Category: Cricket

North Shore Times: Cuts to the Auckland secondary school cricket competition this season forced four first XIs out of the premier grade, but one Shore school has won their way back to the top tier and another could join them. Takapuna Grammar School and Rangitoto College were among the schools that dropped out of the premier competition, down to 1A, after changes to the structure of the schools’ competition. So it was some consolation for the two teams to find themselves in the 1A limited overs final on April 1,…

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North Shore Times: A nail-biting finale to the secondary school premier boys cricket final has seen a new named added to the RH Marryatt Cup. Rosmini College defeated Saint Kentigern College by two wickets in the limited overs final at Eden Park on April 1. Winning the toss, Rosmini sent Saint Kents into bat. St Kents were all out for 159 in 49.2 overs, with captain Fergus Ellis top scoring with 26. Click here to read more…

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NZ Herald: Sandeep Patel can only smile when it is suggested that he may have a weakness on 152. Most batsmen would kill for that kind of weakness, much like Martin Crowe on 188 or Kevin Pietersen on 158. Like those two classy stroke makers, Patel, the Saint Kentigern College First XI captain, has twice been dismissed on the same hefty score. The 18-year-old is a boys’ cricket finalist at the November 26 Young Sportsperson of the Year awards. On Saturday he winds up his Auckland premier schools First XI…

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NZ Herald: Skye Bowden is proving equally adept at both indoor and outdoor cricket. The 15-year-old Pakuranga College year 10 student is coming off a stellar winter indoor cricket season. The highlight was picking up the MVP award from the New Zealand Under 22 team’s series with Australia last month in Port Macquarie. Her form with both the bat and the gloves as keeper was top notch. But perhaps most impressive is the fact she only took up indoor cricket last year. Her rise has been exponential. It all means…

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