Wanganui Overview

The Wanganui tournament playing philosophy was that we wanted to give the designated batsman and bowlers as much batting and bowling as possible in order to begin to develop boys into the roles they will have in future years. Complementing that on a game by game basis we moved a player or two around to ensure they each received a good opportunity to bat or bowl. A record of balls faced by each boy and overs bowled was kept and by the conclusion of the tournament all boys had had more than a fair share of opportunities.

The cricketing awareness of the boys developed substantially over the course of the tournament. Many of their basic skills appeared to improve. The most significant improvement was the overall standard of batting. The boys learnt the concept of playing a role within a team. The team also learnt and implemented advanced fielding techniques – for example – an “in-out” field instead of a ring field, and much other learning too place.

The game results were unimportant, but in summary we chased totals in the first three games and came up three, seven and four runs short respectively in each game. The boys enjoyed the games immensely and their heads were high despite the losses. In the following two games we had comfortable wins and in the last game were comfortably beaten by probably the strongest team in the tournament, Eastern Districts.

Game results
Game 1 v Horowhenua Kapiti
Horowhenua Kapiti 131/3 (Liam Brown 6 overs, 3-29)
North Harbour 128/5 in 30 overs (Ryan Quinn 31 ret (45), Jack Clothier 22 (33))
A loss by 3 runs.

Game 2 v Tauranga
Tauranga 163/3 (Grant Celliers 6 overs, 2-21)
North Harbour 156/7 (Ryan Schierhout 30 ret (35) Ryan Quinn 31 ret (39), Jack Clothier 37 ret (49)
A loss by 7 runs.

Game 3 v Cornwall
Cornwall 135 (Benjamin Beecroft 4 overs, 4-16, Keiran Young 4 overs, 3-14)
North Harbour 156/7 (Benjamin Beecroft 30 ret (28), Jack Clothier 28 (29))
A loss by 4 runs.

Game 4 v Te Puke Mount
Te Puke Mount 85 (Adrian Young 3 overs, 3-15, Liam Brown 3 overs, 2-7)
North Harbour 86/7 (Grant Celliers 22 (60)
A win by 3 wickets.

Game 5 v Manawatu White
North Harbour 180/7 (Benjamin Beecroft 27 (22), Ryan Schierhout 31 ret (26)
Manawatu White 143 all out (Toby Robb 3 overs, 3-12, Ryan Quinn 5 overs, 2-24)
A win by 37 runs.

Game 6 v Eastern Districts
Eastern Districts 255/5 (Adrian Young 6 overs, 2-20)
North Harbour 180/7 (Ryan Quinn 28 (24), Toby Robb 27 (38)
A loss by 75 runs.