WC Vs HIBS, 5th December 2009

With Our last 2 games been cancelled due to rain, we finally got a game in. HIBS won the toss and we had a bat First. Me and Alex B opened, i was struggling quite a bit, not getting my foot to the ball, I was out for 8, caught behind at first slip. Disappointing. Anyway, Alex and Sam Collier batted well and Sam got out for a well made 38. Alex continued to Ancher the innings well and Danny joined him and imediatly the run-rate uped. He batted very well and Alex supported him well, Danny hit his way to another 50, Alex B's long vitual of 44 came to an end in the 38th over. A good innings. We got 222-5. A decent score. HIBS came in with nothing to lose, we got an early wicket or two and then Ben Skilton really put us to the sword. All our bowlers bowled too short to him and as a result went for alot of runs. Sam Wilson had a bad day at the office with 3 overs for 35 runs. You have days like that sometimes. We got him out before the drinks break with Danny producing some captain magic with getting him caught and bowled for 39. At Drinks HIBS were 120-4 with not much batting left. After drinks, we then bowled well and our feilding improved emeansly. They lost wickets very regually and as a result they were all out for 172 with the wickets spread around everyone, Jesse chipped in well in the end with 2-11 off 4 overs. Handy cricketer to have in our team, bowls wicket to wicket all day and hard to get away! Good win by 50 runs and a decent lead up to the NZCT Tourney.

WC Vs Hutt Valley High, 15th November 2009

Today we had an ok game, wasn't our best cricket but a win in the bank. We bowled first again and as usual the Hutt High top order wasn't upto scratch. Te Raina got 2 quick wickets and we capatilised on them keeping the run rate down and bowling well, Henry came on to bowl, got the very good batsman out bowled. That was ment to be there only decent batsman! At drinks (20 overs) HVHS were 100-8. James R who was replacing Jesse (sick) was bowling very well. He had allready taken 3 wickets and just needed to more, those wickets were hard to come by as the HVHS 10 and 11 batsman showed some fight and determination - what thier top order lacked! Our Fielding turned bad and were letting through runs and overthrows. James R got the last 2 wickets, so he had a brilliant 5-24 off 7 overs. HVHS got 168-10. An extra 50 runs. We went out there with a postitive attitude as Alex and I hit a few boundries. I got out for 10, played on tying to play a cover drive but too full. 21-1. Sam Collier then came in and hit 18 in 5 balls before he was caught. Alex and Danny Batted for a while and batted sensibly. Alex got out for 19 - very mature innings, we needed someone to stay there. Sam P came in and got out. We were beginning to get close to the total, and we passed 168 with 5 wickets down, Danny again seeing us home in 56* and James R 9*. A good hard fought game of cricket.

Coll 9A's Vs Tawa, 8th November 2009

Well well well, a win in the end, a pretty average game of cricket. Firstly the pitch. A SHOCKER! Was a grass wicket that didn't bounce one bit. So we bowled first. We didn't get any early wickets, but we kept the scoring rate down - 41-0 after 19 overs. Sam W got a wicket at last and then Tawa continued the ''block block'' attitude and continued there extreamly low run rate as we continued to bowl on the right area's. We started getting wickets and, Te Raina getting 2 great runouts, both direct hits. Jesse T came on and bowled well, 5 overs, 3 wickets for 6 runs off 5 overs, good stuff. Te Raina, 0-9 off 7 overs. All bowlers bowled well. Tawa got 105-7 off 40 tite overs by us. We soon found the pitch a complete nightmare - bounce and slowness, I was out LBW for nothing. We were 37-5 and looked very shakey but Danny and Te Raina batted great, just the partnership that we needed! 50 runs exactly for the 6th wicket. Te went out at 87-6 for a very handy and mature 19. Jesse came in and got 4* and Danny was 54*(great knock) when we passed 105 after 34 overs. A decent win on the worst cricket pitch in wellington i've played on in all my games of cricket.

Labour Weekend Tournament 24th, 25th, 26th October 2009

Game 1 vs CHB (Central Hawkes Bay) (45 overs): CHB 62-10, WC 63-2
Could not be a more easy win to us. It was a great day, not a cloud in the sky, We met up at Nelson park. Danny got on with the Toss, lost it and we had to bowl first. We got an early wicket, they were not regular with two of there batters put on a mini partnership, just stayed there - not many runs. Anyway, Sam P removed them both with 3 wickets - very good bowling by him. Wickets were very regular from then and CHB were 57-7. Jesse Bowled well at the end, everyone did. 62 was never going to be a problem for us to chase, although we lost Alex B LBW for 1, Sam Collier and I held the Innings together. I got out for 11. Disappointing not to be there at the end, Henry 8*, Sam Collier 20* got us home in the end with lots of overs remaining. A good win for us to start with. Won by 8 Wickets

Game 2 Vs HIBS (50 overs): WC 196-4, HIBS 121-10
A decent game for us, because we got to bat first. It was a hard pitch to play strokes on with the new ball. We were 12-0 after 9 overs - very slow, Alex B got out for 11, I stayed in, ran out Sam Collier in the process (had a complete Brain Explosion!!). I couldn't get anything away, could not pick the gaps, and i got bowled in the 28th over for a very scratchy 19 off LOTS off balls. Now Sam P and Danny were in and batted great. They put on 115 runs for the 4th wicket. Danny Picked the gaps and Sam P did the attacking, both got very handy 50's (Sam's First - good stuff). Danny got 78 (out in last over), and Sam Wilson 1* and Sam P unbeaten on 50 odd. We got 196-4. The HIBS bowlers bowled very well. Ben Skilton 10 overs for 13 runs or something like that, very impressive. HIBS were going to struggle chasing the total on this slow wicket but they were 51-1 after 15 overs, not a great start by us. We got regular wickets from then with Henry cleaning up the tail with impressive figures of 4 wickets for 1 run (was a wide!) off 5 overs!! Also Sam Wilson was a standout with 3 wickets. A good team effort.

Game 3 Vs Napier Tech U15 (45 overs) NT 155-8, WC 116-7
Our Final game of the tournament was against Napier Tech U15. Things started well with Danny winning the toss and bowling first. We got an early wicket, then the two batsman played well for a while. One of them took it to us and tried slogging. It got him out eventually. He didn't make much, as a result he gave his wicket away. NT were 45-3 after 18 overs, that was soon to be 48-5 with Sam P the chief destroyer. He continues to have a great tournament. But we started to slack off in the field and they got a few runs. 71-7 was the score at one time, NT batted there whole 45 overs and our bowlers couldn't get the last 3 wickets. It got frustrating as one guy stayed in for a long time, they ended getting 155-9 in 45 overs. Gettable total for sure. Batting was tough on this wicket as it was very slow. They had some very good opening bowlers and got Alex and Sam Collier out. Me and Danny were in and had to defend, the bowling was spot on the money. It was hard work and slow going. 23-2 after 17 overs was not great. I decided to have a swing because we were so behind on the run-rate. 4.7 the Run rate required. I got out caught. Danny was running out of partners and we were losing wickets. We needed 7/8 an over, just couldn't get that on this pitch. The bowlers were fantastic. 155 was too much for us, we ended 116-7 after 45 overs with Danny getting 39. A fun tournament, good to get some cricket.

Wellinton College 9A's/INT A's Team 2009/10 squad

Alex Breamner - Batsman
Sam Cooper - Batsman
Sam Collier - Batsman
Daniel Carbnatto Bowkett - All Rounder and Captain
Sam Petersen - Batting Allrounder
Te Raina Richards-Coxhead - Allrounder
Henry Gogau - Bowling Allrounder
Jesse Taupe - Bowling Allrounder
Harry Cummins - Keeper/Batsman
Sam Wilson - Bowling Allrounder
Sam Partridge - Bowling Allrounder
Nick Lucie-Smith - Bowler