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Two wins for Auckland in today’s U19 Nationals have given them an unassailable lead in the competition.
ROUND FIVE
Wellington vs Otago:
Wellington lost three wickets inside the powerplay with Ava Conroy (4), and Eva Hay (7) falling to Louisa Kotkmap whilst Esme Olney-Boyd (2) was out to Isy Parry.
Rachel Bryant and Hannah Francis were able to get the innings back on the right track with a 30-run stand in just over four overs.
However, when Hannah O’Connor struck with the wicket of Francis for 17 it led to the downfall of the Wellington innings.
Nela Ramanathan (8), and Isla McKenzie (0) both fell soon after with Deerness getting the runout of Ramanathan and Zarah Moana trapping McKenzie LBW to leave Wellington 6 down with only 64 runs on the board.
Wellington’s luck got even worse as Bryant, who had been going steady as Katelyn Walton struck to leave Wellington seven down with just 72 runs on the board.
Birmingham and Ashleigh Henderson were able to add some lower-order resistance with a 22-run partnership for the eighth wicket. Both departed in quick succession with Birmingham falling for 11 and Henderson for five.
Emma Parker and Bree James finished on 6* and 1* respectively as Wellington posted 102/9.
Hannah Wilson and Isy Parry got Otago off to a strong start in the run chase as they shared a 43-run stand for the opening wicket.
Otago did have a slight wobble when Wilson was run out for 23 and Georgina McEwan was bowled by Parker for 3.
Deerness and Parry got Otago to within 15 runs of the target but they did lose the wicket of Deerness with five overs to go. McKenzie got the wicket of Deerness for 18.
Abby Fookes (7*) and Parry (51*) finished the game off for Otago and gave them a seven-wicket win.
Canterbury vs Auckland:
Canterbury had a successful start with the bat but then it quickly fell downhill from there.
Sophie Arnold and Dary-Rose Prasad got them off to a fast start with an opening stand of 24 runs.
Arnold was the first to go for 15 with Sophie Court getting the wicket and then Prasad going soon after for 14 with Anika Todd/Brooke James getting the run out.
Maggie Martin could only add three runs with Leah Watton getting the wicket.
Eloise Borcoski and Niamh McKenzie were starting to look like they were getting the Canterbury innings back in the right direction but once again Auckland were able to capitalise.
Borcoksi found herself stumped for eight with Rishika Jaswal getting the wicket.
Ruby Makeham (2,) Abigail Hotton (0), and McKenzie were soon back in the pavilion two with Canterbury slumping to 63/7.
Yssa Cullen and Abby McKissock put on 15 runs for the eighth wicket to get Canterbury close to the 80-run mark.
Cullen was run out by Kate Irwin for three, McKissock was bowled by Watton for 12, and Addison Stackhouse was the last Canterbury out for two with Irwin getting the wicket.
Aine Molony finished not out on 2* with Canterbury posting 82 runs.
They would need wickets early and did just this with Elizabeth Buchanan being bowled by Cullen for seven.
Anika Todd and Jess Smith were able to resurrect the innings with an important 19-run stand for the second wicket.
However, when Todd was out to Hotton for one, Auckland would soon find themselves losing wickets quite regularly.
Smith was then the next Auckland player to be dismissed for 15, Hotton grabbing her second of the day.
Irwin and Brooke James were able to gain a bit of momentum to get Auckland past the 50-run mark but Iriwn found herself out to McKenzie for then.
With no one able to put on a big score it would be up to James and Jaswal to get them across the line.
James went with under 20 runs required. Jaswal and Holly Lightborune saw Auckland to just needing two runs.
However, Canterbury picked up three quick wickets in the nineteenth and twentieth overs with the pressure building for Auckland.
Lightbourne went for 8 and then Jaswal found herself out for 12.
Anika Tauwhare was the third wicket to fall as she was stumped for two leaving Issy O’Connell and Katelyn Halliday to get Auckland across the line.
O’Connell hit a four first ball to give Auckland a two-wicket win with just one ball left in the game.
Central Districts vs Northern Districts:
Natasha Wakelin and Amelia Harvey got Northern off to a good start with the bat as they saw off the majority of the powerplay. Emma McLeod struck on the second to last ball of the powerplay with Wakelin going for a run-a-ball 18.
Harvey and Joey Canty put on a solid 45-run stand for the second wicket in just over seven overs.
As they were nearing a fifty-run stand, Harvey was out for 24 with Vanessa Taylor picking up the wicket.
Aniela Apperley struck 26 runs later with Canty falling victim to her for 25.
Even Wolland then went a couple of balls later for 20 as she was also bowled by Apperley.
Megan Pearson (23*) got her side up to 126 runs and she was supported by Aria Mischewski (4) and Catherine Hardie (1*).
A strong start by McLeod and Taylor saw Central off to a flier as they put on a 106-run stand for the opening wicket with McLeod contributing 42 from 33 of the 100 runs whilst Taylor got 40 from 44.
McLeod was the first wicket to fall for 46 and then Reese Drager went for a golden duck with Wolland and Wakelin picking up the wickets respectively.
Taylor saw Central to within three runs of a win but fell for 47 and they lost another wicket with Gretel Fairbrother out for 2.
Ella Hogan (9*) and Apperley (4*) were the two players who saw Central over the line to a six-wicket win.
ROUND SIX
Otago vs Northern Districts:
Otago lost a couple of wickets early with Hannah Wilson falling first ball and then Abby Fookes was trapped LBW for one. Aria Mischewski picked up both of the wickets.
Isy Parry and Chloe Deerness were able to see Otago back in the right direction with a 25-run stand to get them out of the powerplay with only two wickets lost.
However, Northern struck quickly again with Parry and Deerness both falling within six runs of each other. Dayle Anderson ran out Deerness for 12 whilst Eve Wolland got the big wicket of Parry for 15.
Georgia McEwan played well alongside Louisa Kotkamp to allow them to attack in the last few overs. McEwan was dismissed by Anderson for 12.
Kotkamp finished on 26* whilst Beth O’Connor (5) and Zarah Moana (1*) got them to 90/6 from their 20 overs.
Natasha Wakelin got Northern off to a fast start with a quickfire 27 from 12 at the top of the order.
Otago did however pick up an early wicket of Amelia Harvey for 5 with Molly Mason-Galletly picking up the opening wicket.
Wakelin was the next player to fall with Deerness trapping her LBW with over half the required runs already on the board inside the powerplay.
It allowed the Northern middle order to just play it slow and they did this whilst cruising to a victory with five overs to go.
Joey Canty (12 from 31) and Wolland (6 from 17) were the last two wickets to fall with Parry and Deerness getting the wickets.
Megan Pearson (14*) and Catherine Hardie (4*) saw their side home to a six-wicket win.
Central Districts vs Auckland:
Auckland got off to a solid start with Brooke James and Anika Todd nearly seeing their side through the powerplay.
However, Central quickly struck back with the wickets of James (15) and Todd (19) with Gretel Fairbrother and Vanessa Taylor taking the wicket respectively.
Kate Iwrin and Elizabeth Buchanan put on a massive 91-run stand for the third wicket.
With Auckland pushing to a big score Catherine Hollard struck in the eighteenth over with the big wicket of Irwin for 64 from 48.
Buchanan (23*) and Jess Smith (26*) saw their side past the 150-run mark as they posted 156/3 from their 20 overs.
Central had a woeful start with the bat as they lost their first four wickets for just 17 runs inside the first overs.
Vanessa Taylor (0), Ella Hogan (0), Reese Drager (0), and Aniela Apperley (16) were the first players to fall with Todd picking up Taylor and Drager whilst Rishika Jaswal ran out Apperley and got the wicket of Hogan.
Sophie Campbell and Grace Foreman were able to resurrect the Central innings as they added 29 runs for the fifth wicket before Auckland were able to strike again with Campbell bowled by Anika Tauwhare for 6.
Foreman (22) and Catherine Hockly (1) fell in quick succession of each other with Katelyn Halliday bowling Fairbrother whilst James ran out Hockly.
Gretel Fairbrother and Catherine Hollard saw Central through to 96/8 with Hollard falling to Irwin on the last ball of the innings. Fairbrother ended on 29*.
Wellington vs Canterbury:
Hannah Francis fell early for 6 with Abby McKissock picking up the first wicket of the day.
Canterbury picked up wickets now and then throughout the innings with Ava Conroy (1) being run out before the end of the powerplay with Niamh McKenzie completing the run out.
Rachel Bryant could only last till the over following the powerplay with Ruby Makeham getting her first wicket of the day.
The wickets kept falling in regular intervals with Esme Olney-Boyd also falling for one with McKenzie getting the first one of the day.
Ruby Makeham struck with the big wicket of Nela Ramanathan for 41 from 39 and the Wellington side was in trouble at 80/5 with just over three overs left in their innings.
They soon lost Eva Hay (5) and Isla McKenzie (0) to leave them at 86/7.
Dhriti Girish (18) added some crucial runs at number six to get Wellington over the 100-mark line with Anya Birmingham (7*) and Ashleigh Henderson (2*) also helping them to get to 102/8.
Canterbury had a 70-run opening stand between Sophie Arnold and Darcy-Rose Prasad with the pair bringing it up in the first ten overs.
Conroy grabbed the first wicket with Arnold falling for 45.
They lost a couple more wickets right at the end of the innings with Prasad going for 33, McKenzie picking up the wicket while Eloise Borcocksi went for a golden duck.
Katriel Thomas (18*) and McKenzie (0*) saw the Canterbury side to a seven-wicket win.
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