Three outright victories in round three of the U17 tournament

Canterbury and Northern Districts occupy first and second spot on the points table after picking up maximum points in round three. Auckland also completed an outright win but were behind after the first innings so only picked up two points.

It was bowling star Theo Van Woerkom who Canterbury have to thank for the win after ripping through Central Districts batsman Daniel Wightman off the final ball of the match to hand them the 100 run outright win. Van Woerkom finished with five for 33 – his third five wicket haul of the tournament. Earlier, Canterbury batsmen Andrew McCracken blasted a quick fire 46 not out to give his team a lead of 208. Central were all out for 107 with Mitchell Drummond top scoring with 31.

Northern Districts took their first inning score through to 249 for eight before declaring with a 102 run lead. Mathew Gurrey (3-31), Sean Davey (3-33) and Henry Cooper (2-33) then tore through the Otago line up to have them all out for 178, leaving 77 for the outright win. They did it in a canter, losing only one wicket with Henry Cooper (27*), Joseph Carter (25*) guiding them home.

It was a dramatic come from behind win for Auckland after conceding a 17 run first inning lead to Wellington. Simon Middleton, fresh off his double century on day four, starred again hitting 72 as the Aucklanders chased down the 217 required with one over to spare. Middleton was well supported by Wesley Jarman who struck 57.

Matches are 2 day games

Central Districts v Canterbury
Toss: Central Districts won the toss and bowled
Canterbury 241-7 declared in 100.1 overs (K McClure 65 not out, A Yugaraja 42, Stan Mair 3-43, D Wightman 2-45)
Central Districts 110 – 8 declared (Matthew Stringfellow 36, Edward Nuttall 2-26, James Tucker 2-25, Theo Van Woerkom 2-18)

Second Innings
Canterbury 76/1 declared in 10.5 overs (Andrew McCracken 46*)
Central Districts107 all out in 53 overs (Mitchell Drummond 31,Ben Hitchcock 22; Theo van Woerkom 5-33, James Tucker 2-12)

Result: Outright win to Canterbury by 100 runs (wicket off the final ball)

Northern Districts v Otago
Toss: Northern Districts won the toss and bowled.
Otago 147 – all out 53 overs (M Collins 51, J Brown 30, J Walker 8-37 (20 overs, 7 maidens)
Northern Districts – 249/8 declared (Jared McDonald 38, Ben Hyde 64, Mathew Cole 41, Henry Cooper 30, Ash Vodnala 29; Jacob Duffy 2-66, Gregor Croudis 2-87, Quentin Gare 2-21, Regan McCormack 2-13)

Second innings
Otago 178 all out (Jonty Brown 22, Michael Collins 27, Hamish Cooke 58, Regan McCormack 22, Mathew Gurrey 3-31, Sean Davey 3-33, Henry Cooper 2-33)

Northern Districts 77 /1 off 13.1 overs (Henry Cooper 27*, Joseph Carter 25*, Jared McDonald 23)
Result: Outright Victory to Northern Districts by 9 wickets

Auckland v Wellington
Toss: Wellington won the toss and batted
Wellington 200 all out in 71.3 overs (Luke Scully 55, Andrew Fletcher 64, Ish Sodhi 6-43)
Auckland 113 all out in 45.4overs (Wesley Jarman 39, Ish Sodhi 32; Charlie McLean 2-27, Henry Walsh 2-27, Corey Larsen 3-23, Brent Compton 2-4)

Second innings
Wellington 2nd Innings 130/6 declared in 22 overs (Sam Dean 41, Andrew Fletcher 27, Brad Chin 23, Dion Gibbins 22 not out (10 balls), Sean Solia 3-28)

Auckland 2nd Innings 220/7 in 53 overs (Simon Middleton 72, Wesley Jarman 57, Sean Solia 33*; Josh Cuttance 3-36)
Result: Outright Win to Auckland by 3 wickets with 1 over to spare.


Points Table – End of Round 3

P Outright First Innings Win First Innings Loss with Outright Win First Innings Loss



Outright

Loss Pen



No Result Pts
Canterbury 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
Northern Districts 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 10
Wellington 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 8
Auckland 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2
Central Districts 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Otago 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0