UPDATE: HIBS miss out by seven runs in the final
Otago Boys’ High School have finished victors of the New Zealand Community Trust Junior Boys’ Final, beating Hutt International Boys’ School by seven runs. It was a tight final, with Otago’s bowling line-up just managing to hold the Hutt batsmen.
Otago Boys’ High School v Hutt International Boys’ School
Otago lost an early wicket, but made steady progress with four of the top five batsman all making starts. An excellent partnership between Taine Bayly and Matt Dukes was crucial for the Southerners and helped them get to the competitive total of 149 for nine.
Hutt International’s Caleb Tashkoff kept the Otago batsman honest with a fine spell of bowling, to finish with the figures of three for 29.
Hutt International got off to a horror start in their chase, losing their first two batsmen with seven runs on the board.
A hard fought and gritty partnership between Akansh Patel and Ben Sears of 80 got Hutt International back in the game, but the loss of frequent wickets created a lot of pressure for the lower order batsman.
Akansh Patel was the last man to be dismissed with 49 after nearly seeing his team over the line.
In the end though Otago’s line and length was too good and they wrapped up the tournament by seven runs.
Otago Boys’ High School 149/9 (40 overs) (T Bayly 38, J Taig 26, C Tashkoff 3/29) BEAT Hutt International Boys’ School 142/8 (40 overs) (A Patel 49, T Bayly 3/20)
Result: Otago Boys’ High School won by seven runs
Previous reports:
Wellington representative school HIBS have qualified for the final of theNew Zealand Community Trust Junior Boys’ tournament final and will play Otago Boys’ High School in Friday’s decider.
HIBS finished level with Christchurch Boys’ High School in Pool A on four points and two wins from three round-robin games but progress to the trophy game ahead of them having beaten them earlier in the week.
The final points tables were:
Pool A:
Hutt International Boys’ High 4
Christchurch Boys’ High School 4
New Plymouth Boys’ High School 2
St Peter’s School 0
Pool B:
Otago Boys’ High School 4
St Paul’s Collegiate 4
St Kentigern College 4
Hastings Boys’ High School 0
Final day matches
Playoff for 1st and 2nd: Hutt International Boys’ School v Otago Boys’ High School
Playoff for 3rd and 4th: Christchurch Boys’ High School v St Paul’s Collegiate
Playoff for 5th and 6th: New Plymouth Boys’ High School v St Kentigern College
Playoff for 7th and 8th: St Peter’s School v Hastings Boys’ High School
The match report from HIBS’ third and final round-robin game is below:
Hutt International Boys’ School v St Peter’s School
Some tight bowling from the St. Peter’s bowlers had Hutt International under pressure early on and had their opposition at 16 for three.
Vishal Nomula (29) and Caleb Tashkoff (24) tried to resurrect the innings, but St Peters were able to pick up regular wickets and eventually dismissed Hutt for 128.
For St Peter’s School Neil Achary was particularly successful, picking up four wickets for nine runs, while Samuel Frengley picked up figures of three for 13 and Sukraj Mahal three for 22.
St Peter’s School were under pressure early on in their run chase, losing their first wicket with only 11 runs on the board. However they were able to put together a number of partnerships and brought up the required runs for victory in the 36th over. It had been largely thanks to 38 from Brandon Weal and 31 from Neil Achary.
The pick of the Hutt International bowlers was Oliver Smythe who nabbed two wickets for 20 runs.
Hutt International Boys’ 128 all out (V Nomula 29, N Achary 4/9) LOST to St Peter’s School 130/5 (B Weal 38, N Achary 31)
Result: St Peter’s School won by five wickets
Previous day's reports:
High School sit on top of pool B having beaten St Kentigern College, while St Paul’s Collegiate and New Plymouth Boys’ High School both picked up their first victories of the tournament.
The Points tables after two days are:
Pool A:
Hutt International Boys’ School 4
Christchurch Boys’ High School 2
New Plymouth Boys’ High School 2
St Peter’s School 0
Pool B:
Otago Boys’ High School 4
St Paul’s Collegiate 2
St Kentigern College 2
Hastings Boys’ High School 0
Hutt International Boys’ School v Christchurch Boys’ High School (Tuesday):
Defending Champions Christchurch Boys’ High had Hutt International Boys’ under pressure early on in the match, having restricted their opponents to 24 for three.
This however brought Caleb Tashkoff to the crease, who formed crucial partnerships with Ben Sears and Joshua Rogerson before being dismissed for 39. Hutt International Boys finished their innings with 119, leaving Christchurch Boys a target of 120 for victory.
The Christchurch Boys’ High openers made a positive start to the run chase, although when they were both dismissed within six runs of each other Hutt International had stolen the momentum. The fielding was backed up by some tight bowling from Caleb Tashkoff who picked up three wickets for 21 runs.
The pressure that mounted on the Christchurch Boys’ batsmen proved too much.
It led to the loss of regular wickets and eventually being dismissed for 95 runs, handing Hutt International Boys a well-deserved 24 run victory
Hutt International Boys’ School 119 all out (34.2) (C Tashkoff 39, F Fairbarn 2/23, M Hay 2/18) BEAT Christchurch Boys High School 95 all out (30.3) (S Bint 25*, C Tashkoff 3/2)
Result: Hutt International Boys’ School won by 24 runs
Hutt International Boys School v New Plymouth Boys High School (Monday)
New Plymouth Boys won the toss and opted to take first crack with the ball against Hutt.
After being put in on a greenish deck the Hutt team made an outstanding total of 188 for seven, mainly due to two very fine knocks of 48 by Troy Johnson and 25 by Ben Sears.
The New Plymouth Boys were always behind the run rate and the pressure of this finally told with the team being dismissed for 92 runs.
Hutt International Boys (40 overs) 188/7 (T Johnson 48, B Sears 25, B Northcott Hill 4/13) BEAT New Plymouth Boys 92 all out (35 overs) (T Johnson 4/17, O Smythe 3/19)
Result: Hutt International Boys’ School won by 96 runs