Sunday Morning Update

We might get some early showers but apart from that the weather is looking OK for today. See you all there at 9:00am.

Inter-Squad 14 March 2010

Please remember that, unless you have been capped by NH for the PSB Tournament, you must wear club shirts and caps when representing North Harbour. This includes inter-squad games i.e. this Sunday.

NH v. Parnell A

The cafe boys from the East side of town came to play an extremely strong NH side. The team list was a who's who of North Harbour junior cricket and justifiably expectations were high. The team, batting first, started off brilliantly with a partnership (Kieran 50* and Josh dR 45) of 107 for the first wicket at a good rate of 5 per over. Kieran retired and Josh dR fell painfully short of his half century and we got a little bit bogged down for a while. Donald (32), William and Josh Down worked hard through some tight bowling and a flourish from Scott (10) at the end took us to 178/ 6 from our 30 overs. At the time, and after the 20 over mark, we thought that this might be 20-30 runs light of where we should have been.

The bowling/fielding was a little bit loose at the start but, with the strength in depth that we had, we were able to rein in their scoring with some excellent fielding from, in particular, Donald Coleman, and apart from a final slogfest, they were always behind the rate required to put us under any real pressure. A good bowling performance from the spinners, in particular Reid (3/20) and William (2/23) along with some tight middle overs bowling from Josh Down, Scott Martin, Max Lewis stifled their run chase. Then Jake Fitzgibbon, Steven Newey (1/22) and Josh du Rand came back at the end to seal the deal. Cole, as always, was tidy behind the stumps and, sometimes, we forget how spoilt we are to have such a good keeper.

As I have said above, and Jean mentioned after the game, their was an air of expectation around this team and sometimes, the levels of intensity in the field were poor. We probably need to work on the fitness and strive to keep our concentration throughout the game; this will be key to success in games in the future. We also need to remember that we are part of a bigger team and that the disappointment of getting out, mis-fielding, bowling a pie etc, needs to be balanced against staying focused for the team. There is nothing worse than seeing someone drop a catch and then mis-field because they are sulking about it.

All in all a very good win; the future looks bright for North Harbour! Big thanks to Jean for coaching, Peter for scooring, Don/Michael for umpiring and all the parents for their invaluable support.

Team: William O'Donnell (c), Kieran Seedall, Josh Du Rand, Donal Coleman, Josh Down, Reid Hastie, Cole Briggs, Scott Martin, Jake Fitzgibbon, Max Lewis, Steven Newey

Scores: NH 178/6 Parnell A 154/8

Result: NH win

NH v. Parnell B

Great win today against a side that, whilst probably not up to NH standards, could have been a banana skin for us. The boys, batting first, racked up an impressive 193/7 from the 30 overs with Eru (49), Sam (19), Chris W (14), Matt (21*), Chris G (25*), Bjorn (18*) and Evan (17*) all contributing. The fielding/bowling was very tight and whilst we had to wait a while for the wickets to start tumbling, they never looked like making the total. Sam (5/8), Scott (2/16), Jack (1/16) and Eru (1/13) were our wicket takers but everyone got a bowl and all the figures were good.

Well done to Eru on captaining the side, Sam Hinds for a five wicket bag and to Cameron Riches for his first NH game. Big thanks to Eddie Hudson (coach) and all the parents for their support.

NH Team: Eru Hudson (c), Sam Hinds, Sharn Fonseka, Chris Woodard, Matt Strain, Scott Gannaway, Jack Stevenson, Cameron Riches (wk), Chris Groenink, Evan Cronje and Bjorn Wojt.

Scores: NH 193/7 Parnell B 110/9

Result: NH win

Wainoni Park, 14th March 2010

The teams for the inter-squad game can be found below. These games will be 50 over games (full PSB rules) and will start at 10:00am (meet at 9:00am) - you will need to allow most of the day for these games.

Please let me know if you are unavailable - as you can see there are 11 players in each team; so we don't have the luxury of substituting players that do not turn up on the day.

This sort of inter-squad will need some parent support; so, on the day, please let your respective coaches know if you can score, umpire or just be an extra pair of hands. Similarly, a chilly bin per team and ice would be very much appreciated - it is a good idea to mark your drinks bottle with your name. Drinks will normally be taken on the field to speed up the game.

Burgundy v Green 14th March @ Wainoni Park

Burgundy (Colin Marshall)

1. Josh du Rand (c)
2. Donald Coleman
3. Connor Stuart
4. Rory Douglas (wk)
5. Ed Henning
6. Sachin Chhiba
7. Scott Prentice
8. Chris Groenink
9. Ross ter Braak
10. Bjorn Wojt
11. Akshay Patel

Green (Jean du Rand)

1. William O'Donnell (c)
2. Kieran Seedall
3. Kit Freeman
4. Cam Riches (wk)
5. Scott Gannaway
6. Jonathan Brewis
7. Josh Cheesman
8. Kylan Philips
9. Scott Martin
10. Bronson Marshall
11. Faisal Ganchi

Black v Blue 14th March @ Wainoni Park

Black (Simon Down)

1. Reid Hastie (c)
2. Sam Hinds
3. Chris Woodard
4. Luke Dewar (wk)
5. Josh Smith
6. Dhilesh Vasan
7. Jayson Jooste
8. Jake Fitzgibbon
9. Steven Newey
10. Evan Cronje
11. Ben Reidy

Blue (John Reidy)

1. Eru Hudson (c)
2. Joshua Down
3. Sharn Fonseka
4. Cole Briggs (wk)
   
5. Sean Reader
6. Jake Skellern
7. Jack Stevenson
8. Max Lewis
9. Angus Nicoll
10. Anmol Thapar
11. Oliver Cheyne
    

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