The Honda Financial Premiership has its first finalists after Takapuna and Parnell both convincingly won through to Monday’s T20 Final at Onewa Domain.  Takapuna vs. Howick Pakuranga – Onewa Domain   Though Danru Ferns struck early with the wicket of Max O’Dowd in the first over, Takapuna’s Ben Beecroft and Will O’Donnell were able to set the tone through the powerplay. … Read More

Premier MenJeff Crowe Cup Round Six Parnell vs. Ellerslie – Shore Road Parnell’s opening duo ran riot through the first 10 overs as Ellerslie crumbled to 28/5. Ollie Pringle (4-21) and Ganesh Ratnasabapathy (3-28) were the Peaches to do the damage before Anubhav Thapa went to work through the middle overs. Thapa hit 7 fours and a six, but his … Read More

Premier MenJeff Crowe Cup Round Six Ellerslie 122 (A Thapa 42, O Pringle 4-21, G Ratnasabapathy 3-28) lost to Parnell 124/2 (A Lane 49*, B Rae 48*) by eight wickets. Grafton 200/9 (K Ruffell 57, H Robertson 42, P Patel 37) defeated North Shore 152 (M Bremner 58, J Dymond 5-32) by 48 runs. Takapuna 267/8 (H van Vuuren 94*, … Read More

On Sunday afternoon, the four remaining Premier Men’s sides in the T20 Championship will fight it out to see who will contest this summer’s final. Suburbs New Lynn skipper Michael Barry will take his side to Shore Road to meet Parnell. Barry currently sits in fifth on the tournament runscorer’s charts, with 213 runs at an average of 53.25, while … Read More

Premier MenT20 Championship Round 6 Waitakere vs. North Shore – Te Atatu Park Riley Mudford and Mitchell Bremner quickly overcame the early loss of Graeme Beghin to lead North Shore past 200, putting on 106 runs for the second wicket. Bremner (57) became Blayze Williams’ first Premier wicket before Mudford (91) chased down what would have been the T20 Championship’s … Read More

Premier MenJeff Crowe Cup Round 5 Takapuna vs. Cornwall – Onewa Domain Max O’Dowd’s 158 wasn’t enough for Takapuna as Cornwall’s top order put on a chasing masterclass to sit atop the Pool A table with two rounds to go. O’Dowd did a lot of the early work on his way to a third hundred of the summer before combining … Read More

Premier MenT20 Championship Round 6 North Shore 202/6 (R Mudford 91, M Bremner 57) defeated Waitakere 132/9 (T Ngatai 39, A Nicoll 3-20, T Chitongo 3-33) by 70 runs. East Coast Bays 218/2 (C Briggs 81, BJ Jacobs 76, T van Ingen-Kal 37*) defeated Kumeu 69 (J van der Sande 3-25) by 149 runs. Suburbs New Lynn 148/8 (M Barry … Read More

Premier MenJeff Crowe Cup Round 5 Takapuna 294/7 (M O’Dowd 158, G Harley 54, L Dasent 3-51) lost to Cornwall 298/3 (Am Dhadwal 107*, M Guptill-Bunce 76, Ad Dhadwal 86) by seven wickets. Birkenhead 274/7 (A Jayasinghe 102*, L Agnew 58, E O’Brien 44, V Khanna 3-37) defeated Ellerslie 249 (H Azad 63, A Alam 46, A Thapa 33, A … Read More

It’s crunch time in the Honda Financial Premiership with play-off places on the line in the Jeff Crowe Cup, Pearl Dawson Trophy and the T20 Championship. Saturday sees the Premier Men take on the 50-Over competition, while the Premier Women tackle T20 double-header action at Cornwall Park. On Sunday, the Premier Men complete their T20 round-robin with double-headers of their … Read More

Premier MenT20 Championship Round 5 Kumeu vs. Suburbs New Lynn – Huapai Domain Suburbs New Lynn flexed their muscles to remain unbeaten and all but book themselves a semi-final place in the T20 Championship. After ACES duo Ben Lister and Sean Solia removed linchpins Pankaj Kumar and Mohamed Shifaz, Kumeu were unable to mount a challenging total. Finn Allen (3-20) … Read More