Tauranga Boys College vs St Bedes College
Tauranga; 191/7(Nick Evemy 50, Bharat Popli 41, Mitch McCann 24, Kurt McCarthy 30*, George Earl 2-30) beat St Bedes; 184(Matt Henry 44, Hamish Teale 29, Sean Sievwright 4-38, Kurt McCarthy 2-25, Brett Hampton 2-27)
Batting first Tauranga made 191 for 7 with Nick Evemy top scoring with 50. In reply St Bedes made a real contest of the match but fell just short when they were all out for 184 in the 49th over. Matt Henry top scored for St Bedes in their first ever Gillette Cup finals appearance with 44, while Sean Sievwright was the toast of Tauranga with his 4/38.
Palmerston North Boys High vs Otago Boys High School
Palmerston North; 223(Abhi Ganugapati 53, Roald Badenhorst 32, Bevan Small 38, Adam Milne 25*, Blair Soper 3-33, Daniel Duke 3-45, Tom Rutherford 2-43) beat Otago; 169(George Spittle 76*, daniel Duke 27, Abhi Ganugapati 4-37, Adam Milne 2-34, Chris King 2-31)
Palmerston North Boys High had a 54 run win over Otago Boys High School. Batting first the locals were all out for 223 in the 48th over with Abhi Ganugapati top scoring with 53. The allrounder then starred with the ball, taking 4 for 37 as Otago were bowled out for 169 in the 39th over.
Westlake Boys High School vs Wanganui Collegiate
Westlake; 128/1(Laurie Agnew 44*, Josh Tasman-Jones 47*, Coel Mahoney 21, Declan McKeefry 1-19) beat Wanganui; 124(Thomas Bruce 31, Ben Smith 33, Andrew Cowell 2-27, Josh Tasman-Jones 3-18, James Coughlan 2-12)
Westlake who took on Wanganui Collegiate looked to have a good battle on their hands with Collegiate at one point on 63/2. However a huge collapse then struck the Wanganui boys who ended up all out for 124 in the 50th over. Westlake captain Josh Tasman-Jones was the pick of his side’s bowlers with 3/18 while New Zealand Under 19 and Under 17 rep and Collegiate captain Ben Smith top scored for his side with 33.
Wellington College vs Hamilton Boys High School
Wellington; 62/1(Vinnie Ward 23, Harry Wright 23*) beat Hamilton; 61(Owen Ivins 20, Tom Gibson 3-14, Patrick Whelan 2-7, Harry Wright 2-2)
The most comprehensive win of the day saw Wellington College dismiss Hamilton Boys High School for just 61 in the 33rd over of their match, needing just 15 overs and one wicket to chase down the total before lunch had even been served.Tom Gibson with 3/14, Patrick Whelan with 2/7 and Harry Wright with 2/2 were the pick of the Wellington bowlers, while Wright, son of former New Zealand batsman John, also jointly top scored with 23 not out to cap off a good day for College.
