National First XI Championship Cricket Review – Key stats and results

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Hutt International Boys’ School (HIBS) have become the first Wellington school in 14 years and only the second all-time to win the National Secondary Schools’ cricket championship.

HIBS won the title at Lincoln in Christchurch on a superior run-rate from Westlake BHS who beat HIBS on Wednesday.

It was a low scoring tourney with only one century made, Mitchell Murray made two by himself last year. HIBS all-round bowling attack and ability to restrict their opposition was vital.

The tournament was played over 50 overs. Here are all the results and stats.


Day One
Hamilton BHS: 232/9 (Jamie Moore 73, Matti Clarke 58; Fraser Sheat 4/22) Christchurch BHS:235/6 (Matthew Hay 81, Stephen Sistern-Tate 3/47) Christchurch wins by 6 wickets
Palmerston North BHS: 200/8 (Whetu Na Nagara 42, Keegan Russell 2/29) Westlake BHS: 138 (Ryan Doubell, Jack Lord 4/30) Palmerston North wins by 62 runs.
Hutt International BHS: 187-8(Akshar Patel 41; Declan Su’a 3-36) Otago BHS: 103 (Taine Bayly 42; Ben Sears 5-23) HIBS win by 84 runs.


Day Two
Hutt International BHS: 188/9 (Akshar Patel 35, Rachin Ravindra 32; Fraser Sheat 3/36) Christchurch BHS: 188 (Will Jordon 46, Sandford Heard 42, Tyler Simpson 3/30) Tied, but HIBS win on a super over.
Palmerston North BHS: 189 (Charles Parker 55; Stephen Sistern-Tate 2/38) Hamilton BHS:190/6 (Cullen Aislabie 75; Isaac Harris 3/32) Hamilton BHS wins by four wickets
Otago BHS: 218/7 (Hunter Kindley 64, Taine Bayly 49; Ryan Doubell 2/21) Westlake BHS: 219/6 (Ben Beecroft 82*, Hunter Kindley 2/35) Westlake wins by four wickets


Day Three
Hamilton BHS: 221/8 (Jamie Moore 59, Cameron McAuslan 2/37) Otago BHS: 96 (Gus Wood 21, Stephen Sistern-Tate 3/1) Hamilton wins by 125 runs.
Palmerston North BHS: 205/8 (Whetu Na Nagara 58, Jack Hyde 4/27) Christchurch 206/4 (Will Jordon 102*, Brad Fulton 1/26) Christchurch wins by 6 wickets
Hutt International BHS: 172 (Brad Johns 41, Ben Beecroft 3/25) Westlake BHS: 174/8 (William O’Donnell 46, Troy Johnson 4/42) Westlake BHS wins by 2 wickets.


Day Four
Hutt International BHS: 188 (Rachin Ravindra 76; Riyan Perera 2/14) Hamilton BHS: 171 (Riyan Perera 62, Troy Johnson 4/21, Ben Sears 3/38) HIBS wins by 17 runs.
Christchurch BHS: 161 (Jack Lewis 39; Angus McKenzie 4/24) Westlake BHS: 162/3 (Wesley Sleep 63, William O’ Donnell 52) Westlake wins by 7 wickets.
Otago BHS: 273/5 (Jack Pryde 87*, Max Chu 85, Braden Rowe 1/32) Palmerston North BHS: 105 (Tom O’Connor 22, Cameron McAuslan 2/3) Otago wins by 168 runs.


Day Five
Christchurch BHS: 262/8 (Callum Hill 80, Jack Lewis 74; Ben Lockrose 2/41) Otago BHS: 117 (Cameron McAuslan 30, Scott Burnett 4/21) Christchurch wins by 145 runs
Hutt International BHS: 261 (Rachin Ravindra 64, Jesse Tashkoff 51; Zoheb Akhter 4/47)  Palmerston North BHS: 147 (Braden Rowe 36*, Akansh Kanuparthi 3/23) HIBS wins by 114 runs
Westlake BHS: 219/9 (Wesley Sleep 60, William O’Donnell, 42; Brayden Gaylor 3/43) Hamilton BHS: 198 (Jamie Moore 50, Angus McKenzie 5/38) Westlake wins by 21 runs


Leading Run Makers

• Jamie Moore – Hamilton BHS – 233 at 46.60
• Wesley Sleep – Westlake BHS – 190 at 47.50
• Jack Lewis – Christchurch BHS – 190 at 38.00
• Will Jordon – Christchurch BHS – 188 at 47.00

Note: Moore made three half centuries in five matches. Will Jordon scored the only century of the tourney.


Leading Bowlers

• Angus McKenzie – Westlake BHS – 12 wickets at 19.42
• Ben Sears – Hutt International BS – 11 wickets at 12.27
• Troy Johnson – Hutt International BS – 11 wickets at 9.55
• Stephen Sistern-Tate – Hamilton BHS – 10 wickets at 13.80

 
Final Rankings
1. Hutt International BS
2. Westlake BHS
3. Christchurch BHS
4. Hamilton BHS
5. Palmerston North BHS
6. Otago BHS

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