Outstanding individual bowling figures highlight round one of U17 tournament
Northern Districts and Wellington notched up solid wins with Canterbury coming out on top in a close encounter.
Joe Carter stuck 105 for Norther Districts as they set Auckland a target of 330. Bowler Chanse Persham then ripped through the Auckland line up, taking five for 17, to have them all out for 215, handing Northern a comfortable 115 run win.
Otago had no answer top the deadly bowling of Theo van Woekrom who sneered seven for 60, reducing them to 259 all out in pursuit of Canterbury’s 276 for eight declared. An 80 run partnership between top run scorers Ben Ward (67) and Ananthan Yugaraja (50) set up the total for Canterbury.
A well crafted 80 from Ben Rammell was the highlight of the Wellington innings as they made 280 in their first innings. Central Districts bowler Christopher Pope did his best to restrict the total, taking six for 34 in a losing effort. Charlie McLean ensured it was a comfortable win, taking five for 37 to have Central Districts fall 78 runs short of their target.
Northern Districts v Auckland
Toss: Northern won the toss and batted.
Northern Innings 330 all out (Jared McDonald 47, Joe Carter 105, Ben Hyde 75, Henry Cooper 27; Mark Norman 3-45, Jordan Sussex 4-42) beat Auckland Innings 215 all out(Charles Elton 36, Wesley Jarmen 43, Ish Sodhi 36, Chanse Perham 5-17)
Otago v Canterbury
Toss: Canterbury won the toss and batted
Canterbury innings 276/8 declared (Ben Ward 67, Ananthan Yugaraja 50, Andrew McCracken 40, Kenneth McClure 29, Timothy Hampton-Matehe 28; Jacob Duffy 2-53) beat Otago Innings Otago 259 all out(Lance Taylor 75, Michael Collins 70, Theo van Woekrom 7-60)
Central Districts v Wellington
Toss: Central Districts won the toss and bowled.
Wellington innings 280 all out (Ben Rammell 80, Dion Gibbons 53, Henry Walsh 31, Luke Scully 30; Christopher Pope 6-34, Daniel Wightman 3-51) beat Central Districts innings 202 all out(Connor Neynens 46, B Hitchcock 33, William Young 32, Daniel Ingham 31, Charlie McLean 5-37, Josh Cuttance 3-47)
Points Table – End of Round 1
Canterbury - 4
Northern Districts - 4
Wellington - 4
Auckland - 0
Central - 0
Otago - 0
NOTES:
NZ National U17 tournament, Harry Barker Reserve Gisborne
Day 1&2 – Tuesday 12 &13 January 2010
All matches are two day
