondary Tournament 8th - 13th December

A vital link in the transition of Bay of Plenty Cricket players, from promising secondary school players to senior representative and professional cricket players, is the annual ND Senior Secondary cricket tournament played in Gisborne each December.

Two Bay of Plenty teams representing the Lakeland (Eastern Bay of Plenty, Rotorua, Taupo) and Coastland (Western Bay of Plenty) regions have been selected for the five-day tournament next week (9-13 December 2019), with many of the selected players having Baywide premier cricket experience.

Twelve months ago Bay of Plenty Coastland lifted aloft the Alan Whimp Trophy in triumph, at the end of the ND Senior Secondary cricket tournament, after annexing the ND age-group title for the sixth time since 2004.

The Bay side squared off with Hamilton, who had provided the Coastland side with their only defeat of the tournament in the qualifying competition. The first mistake made by Hamilton was in electing to bat after winning the toss. The Coastland bowlers ripped through the vaunted Waikato team batting to roll them for 80 runs. A walk in the park, best describes the Coastland charge for championship honours, with a ten-wicket win coming with the fourth ball of the 13th over. 

Bay of Plenty Lakeland also held their heads high with some good performances during the tournament. While they were beaten by Waikato Valley in the Plate Final, the team performed with good success during the tournament. 

Two of this year’s Coastland side made inedible marks with bat and ball at the 2018 tournament. Taylor Bettelheim was in the hot seat opening the Coastland batting.  On day four he led his side to a massive 299 for four wickets, as the Bay team demolished Counties Manukau by 118 runs, in their championship semi-final. Taylor smashed 131 off 157 balls, in a knock that contained eleven 4’s.

On the same day, Lakeland bowler Tommaso Pini (playing by invitation) wrecked the Poverty Bay innings, as the home side were bundled out for just 68. Tommaso weaved magic with the ball in taking six wickets for just 11 runs. 

 

ND Senior Secondary Cricket Tournament @ Gisborne 9/13 December 2019

Bay of Plenty Lakeland

Ben Astwood, Cameron Ingram, Sam Lund, Robert Ward, Miles Tapsell, Ryan Hall, Nathan McNeish, Harrison Hill, Sam MacLauchlan, Veeral Solanki, Viren Patel.

Coach: Sam Kershaw​​Manager:  Bryan Astwood

 

Bay of Plenty Coastland

Taylor Bettelheim, Blake Pentecost, Harrison Leach, Toby Taylor, Niven Dovey, Dillon Preston,  Tommaso Pini, Isaac White, Liam Collett, Mitchell Fergus, Ben Vyver, Cameron Murray.

Coach: Peter Swan​​

Manager: Shaun Riley

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