Cricket Wellington
Cricket Wellington Media Release
Thursday 22 November
Tararua Shield Hits Wellington
The Tararua Shield competition moves into the second round this weekend with fixtures taking place in Wellington.
Wellington City will host Wairarapa at Kilbirnie Park on Sunday and the hosts will be looking to get their campaign
underway after their match was abandoned against Manawatu earlier this month. The City bowlers started strongly to have
Manawatu on the ropes at 45-5 but the weather eventually kicked in forcing the game to be called off. City has made a
couple of changes for their match against Wairarapa which features the inclusion of Johnsonville bowler Seth Rance.
Rance is playing his first season in Wellington and will line up against his former team, that he helped earn a Hawke
Cup Challenge last season.
Hutt Valley has named an unchanged line up for their match against Manawatu after beating Wairarapa by 216 runs in their
first game. The Hutt boys currently lead the competition and will be looking to secure a finals spot with a win this
weekend. A number of the Hutt players are in reasonable form, with New Zealand Under 19 player Henry Walsh following up
his 81 ball 123 against Wairarapa with a century for Taita in club cricket.
Both games start at 10:30am and the forecast looks promising for a good day’s cricket.
Teams for this Sunday are:
Wellington City team to play Wairarapa
Kilbirnie Park, Wellington
10:30am
Umpires: Grant McAlister and Lui Els
Dry, Lance (Eastern Suburbs) – captain
Blundell, Tom (Karori)
Fletcher, Andrew (Onslow)
Friday, Tipene (North City)
Gajanayaka, Chamika (Eastern Suburbs)
Pollard, Michael (North City)
Rance, Seth (Johnsonville)
Tugaga, Illi (Wellington Collegians)
Naguleswaran, Niranjan (Eastern Suburbs)
Orton, Ben (Eastern Suburbs)
Rhodes, Barry (Onslow)
Sewell, Jarred (Karori)
Coach: Lance Dry
Manager: Doug Pollock
Hutt Valley team to play Manawatu
Hutt Rec, Lower Hutt
10:30am
Umpires: Campbell Barry and Jeremy Busby
Houghton, Mark (Taita) – captain
Taylor, Matthew (Upper Hutt)
Ward, Nick (Petone-Eastbourne)
Colson, Fraser (Hutt District)
Tunnicliffe, Phil (Taita)
Walsh, Henry (Taita)
Cudby, Darren (Hutt District)
Williams , Adam (Naenae Old Boys)
Newton, Ollie (Upper Hutt)
McPeake, Iain (Hutt District)
Chan, Sunnie (Wainuiomata)
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