Round Two
Points after Day Two: Heaton Intermediate 6, Remuera Intermediate 4, Tauranga Intermediate 4, St Matthews Collegiate 2, Balmacewen Intermediate 2, Tawa Intermediate Intermediate 0
Balmacewen Intermediate 110-2 (M Kumar 40*, G Barnes 35, T Dawson 2-15) lost to Tauranga Intermediate 111-3 after 16.4 overs (S Macken 28), Manawaroa Park #6
Balmacewen Intermediate from Dunedin kicked off the second round of the tournament against Tauranga Intermediate. Balmacewen were put into bat by Tauranga, but after a strong start from Megha Kumar 40 and some strong support from Grace Barnes 35, the remainder of the line-up failed to push on, finishing on 110-2 after their 20 overs. Balmacewen’s Tayla Dawson securing both wickets that fell. Sophie Macken was the standout batsman for Tauranga with 28 runs in reply. The total wasn’t enough with Tauranga achieving victory with just over 3 overs remaining and only three wickets lost.
Remuera Intermediate 130-7 (C McGuire 56, L Wyeth 3-16) beat St Matthews Collegiate Intermediate 52 all out off 16.5 overs (L Burns 2-3, E Bollard 2-5, M Drumm 2-15), Manawaroa Park #4
Remuera Intermediate showed their resilience this morning in the second round of the ANZ Junior shield after a disappointing start to the tournament. Rivals St Mathews from Masterton won the toss and elected to bowl. Remuera were not phased by St Matts decision, compiling a very competitive score of 130-7, lead by an outstanding innings from Christelle McGuire of 56. Lucy Wyeth from the St Matts side lead their bowling taking an 3 wickets for just 16 runs. In reply St Matts, struggled to put together a match winning partnership loosing regular wickets and were dismissed for 52 inside of 17 overs. Wickets were shared around with some great performances from Luna Burns 2-3, Elise Bollard 2-5 and Mollie Drumm 2-15.
Heaton Intermediate 138-7 (E Dickey 35*, C Hartland 22) beat Tawa Intermediate School 38 all out off 8.2 overs (L Young 2-10), Manawaroa Park #7
Heaton Intermediate continued their defence of the ANZ Junior Shield tournament playing against Tawa Intermediate School from Wellington. Heaton won the toss and chose to bat looking to bat Tawa out of the game early. There were two standout performances in Heaton’s 138-7 and they were 35* off 32 balls from Emily Dickey and she was well supported by Ciara Hartland who retired on 22. In reply Tawa never managed to build meaningful partnerships and with regular wickets falling, Heaton’s score always looked out of reach. Tawa were dismissed in the 8th over with 38 runs on the scoreboard. Leading wicket taker for Heaton was Lily Young who secured the economical figures of 3-10.
Round Three
Tawa Intermediate 92 all out off 15 overs (L Campbell 36, E Bolland 4-12) lost to Remuera Intermediate 93-5 (C McGuire 56*, A Birmingham 3-20), Manawaroa Park #6
After a great start to the day in the morning rounds, Remuera were looking to continue their winning ways. Tawa, after some extra throw downs during lunch were keen to start positively and choose to bat first in the hopes of putting the pressure on the Remuera side. Despite opener Lily Campbell starting the team off strongly, putting 36 runs on the table off 28 balls, nothing could slow down Remuera Bowler Elise Bowland from securing 4 wickets. Another tidy few wickets from the rest of the bowling side left Tawa with a under par total of 92 all out after 15 overs. The Remuera girls took the challenge on with determination as Christelle McGuire scoring her second half century of the tournament finishing on a handy 56*. In an effort to keep her team in the game, Tawa’s captain Anya Birmingham took 3 wickets, but it wasn’t enough as Remuera comfortably secured the victory in 14.4 overs.
St Matthews Collegiate 106-6 (F Wells 27, A Narang 2-6) beat Tauranga Intermediate School 71 all out off 14.4 overs (I Bartlett 2-9), Manawaroa Park #4
In the afternoon game on Manawaroa #4, St Matthews were looking for their first victory with their opponent Tauranga unbeaten up to this point. Tauranga hoping to continue their fine fielding and ability to take wickets early on, left St Matts to bat first. Francesca Wells put on an excellent display of what it means to be at the National finals, posting 27, later in the batting order. Ahaana Narang was influential with the ball, taking two wickets with only 9 runs conceeded. The crowd erupted as the St Matts side posted their highest score yet with 106 runs on the board. After the change in innings, St Matts knew they needed tight bowling to restrict Tauranga and that’s what they delivered. All four bowlers returned economical figures and Captain India Bartlett backed up her previous performances with two wickets. Tauranga really felt the pressure after none of their top order managed to get 10 or more runs, Bartlett lead the Wairarapa team to victory, when the final batter was stumped leaving Tauranga all out for 71.
Balmacewen Intermediate 54 all out off 8 overs (C Hartland 4-11) lost to Heaton Intermediate 58-4 off 7.2 overs (C Hand 2-5), Manawaroa Park #7
It was a battle of the two South Island teams on Manawaroa #7 this afternoon. Heaton and Balmacewen, both seasoned teams at the ANZ Junior Shield, had travelled from the South Island to stake their claim for the title. Balmacewen won the toss and decided to bat going against the tide of the other two games of the round. It may have been the wrong decision too as the early loss of Balmacewen’s top order, meant Heaton were quickly placing pressure on their lower order. Heaton’s Ciara Heartland, continued her consistent bowling, after knocking off three wickets for 11 runs and having Balmacewen’s final batter stump. Balmacewen was discussed for 54. The confident Heaton side managed their innings well and comfortably achieved the target inside of 8 overs. There was excellent bowling across the Balmacewen team, but the best return was from Caitlin Hand with excellent figures of 2-5, unfortunately this wasn’t quite enough to slow the 2019 champions from reaching the required total with 12 overs to spare.
