Cricket / February 2013
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Stags win despite more Papps heroics
- Cricket Wellington
- Just two days after scoring a career high 162 not out, Michael Papps has done the near unthinkable and backed it up with another 150 plus score in round two of the Ford Trophy.
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Thrilling win for Firebirds over the Volts
- Cricket Wellington
- The few hundred spectators ringing the Hawkins Basin Reserve on a beautiful Wellington day on Tuesday witnessed one of the most thrilling 50-over cricket matches on the ground ever. Otago scored 349 for 7 off their 50 overs and then the Firebirds came out and chased this down - with 8 balls to spare no less - to score 352 for 4.
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Ford Trophy records shatter at the Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- Three centuries, a high-scoring match, a remarkably successful chase and New Zealand record-shattering partnership saw the Firebirds get a first up win.
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Premier Grade team of the Week for 23 February
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 16 February after the first day's play of round three Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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Domestic One-Day competition starting at the Basin this week
- Cricket Wellington
- The Ford Trophy domestic One-Day competition starts with two games at the Hawkins Basin Reserve this week, with the Wellington Firebirds hosting the Otago Volts on Tuesday, the Central Stags on Thursday and the Auckland Aces on Sunday.
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Karori edge out Taita in club Twenty20 Final
- Cricket Wellington
- Taita ran defending champions Karori close in Sunday’s Wilkinson Premier club Twenty20 final, before missing out by 5 runs and handing the Karori their seventh straight short format win.
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Domestic One-Day cricket at the Basin this week
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- The Wellington Firebirds are hosting the Otago Volts on Tuesday, the Central Stags on Thursday and the Auckland Aces on Sunday to start their Ford Trophy campaign.
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Karori in stunning Pearce Cup win on Saturday
- Cricket Wellington
- Karori came back from the brink to beat Wellington Collegians and register the only outright win of the third round of the Wilkinson Pearce Cup on Saturday, while in the Wilkinson Hazlett Trophy there were outright wins to Petone-Eastbourne, Johnsonville and Upper Hutt.
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Karori win outright on Saturday; Easts still frontrunners
- Cricket Wellington
- Karori came back from the brink to beat Wellington Collegians and register the only outright win of the third round of the Wilkinson Pearce Cup on Saturday, while in the Wilkinson Hazlett Trophy there were outright wins to Petone-Eastbourne, Johnsonville and Upper Hutt.
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Firebirds thwart Volts on third day
- Cricket Wellington
- Committed third innings batting has ensured that the Wellington Firebirds versus Otago Volts fixture at the Hawkins Basin Reserve goes deep into the fourth day after several of Wellington’s batsmen dug in at the crease in their third innings on Friday.
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Firebirds finish off Volts at the Basin
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- The Wellington Firebirds have beaten the Otago Volts by 54 runs at the Hawkins Basin Reserve this afternoon.
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Otago fall short, Central win
- Cricket Wellington
- The Volts chances came to an end when they were dismissed for 145 on the final day at University Oval, handing the Firebirds a 54 run victory.
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Firebirds looking to fight back on third day
- Cricket Wellington
- A big day of batting looms for the Wellington Firebirds on the third day of their last round Plunket Shield match against the Otago Volts at the Hawkins Basin Reserve after Otago batted for much of day two and established a 123-run first innings lead.
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Senior women's league finale will go down to the wire
- Cricket Wellington
- With two weekend’s left in the Senior women’s league, competition is at boiling point as teams compete for the last few vital points to help propel them towards the 2012/13 Championship.
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Wellington trio help White Ferns to top four in World Cup
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington trio Sophie Devine, Sian Ruck and Lucy Doolan recently helped the White Ferns reach the top four of the 50-over ICC Women’s World Cup in India.
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Orton century sets up Tararua Shield win for Wellington
- Cricket Wellington
- A match winning century from Eastern Surburbs opener Ben Orton and four wickets and a key catch by Dane Hutchinson set up Wellington City’s Tararua Shield Final win over Hutt Valley at Karori Park on Sunday.
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Ronchi and Gillespie in New Zealand XI to play England
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Firebirds, wicket-keeper Luke Ronchi and strike bowler Mark Gillespie, have been selected in the New Zealand XI squad to play England in a four-day warm-up match next week in Queenstown. The side will be captained by Ronchi.
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Johnsonville rolled by Secondary School Girls
- Cricket Wellington
- Johnsonville, the current top club side in wellington female Senior cricket, got beaten by a determined Secondary Schools Girls (SSG) side on Sunday.
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Firebirds back home this week
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds are back home at the Hawkins Basin Reserve this week hosting the Otago Volts in the 10th and final round of the Plunket Shield.
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Premier Grade team of the Week for 16 February
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 16 February after the first day's play of round three Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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Leading Pearce Cup teams on back foot on opening day of third round
- Cricket Wellington
- The opening day’s play of Round Three of the Wilkinson Pearce Cup saw the top three sides on the back foot in their matches. Leaders Eastern Suburbs were 113 for 4 in reply to Onslow’s first innings score of 278. Karori were 39 for 3 after Wellington Collegians made 236, while Taita were 53 for 1 in reply to University’s 305.
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Knights finish off Firebirds
- Cricket Wellington
- They didn’t have it all their own way, but the Northern Knights were good enough to finish off the Wellington Firebirds on day four of their Plunket Shield encounter, beating them by five wickets.
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Test Match Dinner with Sir Ian Botham
- Cricket Wellington
- Cricket Wellington is delighted to host Sir Ian at its Test Match Dinner, to be held on the eve of the second test match between NZ and England being played at the Hawkins Basin Reserve
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Tararua Shield Final to be contested between Wellington City and Hutt Valley
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington City and Hutt Valley will contest the Tararua Shield Final.
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Boam rescues Wellington
- Cricket Wellington
- A maiden First-Class century for Wellington Firebird Harry Boam has seen his side to a respectable score of 412 for nine at the end of day one against the Northern Knights.
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Boam scores maiden First-Class century
- Cricket Wellington
- A maiden First-Class century for Wellington Firebird Harry Boam has seen his side to a score of 412 for 9 at the end of day one of their Plunket Shield match against the Northern Knights.
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Firebirds heading North for Plunket Shield
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds play the Northern Knights at Cobham oval in round nine of the Plunket Shield from this Wednesday to Saturday.
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Johnsonville and Hutt win well in Women’s club cricket
- Cricket Wellington
- Johnsonville and Hutt District had good wins in on Saturday to further cement the lead in the Women’s club competition. The two are heading for a showdown this weekend which could decide the outcome of the senior women’s competition.
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Career best figures for Gillespie against Aces
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Firebirds fast bowler Mark Gillespie took career best match figures of 11 for 149 in their ]Plunket Shield match with the Auckland Aces at the Hawkins Basin Reserve that ended in a draw on Sunday.
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Premier Grade team of the Week for 9 February
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 9 February after the second day's play of round two Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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Outright win for Easts in Pearce Cup; wins for Hutt District, North City in Hazlett Trophy
- Cricket Wellington
- Playing through champions Eastern Suburbs were the only team able to get an outright win in the second round of the Wilkinson Pearce Cup as Karori and Onslow were held to drawn matches. In the Wilkinson Hazlett trophy there were outright wins to Hutt District and North City
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Firebirds pushing for victory on fourth day
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds enter the fourth and final day of their Plunket Shield match at the Hawkins Basin Reserve trailing the Auckland Aces by 153 runs after a hard-fought third day’s play that saw them earn an 80-run first innings lead and the visitors dig in at the crease in their second innings.
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Gillespie, Ronchi lead fightback on day two
- Cricket Wellington
- Opening bowler Mark Gillespie and wicketkeeper batsman Luke Ronchi led the Firebirds fightback on day two of their four-day match against the Auckland Aces at the Hawkins Basin Reserve.
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Junior Cricketer smashes century
- Cricket Wellington
- Porirua junior cricketer, Flynn Foley-Clarke, scored a spectacular 121 not out, in his Year 6 Grade match against Kapiti.
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Nominations for the National Development Awards are now open!
- Cricket Wellington
- It is that time again! The nominations for the National Development Awards are now open. Closing date for all awards is March 22nd.
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Wellington Year 10 Rep Team thump Canterbury
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Year 10 Rep Team completed an astonishing clean sweep of rivals Canterbury after wins in all three formats in wonderful conditions down in the shaky city
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ANZ Super Camps in Wellington
- Cricket Wellington
- Want to improve your cricket playing or coaching skills? Be trained by local experts and meet current and former BLACKCAPS at an ANZ Super Camp. Spaces are limited.
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Apply for an ANZ Cricket Grant
- Cricket Wellington
- Need equipment or uniforms for your cricket club, team - or just for yourself? ANZ are awarding $100,000 in grants this summer to help cricket clubs, schools and cricket lovers around New Zealand achieve more this season.
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Aces look to dominate
- Cricket Wellington
- Despite losing the toss, the Auckland Aces' batsmen started solidly against the HELL Wellington Firebirds to be sitting pretty at 319/5 by stumps on day one.
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Firebirds hosting Aces this Thursday to Sunday
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wellington Firebirds are hosting the Auckland Aces at the Hawkins Basin Reserve this Thursday to Sunday in round eight of the Plunket Shield.
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Double hat-trick for club bowler Matt Lister
- Cricket Wellington
- First Grade Wellington Collegians Living Legends team bowler Matt Lister took a spectacular double hat-trick (four wickets in four balls) on Saturday on the first day of his side’s two-day match against the Eastern Suburbs Pykers at Kilbirnie Park.
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Wilkinson Twenty20 Final postponed
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wilkinson Twenty20 Final between Karori and Taita has been postponed
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Premier Grade team of the Week for 2 February
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wilkinson Premier Grade team of the Week for 2 February after the first day's play of round two Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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Wilkinson Premier Twenty20 Final takes place on Waitangi Day
- Cricket Wellington
- Karori and Taita set to battle it out to be crowned Twenty20 Champions
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Pearce Cup team of the Week for 2 February
- Cricket Wellington
- The Wilkinson Pearce Cup team of the Week for 2 February after the first day's play of round two Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy matches on Saturday
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Eight centuries scored in Saturday’s club cricket
- Cricket Wellington
- Runs were the order of the day in the second Round of Wilkinson Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy games, with eight centuries and one double century being scored.
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Elliott, Franklin in BLACKCAPS
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Firebirds all-rounders Grant Elliott and James Franklin have both been named in the BLACKCAPS Twenty20 and ODI squads for the upcoming ANZ International Series against England starting next week.
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White Ferns, Devine thump South Africa in opening match
- Cricket Wellington
- Wellington Blaze captain Sophie Devine blasted a spectacular 145 not out and Blaze left-armer Sian Ruck took 4-31 to help the New Zealand White Ferns thump South Africa by 151 runs in their opening match of the ICC Women’s One Day World Cup in India on Friday.
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Blaze player to play men’s cricket
- Cricket Wellington
- Fresh off her unbeaten 164 not out last weekend for the Johnsonville women’s side, Wellington Blaze batswoman Leigh Kasperek is turning out for the Johnsonville Men’s 3rd grade side this Sunday.
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Firebirds fight back at Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- Day two saw the wrestling continue between the HELL Wellington Firebirds and Canterbury Wizards, the match remaining in the balance.
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Murdoch and Ronchi Star at Basin
- Cricket Wellington
- Day two saw the wrestling continue between the HELL Wellington Firebirds and Canterbury Wizards, the match remaining in the balance.
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