Hutt Ravi Games over Holidays/ Wanganui Tournament with Onslow College.

I've had 4 games for Hutt Ravi ( www.huttcricket.info ) and one being a 2 dayer and one a T20 and rest 50 over games, Have got scores of 15 (vs Manawatu which we won in a thriller), 18 (in a T20 vs HIBS (we lost), 17 and 3 in a 2 Day Game Vs Hutt Players (my team lost) 22 vs Upper Hutt (we lost) Its been good to have exrta cricket. Got 2 games for them coming up, Vs Hutt High and Kapati. Not 100% sure when college cricket comences.

Wanganui Tournament With Onlsow College (18th - 22nd Jan 2010)

I was asked to go to the Wanganui Cricket camp with onslow, and i went, Played 6 30 over games and didn't really get the runs that i would have liked, the Retire at 30 rule was in place. It stuffed my batting up completly! We won 3/6 games. My scores were 21, 38*, 17, 13, 0, and 14 (we ended playing a Twenty20 on our last day due to rain). It was a fun tournament, got some cricket in and had a good time with everyone. The team was a mix between Yr9s, y10s, y11s and yr12s. It was a Dev team for onslow, they were short on players that made me get asked!!

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NZCT Tournament - Final Vs Scots, 10th December 2009

Oh dear. We lost today. It was an awful day, very Misty and freezing. Anyway, Danny won the toss and bowled first. We started extremely well, as we got 2 of there very good and rep batsman out. After 10 overs, we had Scots 15-5. We got a bit too complacent and started bowling pretty average. They had one batsman who threw the bat at everything, we just couldn't get the edge - when we did get the edge, it went through the slips for 4. The other batsman was playing a very good knock, hardly putting a shot wrong, he pulled well and cut well. He got on a roll. Our fielding was awful. I fielded pretty shit. At drinks they were 84-5. After that, we still could not get the wicket and break that partnership. Finally in the 34th over, we got one. 182-6. We bowled well towards the end and they got to 200-7 exactly. If we had got one more wicket, we would have been into there tail....not to be today. Anyway we started our chase poorly. I was bowled in controversial circumstances, I defended the ball, and rolled on the stumps very slowly. Because of the wind - their was NO bails - no evidence that they would have came off. Anyway. I was out for 4. Then soon after, Alex Bremner got a shocker of an LBW decision. Pitched way outside leg stump and hit his pad when he was well forward, still the umpire put his finger up, not knowing the LBW rule. Danny and Sam C looked good, until Danny got caught at mid on and Sam C bowled by a brilliant yorker. Sam Petersen and Henry held our innings together, but we were always drifting behind the run rate. At drinks we were around 76-4. Sam P got out for 28 and then we were pretty much dead. Our bottom order didn't last long at all. We were all out for 147. Very Disappointing and guttering as we miss out on nationals, and even our 3rd team beat Scots!! Scots play in J2 grade and we ended up winning J1 grade. That's cricket sometimes and the unpredictable happened. That is the end of our Pre Xmas season. Will start Next year in intermediate grade. Hopefully the same team is kept for next year, i'm sure it will.

NZCT Tournament Game 3 Vs St Pats Town 9th December 2009

Well, what a game for us. The best game of cricket I've ever had in my life! It all started when Danny won the toss and we batted first. Me and Alex looked to attack first up and we did just that, that came to a close when Alex was trapped LBW at about 26-1. Then Sam Collier and myself batted very aggressively - Sam C taking the attack to the bowlers, i was more defensive and hit the lose one away as Sam Just about went at everything and played some awesome cricket shots. Anyway we were 131-1 at drinks (20 overs) and going along very well. I was on 45* and Sam Collier 59* and we were once again told to play it like a T20. And we did just that to the extreme. Once i got to 50 it was a relief. Sam C got out - good knock of 62 off 48 balls. That brought Danny it. Now that I'd past 50, I just threw my bat at everything i could and it paid off. Danny was hitting the ball CLEAN as a whistle and taking the same approach as myself. I was hitting the ball well, and i was getting close to my 100. A couple more boundaries got me to 99, and the field was brought in. George Metson bowled me a half tracker and i hit it down to fine leg for 1. That brought up my 100, i was pretty happy. Danny at the other end was hitting 4's and 6's left right and center. He too got his first 100, off 5o balls!! He got out with 3 overs left, we'd put on 195 runs for the 3rd wicket in very quick time. Sam P came in and hit a few, then got out for 8 or something. I carried my bat through the 40 overs and we had scored a massive 352-4 in 40 overs, 231 runs in the last 20 overs! I was 139* off 93 balls, my best innings by far. St Pats had a monumental task and George Metson started batting well. He was timing the ball well and we couldn't get him out. We finally got a wicket, then george got out for a well made 58. Our bowlers bowled well kept things tite and we eventually got the wickets. Jesse got 3 wickets - good bowling once again, cleaning up the tail. We got them out for 133, winning by 219 runs!! A great Days cricket. We are now to play scots in the Final - whoever wins goes to nationals.

NZCT Tournament Game 2 Vs HVHS, 8th December 2009

We won this game very easily and very well. We bowled first and got some early wickets and most importantly there scoring rate down. They were 3 wickets down for 20 and their good batsman was in. Te Raina was bowling fast and on the dot. He bowled a ball to there decent batsman and broke his bat!!! It hit in between the willow and the Handel and broke his Fusion 1000 SH! A big blow for him! It was hilarious. Anyway, Sam Wilson got him out caught - trying to pull his bouncer but failed to do so! It went up in the air and a easy catch for Danny in the slips. It was about 57-5 and there was one batter in there team down the order that looked good. He stayed there, showed the rest of his team how to bat. We then had them 76-9 but the tail enders gave it a whack. They ended up on 106-10. It was an easy total to chase down, Alex was out for 10, I just wanted to be there at the end, wasn't taking any risks at all, Sam Came in and played some elegant shots for 22, he was out caught, trying to pull. We only needed about 26 runs to win when Danny came in, he took control, gave him the strike. He got 18* and I got 33*. A good win by 8 wickets.

NZCT Tournament Game 1 Vs St Pats Silverstream. 7th December 2009

The venue for this was Ian Galloway Park, and the winner would go to Nationals.
Anyway, Danny won the toss and batted first on a nice artifitial pitch. Me and Alex B opened and took a while to get used to the extra bounce. We were 26-0 after 12 overs - slow. So we then found the bad balls and attacked very well. At Drinks we were 81-0 a good recovery from a slow start. We were told to play like a T20 format now. And i threw my wicket away doing so for 36. So did Alex B for 42.We'd both 'done our job'. And Danny himself lost his wicket too for 1. Sam Collier and Sam Petersen were in and we needed a good partnership, and we got that from them. Sam C's Pulling and backfoot play was fantastic as was his front foot play. Sam P played a supporting innings and fed Sam C the strike. Sam C got 71 (4 sixes!). Sam P got out not long afterwids for a well made 45, Te Raina came in at the last over and hit two 6's, one beautifly down the ground. We had got to 228-6. A respectible total. We started very well with the ball, keeping the runs down, we finally got a wicket and they kept coming. One of there openers stayed in and smashed alot of 4's and 6's.He got 83, 17 runs short of a 100! Stream's Run-rate was never going to win them the game, as a result they we restricted to 171-8. A good win to start off with

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.