Some of the top young cricket players from around the country will meet next week for the prestigious Gillette Cup National Secondary School Boys’ Cricket Championship.
The tournament will be held at the New Zealand Cricket High Performance Centre at Lincoln University from 9-13 December.
It will be the 24th consecutive national finals tournament with over 200 schools nationwide entering the 2013 competition. The six schools competing in this year’s finals tournament won the preliminary rounds in their respective regions over recent months.
Among the 2013 finalists are two southern colleges that featured in the 2012 championship - Otago Boys’ and Christchurch Boys, who were overall winners last year with a victory over Kings College.
Auckland’s Mount Albert Grammar, Scots College from Wellington and Central Districts’ Lindisfarne College are all making debut appearances in this year’s tournament. Whangarei Boys’ make up the final spot seeking out a second championship win last seen in 1994.
The Gillette Cup has become synonymous with secondary school boys cricket and the development of future players. It is one of the longest running competitions in secondary school sport. Over 60 first class players have come through the tournament, with Kane Williamson and Tim Southee being two of the more recent graduates into the BLACKCAPS.
The competition will unfold over five days with the six finalists playing each other once in a round-robin format.
The draw for the tournament is as follows:
DAY ONE - MONDAY 9 DECEMBER, 2013
Mt Albert Grammar v Christchurch Boys High
Scots College v Whangarei Boys HS
Lindisfarne College v Otago Boys HS
DAY TWO – TUESDAY 10 DECEMBER, 2013
Lindisfarne College v Whangarei Boys HS
Mt Albert Grammar v Otago Boys HS
Christchurch Boys High v Scots College
DAY THREE – WEDNESDAY 11 DECEMBER, 2013
Scots College v Otago Boys HS
Whangarei Boys HS v Christchurch Boys High
Mt Albert Grammar v Lindisfarne College
DAY FOUR – THURSDAY 12 DECEMBER, 2013
Scots College v Mt Albert Grammar
Christchurch Boys High v Lindisfarne College
Otago Boys HS v Whangarei Boys HS
DAY FIVE – FRIDAY 13 DECEMBER, 2013
Otago Boys HS v Christchurch Boys High BSO
Scots College v Lindisfarne College
Whangarei Boys HS v Mt Albert Grammar
