Monday, 30 November 2009
Sunday, 29 November 2009
v Cornwall, results
Hi Boys
We came up against a couple of good Cornwall teams today and shared the honours with them, a reasonable result over-all.
It is a good experience for you to be playing away at a different location - I hope you enjoyed it, and Melville Park was a nice setting to play cricket - many thanks to Cornwall.
Before the matches we talked about working on a few of the things we learnt from the Manukau game - turning the strike over, backing up and running positively, being positive and alert in the field, pitching the ball up and on one side of the wicket.
I think we improved in some area's and slipped in others.
Burgundy
Burgundy was playing the stronger of the two Cornwall teams. In the Burgundy game Cornwall bowled first, and bowled well - at good pace with movement and accuracy. We were under pressure early and lost wickets regularly right through-out the innings. The run rate was good though, but the loss of wickets proved costly as we didn't have enough wickets in hand to attack over the last several overs and worse still we were bowled out in the 32nd over. We've talked before about batting through the innings...
Jack Clothier, Ryan S and Keegan top-scored with 20 (23), 19 (19), and 15 (27) respectively. Many of you got a start, but couldn't push on. We only had one partnership of significance. We need to aim to have one or two boys scoring 40ret in the games and put together good partnerships through-out the innings.
We posted, on this wicket, a lowish score of 140 which was defensible if we bowled and fielded well. Unfortunately, we did neither well. We appeared flat in the field, and some of the senior players in particular need to step up and provide more "talk" and positive support in the field. The wicket-keeper needs to be the centre of the fielding effort, and be vocal and positive.
As we weren't alert, we missed a couple of catches we should have taken. Catches change games.
As with the game against Manukau, the bowling was too loose - and against quality batsmen like the Cornwall boys you're going to be punished for short bowling or bowling down leg-side.
Cornwall comfortably reached the score of 142/3 in the 29th over. Ryan Q bowled well, 5ov, 0-12, as did Angus with 4ov, 0-7.
Angus also did a good job with the Captaincy today.
So, while there is significant amount to work on we also need to remember that we came up against very good opposition today, and you can only play as well as your opposition lets you. Cornwall is traditionally one of the strongest Clubs in Auckland with over 1,000 Juniors and these boys have the benefit of playing in the Auckland Premier Year 6 competition where they are playing good competitive cricket every Saturday week in week out. The Cornwall teams are doing very well this year in that competition, and they deserve congratulations for their good performance and well earned win today. And to put in in perspective, one Yr 6 team also had a loss against Cornwall last year. All going well, we may see them for a re-match in the New Year.
Finally, I am pleased again to say that I saw other good examples of sportsmanship from you today - well done.
North Harbour Burgundy 140 all out in 32 overs
Cornwall A 142/3 in 29 overs.
A good win to Cornwall by 7 wickets.
Black
As with Burgundy we staggered through-out the innings losing wickets reasonably regularly until we reached 120/9 in 35 overs, not enough runs but something to defend. We benefited from some 50 extra's in the innings. Adrian's batting was the anchor for the innings, scoring 27 (74). William and Jonty contributed 14 (27) and 13 (59) respectively. We lacked 40's and partnerships.
And this is where the Burgundy and Black games depart.
Black were positive in the field from the first ball and there was good talk and energy. Our opening bowlers Adrian and Grant did a good job, bowling fast and accurately. Grant was rewarded with figures of 3overs, 2-2. Liam later followed that up with 2overs, 2-4, and William 2overs, 2-11. Some of the other bowling was tight, Jacob, 3overs, 1-3, Travis, 2 overs 1-1.
Of course, it helps to be taking wickets to get a good vibe in the field, but I also saw a couple of very good catches in the field - one in particular from Jonty, and these moments can make all the difference.
The Cornwall batting was possibly not as good as the Cornwall batting in the Burgundy game, but you still bowled well and with good accuracy. The result of this good positive attitude, taking your chances, and bowling accurately was that you bowled out Cornwall for just 83, and you ended up with a well deserved win.
North Harbour Black 120/9 in 35 overs
Cornwall B 83 all out.
A win to North Harbour Black.
Well done team.
As always thanks to team coaches for the day Peter and Daryl, and Layne. The scorers - Matt Hawkins, Peter Robb, and Richard Clothier, and to the umpires Grant McKenzie, Daryl and Bill and to anyone else I've left out.
We came up against a couple of good Cornwall teams today and shared the honours with them, a reasonable result over-all.
It is a good experience for you to be playing away at a different location - I hope you enjoyed it, and Melville Park was a nice setting to play cricket - many thanks to Cornwall.
Before the matches we talked about working on a few of the things we learnt from the Manukau game - turning the strike over, backing up and running positively, being positive and alert in the field, pitching the ball up and on one side of the wicket.
I think we improved in some area's and slipped in others.
Burgundy
Burgundy was playing the stronger of the two Cornwall teams. In the Burgundy game Cornwall bowled first, and bowled well - at good pace with movement and accuracy. We were under pressure early and lost wickets regularly right through-out the innings. The run rate was good though, but the loss of wickets proved costly as we didn't have enough wickets in hand to attack over the last several overs and worse still we were bowled out in the 32nd over. We've talked before about batting through the innings...
Jack Clothier, Ryan S and Keegan top-scored with 20 (23), 19 (19), and 15 (27) respectively. Many of you got a start, but couldn't push on. We only had one partnership of significance. We need to aim to have one or two boys scoring 40ret in the games and put together good partnerships through-out the innings.
We posted, on this wicket, a lowish score of 140 which was defensible if we bowled and fielded well. Unfortunately, we did neither well. We appeared flat in the field, and some of the senior players in particular need to step up and provide more "talk" and positive support in the field. The wicket-keeper needs to be the centre of the fielding effort, and be vocal and positive.
As we weren't alert, we missed a couple of catches we should have taken. Catches change games.
As with the game against Manukau, the bowling was too loose - and against quality batsmen like the Cornwall boys you're going to be punished for short bowling or bowling down leg-side.
Cornwall comfortably reached the score of 142/3 in the 29th over. Ryan Q bowled well, 5ov, 0-12, as did Angus with 4ov, 0-7.
Angus also did a good job with the Captaincy today.
So, while there is significant amount to work on we also need to remember that we came up against very good opposition today, and you can only play as well as your opposition lets you. Cornwall is traditionally one of the strongest Clubs in Auckland with over 1,000 Juniors and these boys have the benefit of playing in the Auckland Premier Year 6 competition where they are playing good competitive cricket every Saturday week in week out. The Cornwall teams are doing very well this year in that competition, and they deserve congratulations for their good performance and well earned win today. And to put in in perspective, one Yr 6 team also had a loss against Cornwall last year. All going well, we may see them for a re-match in the New Year.
Finally, I am pleased again to say that I saw other good examples of sportsmanship from you today - well done.
North Harbour Burgundy 140 all out in 32 overs
Cornwall A 142/3 in 29 overs.
A good win to Cornwall by 7 wickets.
Black
As with Burgundy we staggered through-out the innings losing wickets reasonably regularly until we reached 120/9 in 35 overs, not enough runs but something to defend. We benefited from some 50 extra's in the innings. Adrian's batting was the anchor for the innings, scoring 27 (74). William and Jonty contributed 14 (27) and 13 (59) respectively. We lacked 40's and partnerships.
And this is where the Burgundy and Black games depart.
Black were positive in the field from the first ball and there was good talk and energy. Our opening bowlers Adrian and Grant did a good job, bowling fast and accurately. Grant was rewarded with figures of 3overs, 2-2. Liam later followed that up with 2overs, 2-4, and William 2overs, 2-11. Some of the other bowling was tight, Jacob, 3overs, 1-3, Travis, 2 overs 1-1.
Of course, it helps to be taking wickets to get a good vibe in the field, but I also saw a couple of very good catches in the field - one in particular from Jonty, and these moments can make all the difference.
The Cornwall batting was possibly not as good as the Cornwall batting in the Burgundy game, but you still bowled well and with good accuracy. The result of this good positive attitude, taking your chances, and bowling accurately was that you bowled out Cornwall for just 83, and you ended up with a well deserved win.
North Harbour Black 120/9 in 35 overs
Cornwall B 83 all out.
A win to North Harbour Black.
Well done team.
As always thanks to team coaches for the day Peter and Daryl, and Layne. The scorers - Matt Hawkins, Peter Robb, and Richard Clothier, and to the umpires Grant McKenzie, Daryl and Bill and to anyone else I've left out.
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
v Counties, December 6th
We are playing Counties on Sunday December 6th: 10:30am start, Venue: Mountfort Park, Manurewa. Please be there by 9.45am.
Burgundy and Black are to play two 20/20 games each against two Counties teams. Burgundy and Black are shown below and the names in each team are listed in batting order. We're also take the opportunity to give different boys captaincy and wicket-keeping experience.
For Burgundy and Black's second game the batting order will be completely changed again, and we'll advise of details on the day.
Black
Liam Brown (wk)
Gray Hardy
Mitchell Watts
Nathaniel Law
Jacob Scott
Dylan Stevenson
William Cole
Adrian Young
Kieran Young
Ryan Schierhout (wk game 2)
Benjamin Beecroft (c)
Toby Robb
Burgundy
Greg Vukets
Ashton Howard
Travis Van Gysen
Grant Celliers
Mitchell Bremner
Jack Clothier (c)
Ryan Quinn (wk game 2)
Jonty Hawkins
Angus McKenzie
Asher Robb (wk)
Keegan Russell
Unavailable
Jack Collinson
Burgundy and Black are to play two 20/20 games each against two Counties teams. Burgundy and Black are shown below and the names in each team are listed in batting order. We're also take the opportunity to give different boys captaincy and wicket-keeping experience.
For Burgundy and Black's second game the batting order will be completely changed again, and we'll advise of details on the day.
Black
Liam Brown (wk)
Gray Hardy
Mitchell Watts
Nathaniel Law
Jacob Scott
Dylan Stevenson
William Cole
Adrian Young
Kieran Young
Ryan Schierhout (wk game 2)
Benjamin Beecroft (c)
Toby Robb
Burgundy
Greg Vukets
Ashton Howard
Travis Van Gysen
Grant Celliers
Mitchell Bremner
Jack Clothier (c)
Ryan Quinn (wk game 2)
Jonty Hawkins
Angus McKenzie
Asher Robb (wk)
Keegan Russell
Unavailable
Jack Collinson
Monday, 16 November 2009
v Cornwall, November 29th
We have two matches against Cornwall "A" and Cornwall "B" on Sunday November 29th to be played at Melville Park in Epsom. The matches start at 9.00am, be there by 8.15am
Burgundy (to play Cornwall "A")
Toby Robb
Keegan Russell
Benjamin Beecroft
Angus McKenzie (c)
Ryan Schierhout
Asher Robb (wk)
Jack Clothier
Greg Vukets (wk)
Ryan Quinn
Kieran Young
Dylan Stevenson
Black (to play Cornwall "B")
Mitchell Bremner (wk)
Jack Collinson
Adrian Young
William Cole
Liam Brown
Mitchell Watts
Jonty Hawkins (wk)
Travis van Gysen (c)
Grant Celliers
Jacob Scott
Nathaniel Law
Gray Hardy
Unavailable:
Ashton Howard (injury)
You will need your normal kit, and CRICKET BOOK.
Burgundy (to play Cornwall "A")
Toby Robb
Keegan Russell
Benjamin Beecroft
Angus McKenzie (c)
Ryan Schierhout
Asher Robb (wk)
Jack Clothier
Greg Vukets (wk)
Ryan Quinn
Kieran Young
Dylan Stevenson
Black (to play Cornwall "B")
Mitchell Bremner (wk)
Jack Collinson
Adrian Young
William Cole
Liam Brown
Mitchell Watts
Jonty Hawkins (wk)
Travis van Gysen (c)
Grant Celliers
Jacob Scott
Nathaniel Law
Gray Hardy
Unavailable:
Ashton Howard (injury)
You will need your normal kit, and CRICKET BOOK.
Sunday, 15 November 2009
v Manukau: Results
Boys,
The weather wasn't very supportive of cricket today but you battled through it well.
Manukau turned up with two "even" teams so we adjusted Burgundy and Black before play to create two equally strong teams and you accepted those late team changes well.
Overall boys I think you had a good day. I thought the standard you played at was considerably higher than the inter-squad game - a good improvement - one of our main goals. Despite that, there is still plenty to improve on and learn, so read through the results below and try and learn from it.
Black's game
The Black team had an excellent all round day.
As with the Burgundy game, we batted first. The openers were solid and scored 30 off the first ten overs. By the 20th over we were on 70 with-out the loss of any wickets. Toby eventually retired for 40 off 84 balls, and Keegan scored 32 from 55 balls.
Benjamin batting at number three scored an excellent 41ret from 35 balls which accelerated the scoring. He was followed by Ashton 15n.o. (15) and Greg 22n.o (15) who produced an ideal last partnership leading to a very good score of 188/3 from 40 overs.
The batting learning points are that early in the innings we need to work on turning the strike over by looking for singles and we need to always be aware of the game situation and the fact that we need to change our play in different situations. For example, if our coach wants us to pick up the run rate and play more aggressively, that is what we must do, not worry about getting out.
The running between the wickets also needs work. We need more backing up and positively looking for any opportunity to turn a "dot ball" into a single and single into a two.
You bowled Manukau out for 102, a great effort with what was by then a wet, slippery ball. There was some top bowling from Travis, 3 overs, 2-8, Mitchell Bremner, 2 overs, 2-4, Jacob, 2 overs, 2-4.
The fielding appeared to be very good, you seemed to be concentrating well and you were rewarded with three run-outs and took some good catches. The team was well led by Travis and assisted by Benjamin.
I think at times we tried to bowl too fast and that resulted in us bowling too short, which gifted them runs. I would rather you bowl too full than too short. We'd like to see the pace bowlers trying to bowl a good length to a full length on our outside the off stump.
Before the game we talked about values, one of which was respect and the other sportsmanship. I was very pleased to see that in action today, for example, when you clapped Manukau's best batsman off the field after he was out and after he had batted well.
Overall this was a very good performance though and you should be proud of yourselves.
North Harbour Black 188/3 in 40 overs.
Manukau 102 all out in 27 overs.
Burgundy's game
Burgundy batted first and struggled early on in the face of some good, tight bowling. Generally speaking, 30 off the first 10 overs is a minimum target, but it took us until the 16th over to reach 30 and by then we were two down.
Ryan Schierhout came in at number four and scored an excellent 45 ret from 48 balls which provided some great momentum to the innings. Asher 20 (27), Kieran 22n.o. (54), and Nathaniel 23n.o (36) finished the innings well and we ended up with a very respectable 150 from our 40 overs, although I think we could have pushed it more in the final five overs.
The batting learning points, as with Black, are that we need to work on turning the strike over by looking for singles, particularly early in the innings, and we need to always be aware of the game situation and the fact that we need to change our play in different situations. In particular, we need to pick up the scoring rate when the game requires us to.
The bowling and fielding effort started reasonable well with Manukau restricted to 25 off ten overs. However,as the rain fell, and the ball got soaked, it made bowling very difficult. Manukau were able to both pick up their run rate and conserve their wickets. To give Manukau credit they batted well as they turned the strike over and put the bad ball away.
There were some very good bowling performances amongst our bowlers, Kieran 4 overs, 3-18, Asher 2 overs, 0-2, Jack 2 overs, 0-5, Ryan Quinn, 4 overs 0-7, Jonty 2 overs 1-3 however Manukau comfortable reached the target in the 35th over.
The fielding/bowling points: I saw too much short bowling, which was easily picked off. The same comments as for Black apply: pitch it up.
The fielding was reasonable, but I think that you need to make sure you are concentrating on the game and are staying fully "switched on" for the whole game. The conditions were difficult, but you need to focus on the job.
Overall though, again, a good improvement from the inter-squad and while, of course, we want to win games, it is the improvement we are looking for.
North Harbour Burgundy 150 in 40 overs.
Manukau, 150/5 in 35 overs.
A big thanks to the Coaches "on duty" today, Layne, Grant and Peter, to the scorers - Peter Robb - a full game, Matt Hawkins and Kelvin Stevenson with a half game each, and the umpires including Layne, Grant, Peter and Dave Vukets.
The weather wasn't very supportive of cricket today but you battled through it well.
Manukau turned up with two "even" teams so we adjusted Burgundy and Black before play to create two equally strong teams and you accepted those late team changes well.
Overall boys I think you had a good day. I thought the standard you played at was considerably higher than the inter-squad game - a good improvement - one of our main goals. Despite that, there is still plenty to improve on and learn, so read through the results below and try and learn from it.
Black's game
The Black team had an excellent all round day.
As with the Burgundy game, we batted first. The openers were solid and scored 30 off the first ten overs. By the 20th over we were on 70 with-out the loss of any wickets. Toby eventually retired for 40 off 84 balls, and Keegan scored 32 from 55 balls.
Benjamin batting at number three scored an excellent 41ret from 35 balls which accelerated the scoring. He was followed by Ashton 15n.o. (15) and Greg 22n.o (15) who produced an ideal last partnership leading to a very good score of 188/3 from 40 overs.
The batting learning points are that early in the innings we need to work on turning the strike over by looking for singles and we need to always be aware of the game situation and the fact that we need to change our play in different situations. For example, if our coach wants us to pick up the run rate and play more aggressively, that is what we must do, not worry about getting out.
The running between the wickets also needs work. We need more backing up and positively looking for any opportunity to turn a "dot ball" into a single and single into a two.
You bowled Manukau out for 102, a great effort with what was by then a wet, slippery ball. There was some top bowling from Travis, 3 overs, 2-8, Mitchell Bremner, 2 overs, 2-4, Jacob, 2 overs, 2-4.
The fielding appeared to be very good, you seemed to be concentrating well and you were rewarded with three run-outs and took some good catches. The team was well led by Travis and assisted by Benjamin.
I think at times we tried to bowl too fast and that resulted in us bowling too short, which gifted them runs. I would rather you bowl too full than too short. We'd like to see the pace bowlers trying to bowl a good length to a full length on our outside the off stump.
Before the game we talked about values, one of which was respect and the other sportsmanship. I was very pleased to see that in action today, for example, when you clapped Manukau's best batsman off the field after he was out and after he had batted well.
Overall this was a very good performance though and you should be proud of yourselves.
North Harbour Black 188/3 in 40 overs.
Manukau 102 all out in 27 overs.
Burgundy's game
Burgundy batted first and struggled early on in the face of some good, tight bowling. Generally speaking, 30 off the first 10 overs is a minimum target, but it took us until the 16th over to reach 30 and by then we were two down.
Ryan Schierhout came in at number four and scored an excellent 45 ret from 48 balls which provided some great momentum to the innings. Asher 20 (27), Kieran 22n.o. (54), and Nathaniel 23n.o (36) finished the innings well and we ended up with a very respectable 150 from our 40 overs, although I think we could have pushed it more in the final five overs.
The batting learning points, as with Black, are that we need to work on turning the strike over by looking for singles, particularly early in the innings, and we need to always be aware of the game situation and the fact that we need to change our play in different situations. In particular, we need to pick up the scoring rate when the game requires us to.
The bowling and fielding effort started reasonable well with Manukau restricted to 25 off ten overs. However,as the rain fell, and the ball got soaked, it made bowling very difficult. Manukau were able to both pick up their run rate and conserve their wickets. To give Manukau credit they batted well as they turned the strike over and put the bad ball away.
There were some very good bowling performances amongst our bowlers, Kieran 4 overs, 3-18, Asher 2 overs, 0-2, Jack 2 overs, 0-5, Ryan Quinn, 4 overs 0-7, Jonty 2 overs 1-3 however Manukau comfortable reached the target in the 35th over.
The fielding/bowling points: I saw too much short bowling, which was easily picked off. The same comments as for Black apply: pitch it up.
The fielding was reasonable, but I think that you need to make sure you are concentrating on the game and are staying fully "switched on" for the whole game. The conditions were difficult, but you need to focus on the job.
Overall though, again, a good improvement from the inter-squad and while, of course, we want to win games, it is the improvement we are looking for.
North Harbour Burgundy 150 in 40 overs.
Manukau, 150/5 in 35 overs.
A big thanks to the Coaches "on duty" today, Layne, Grant and Peter, to the scorers - Peter Robb - a full game, Matt Hawkins and Kelvin Stevenson with a half game each, and the umpires including Layne, Grant, Peter and Dave Vukets.
Wednesday, 4 November 2009
v. Manukau, November 15th
The two games against Manukau will be played on November 15th. The matches are to be held at Sunnynook Park.
We are intending to get started at 9:00am, so please be there by 8:15am at the latest. We intend to be finished by about 1.30pm.
Burgundy (to play Manukau "A")
Dylan Stevenson
Ryan Quinn
Benjamin Beecroft
Angus McKenzie (c)
Ryan Schierhout
Gray Hardy
Mitchell Bremner (wk)
Asher Robb (wk)
Kieran Young
Adrian Young
Liam Brown
Black (to play Manukau "B")
Toby Robb
Keegan Russell
Jacob Scott
Grant Celliers
Ashton Howard
Greg Vukets (wk)
Jonty Hawkins (wk)
Mitchell Watts
Jack Collinson
Travis van Gysen (c)
Nathaniel Law
Unavailable
Jack Clothier
William Cole
Make sure you bring your CRICKET BOOK, whites, your full gear bag, hats, sun cream and plenty of water.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Inter-squad photo's
Many many thanks to Kevin Russell for getting these shots for us.
Note: double click on the slide show and it will open up in a new window showing all the photo's which you can then enlarge, making it easier to see.
Inter-squad game
We had some great weather today and the boys were able to show some of their potential. Black batted first and there was some good tight bowling from Grant and Liam which saw Black struggling at 22/3. A couple of good partnerships followed with Benjamin (30) , Asher (14) and Jack Clothier (22) getting Black back into the game, although Black were eventually dismissed for 111 in the 31st over. Greg and Ryan Q finished with a couple of wickets (both 2-7) and Angus, Toby and Gray had very economical figures. The catching was stunning, one in particular from Jacob, and some other fantastic catches were taken.
The main lesson to learn is to make sure you use up all of your available overs in the future.
Burgundy started well with a solid opening partnership that saw Angus (24) and Toby (6) retire after ten overs. The bowling from Adrian and Travis was tight. The "two Ryan's" batted well before both retired with 21 and 18 respectively. There was some other good tight bowling through this period from Ashton, Jack Clothier, Asher and Benjamin, and Keegan chimed in with 2-15. Burgundy though eventually passed the Black score in the 32nd over for a good win.
Black created many chances but there were several catches dropped. Ultimately this was the difference. Catches win matches.
Black 111 all out in 31 overs
Burgundy 113/3 in 32 overs
A big thanks to the coaches, umpires (Kelvin and Leon), and scorers (Jos and Lisa), Bill for the fine BBQ, and Sarah for providing the medical kit.
A little bit of cricketing "homework" boys, try and learn the main fielding positions shown by the red dot on the image below.
A good day had by all and well done to all the boys and parents and I'll be seeing you all again soon.
The main lesson to learn is to make sure you use up all of your available overs in the future.
Burgundy started well with a solid opening partnership that saw Angus (24) and Toby (6) retire after ten overs. The bowling from Adrian and Travis was tight. The "two Ryan's" batted well before both retired with 21 and 18 respectively. There was some other good tight bowling through this period from Ashton, Jack Clothier, Asher and Benjamin, and Keegan chimed in with 2-15. Burgundy though eventually passed the Black score in the 32nd over for a good win.
Black created many chances but there were several catches dropped. Ultimately this was the difference. Catches win matches.
Black 111 all out in 31 overs
Burgundy 113/3 in 32 overs
A big thanks to the coaches, umpires (Kelvin and Leon), and scorers (Jos and Lisa), Bill for the fine BBQ, and Sarah for providing the medical kit.
A little bit of cricketing "homework" boys, try and learn the main fielding positions shown by the red dot on the image below.
A good day had by all and well done to all the boys and parents and I'll be seeing you all again soon.
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