NZ National U17 tournament under way in Gisborne

The National Under-17 cricket tournament got under way in Gisborne this morning with the first day of the opening round of two-day matches involving the six major association teams.

Canterbury is the reigning champion, having won the past two competitions. The team also won the tournament in 2004/05 and 1997/08. Auckland and Central have each won it three times, Northern has won it twice, and Otago and Wellington have a single championship each.

This year’s tournament is hosted by the Poverty Bay Cricket Association in Gisborne with all games taking place at the Harry Barker Reserve. Traditionally the competition has been held in Napier, however this year the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup will be using the grounds in the Hawke’s Bay.

The tournament comprises three rounds of two-day matches and two rounds of limited-over games. Points are accumulated and tallied during the tournament to find the overall winner. If two teams have the same amount of points then both teams will be named joint winners, as happened in the 2003/04 season when Northern and Auckland both came out on top.

Scorecards, Day 1 – Tuesday 12 January 2010
All matches are two-day matches and in progress.

Northern Districts v Auckland
Toss: Northern won the toss and batted.
Northern Innings 330 all out (Jared McDonald 47, Joe Carter 105, Ben Hyde 75, Henry Cooper 27; Mark Norman 3-45, Jordan Sussex 4-42)

Auckland Innings 1 for 1 (in progress) (Ben Horne 0, Simon Middleton 1*; Sean Davy 1-1)

Otago v Canterbury
Toss: Canterbury won the toss and batted
Canterbury innings 276/8 declared (Ben Ward 67, Ananthan Yugaraja 50, Andrew McCracken 40, Kenneth McClure 29, Timothy Hampton-Matehe 28; Jacob Duffy 2-53)

Otago Innings 9-1 (in progress ) (Theo Van Woerkom 1-0)
Central Districts v Wellington
Toss: Central Districts won the toss and bowled.
Wellington innings 280 all out (Ben Rammell 80, Dion Gibbons 53, Henry Walsh 31, Luke Scully 30; Christopher Pope 6-34, Daniel Wightman 3-51)

Central Districts – 48/1 (in progress) (Ben Hitchcock 22; Charlie McLean 1-7)

Draw for remaining rounds

ROUND 2 - Thurs 14 – Fri 15 Jan
Auckland v Central Districts
Northern Districts v Canterbury
Wellington v Otago

Sat 16 REST DAY

ROUND 3 - Sun 17 – Mon 18 Jan
Canterbury v Central Districts
Northern Districts v Otago
Wellington v Auckland

ROUND 4 - Tues 19 Jan
Auckland v Canterbury
Northern Districts v Wellington
Central Districts v Otago

ROUND 5 - Wed 20 Jan
Auckland v Otago
Canterbury v Wellington
Central Districts v Northern Districts