National Under 17 Tournament
15th -23rd January 2008
Nelson Park, Napier
Scores from day 7, 22nd January 2008. Round 4
1 Day Game 50 overs per side
Auckland v Wellington
Nelson Park No.2
Wellington won the toss and elected to bat first
Auckland win by 3 wickets
Wellington - 252-9 of 50 overs ( D McKeefry 83, S Lawson 72, J Drinkell 4-57)
Wellington recovered from a poor start being 18-2 thanks to a 3rd wicket partnership of 172 between Declan McKeefry and Sam Lawson, the pick of the Auckland bowlers was Jordan Drinkell with figures of 4-57
Auckland - 255-7 in 48.1 overs (J Rosenburg 59, J Neesham 30, C Cachopa31, H Wright 2-55)
Auckland win a close game with just under 2 overs to spare. The Auckland batsman where consistency personified with the first 7 batsman scoring above 20 each, an opening partnership of 86 between Justin Rosenburg and Rhys Pemberton got them of to an ideal start. The Wellington bowlers made Auckland work hard especially Kyle Hitchman conceding only 28 runs in his 10 overs for 1 wicket. .
Northern Districts v Otago
Nelson Park No.5
Otago won the toss elected to bat first
Northern Districts win by 4 wickets
Otago - 157 All Out of 45.3 overs (A Simpson 40no, P West 2-12, A McLean 2-15, R Darkins 2-39)
Otago struggled throughout their innings against some tight Northern Districts bowling only managing to post a score of 157 all out with over 4 of their 50 overs remaining. The Otago innings was held together by and unbeaten 40 from Ash Simpson being the only Otago batsman to pass 20.
Northern Districts - 159-6 of 38.3 overs (C Cherrington 55 no, K Dill 22 no, J Horrell 3-32, J Ferris 2-21)
Northern Districts completed an expected victory but not without problems recovering from a difficult position of 94-6 before and unbeaten partnership of 65 between Curtis Cherrington and Kieren Dill took them to victory. Otago fought hard with some excellent bowling from James Ferris and Jordan Horrell who made Northern Districts earn their victory.
Central Districts v Canterbury
Nelson Park No.7
Canterbury won the toss and elected to bat first
Canterbury win by 82 runs
Canterbury 257-8 wickets of 50 overs(J Winchester 63, T Latham 37, L Van Beek 37, M McEwan 36, B Wheeler 4-55)
Canterbury scored a very competitive 257-8 with solid contributions from Tom Latham, Leon Van Beek and Matt McEwan, the highlight of the innings was 63 from Jeremy Winchester before he was run out. The pick of the Central Districts bowlers was Ben Wheeler taking 4-55 of 10 overs well supported by Abhi Ganugapati with 2-32 of his 10 overs.
Central Districts - 175 All out in 41.4 overs (R Badenhorst 59, M Shaw 40, A Reese 3-16, L Van Beek 2-24, J Roberts 2-58)
Central Districts saw their unbeaten record in the Tournament taken from them by a determined Canterbury side. Central Districts never got on top of the Canterbury bowlers with only Roald Badenhorst and Matt Shaw posted scores of any real note. The Canterbury bowlers kept to their task dismissing Central Districts well inside their 50 overs, Logan Van Beek and Alex Reese being the pick of Canterbury bowlers.
Table after Round 4 22nd January 2008
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Games
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1ST Innings
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Outright
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1-Day Wins
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Total
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Central Districts
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4
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8
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4
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12
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Canterbury
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4
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8
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4
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12
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Northern Districts
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4
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4
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8
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12
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Auckland
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4
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4
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4
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8
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Otago
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4
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|
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4
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4
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Wellington
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4
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2
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2
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Last Modified on 22/01/2008 16:35