U19 Men Tournament, Lloyd Elsmore Park | 29 October – 19 November 
TOURNAMENT SCORES

Kicking off the District Tournament early were the U19 Men who competed over the space of four Sundays. With the final two rounds, both T20 rounds, being abandoned, the boys managed three rounds of extremely high quality cricket with some particularly high scoring especially for early in the season! Credit must also go to the Lloyd Elsmore Ground staff for preparing some great surfaces.

In the end four of the six teams ended with two wins and a loss but it was the Western U19 Men who took out the competition with a superior run rate.
 

Match of the Tournament

Central U19 351 off 46.1 overs (Cody O’Shanassy 76, Harry Sixton 57, Thomas Iles 56, Abhay Sharma 55, Hardil Singh 5/40) beat Manukau U19 272 (Brad German 107, Mantej Singh 71) by 79 runs

SCORECARD

Notable Performances

Ben Christiansen 115 (115) – Tauraki U19 Men
Damien van den Berg 114 (63) – Western U19 Men
Brad German 107 (85) – Manukau U19 Men
Josh Olliver 100* (94) – Eastern U19 Men
Cody O’Shanassy 100* (110) – Central U19 Men
Abdul Ahmadzai 5/35 (8.4) – Western U19 Men
Hardil Singh 5/40 (10) – Manukau U19 Men
Toby Douglas 5/58 (10) – Tauraki U19 Men

U17 Boys Tournament, Lloyd Elsmore Park | 11 – 14 December 29, 2023
TOURNAMENT SCORES
 

Playing a more traditional weekday tournament, the U17 boys battled it out at Lloyd Elsmore in blustery and mild conditions. There were some superb performances across the week and the boys applied themselves admirably in some challenging conditions (especially for the bowlers).

Waitemata U17 came out on top after an unbeaten tournament with Eastern just behind them.

Match of the Tournament

T20: Tauraki U17 165/5 (Liam Morrissey 45, Selwin Sanjay 3/15) beat Manukau U17 164/5 (Sanjay 46*) by five wickets

SCORECARD

Notable Performances

Ryan Coetzee 107 (101) – Tauraki U17 Boys
Brandon Matzopoulos 100 (75) - Waitemata U17 Boys
Abhi Patel 91* (108) – Western U17 Boys
Ben Lucas 5/16 (7) – Central U17 Boys
Sam Molloy 4/19 (7) – Manukau U17 Boys
Oliver Davies 4/22 (3.4) – Waitemata U17 Boys
Selwin Sanjay 4/24 (10) – Manukau U17 Boys
 

U17 Girls Tournament, Waikaraka Park | 18 – 20 December

TOURNAMENT SCORES

At Waikaraka Park, the U17 and U19 girls competed simultaneously in a great showcase of women’s cricket. Playing T20 matches, the U17 girls put on an entertaining three days and some very strong batting performances from Eastern in particular lit up the show.

Eastern were worthy winners in the end with four wins from four ensuring a top-of-the-table finish.

Match of the Tournament

Eastern U17 Girls 163/5 (Kate Linnell 53*, Augustine Malcolm 52) beat Manukau U17 Girls 65 (Sophie Lonergan 4/8) by 98 runs

SCORECARD
 

Notable Performances

Raiha Jeory Reynolds 67* (55) - Tauraki/Waitemata U17 Girls
Kate Linnell 53* (46) – Eastern U17 Girls
Augustine Malcolm 52 (39) – Eastern U17 Girls
Sophie Lonergan 4/8 (4) – Eastern U17 Girls
Aaliyah Patel 4/10 (4) – Tauraki/Waitemata U17 Girls
Tully Cook 4/19 (4) – Central U17 Girls

U19 Womens Tournament, Waikaraka Park | 18-21 December

TOURNAMENT SCORES
 

We leave the best for last! The U19 women were the true stars of this year’s district tournaments with Waikaraka Park witnessing some incredibly close matches. Playing a day longer than the U17s with a mix of 40 over and T20 matches, our U19s put out a superb display of batting and bowling.

In the end North Harbour came out on top. The combined Waitemata/Tauraki U19 finished with 3 wins and a loss, just pipping Manukau on net run rate.

Match of the Tournament

SCORECARD

Manukau U19 Women 133 (Ayaan Lambat 32, Zarah Samadi 3/17) beat Western U19 Women 127 (Anika Tauwhare 34*, Lambat 4/37) by 6 runs

Notable Performances

Kate Irwin 90* (59) – Tauraki/Waitemata U19 Women
Simi Bajaj 69 (104) – Central U19 Women
Neve Johnson 4/40 (8) – Eastern U19 Women
Maia Scott 4/4 (3.1) – Eastern U19 Women

Article added: Friday 29 December 2023