Canterbury has been spoilt for cricket so far in 2010 with the U19 World Cup and the HRV Cup to name two big prizes being played for in our region. Over and above this there have been many representative tournaments taking place featuring Canterbury sides all over the country. The following are results from various representative games played during January.
Under 19 World Cup Warm Up Matches:
Canterbury
XI v USA:
Canterbury XI 167 (C. McGoldrick 30, C. McConchie 31, H. Teale 22, T. Walsh 33 not out)
USA Under 19s 168-7 (S. Ghous 47 not out, M. McEwan 4-30)
USA Under 19s won by 3 wkts.
Canterbury
XI v Afghanistan:
Canty 258 – 6 (J. Abraham 38, T. Astle 65, S. Noster 69 not out, A. Alam 2–40, H. Hotak 2–31)
Afghanistan 261 – 9 (J. Ahmadi 95, S. Hashmatullah 81, R. McCone 3–58, T.Astle 3-46)
Afghanistan won by 1 wkt.
Canterbury
U17's v Hong Kong:
Hong Kong 243 – 9 (I. Ahmed 60, W. Borkat 52, Smith 74, E. Nuttall 2–40, J. Tucker 2-45, L. Davidson 2-35)
Canterbury U17's 203 all out (B. Ward 53, A.Yugaraja 58, J.Harper 26, N. Fili 3-35, A. Khan 2-28)
Hong Kong won by 40 runs.
Canterbury
XI v Afghanistan:
Canterbury XI 327-4 (B. Walsh 141 n.o., S. Borthwick 74, H. Nicholls 54 n.o. from 24 balls, M. Ahmadzai 3-47)
Afghanistan 135 (S. Borthwick 4-29, S. Lipshaw 2-11)
Canterbury XI won by 192 runs.
Nichols and Walsh featured in a partnership of 134 runs from 53 balls in 37 minutes.
Canterbury
XI v Hong Kong:
Canterbury XI 269-7 (C. McGoldrick 77, H. Teale 67 not out, J. Case 40, I. Ahmed 3-56)
Hong Kong U19s 205 (S. Haq 55, H. Singh 51, M. McEwan 3-48, M. Laffey 3-28)
Canterbury XI won by 64 runs.
Canterbury
XI v Afghanistan:
Afghanistan 169 (J. Ahmadi 43, S. Noster 3-18, T. Astle 2-16, I. Robertson 2-9)
Canterbury XI 171-5 (I. Robertson 28, K. Ambler 70, J. Abraham 30 not out)
Canterbury XI won by 5 wickets.
Canterbury
U17s v USA:
USA 96 (J. Tapper 4-16, E. Nuttall 3-18, T. van Woerkom 2-11)
Canterbury U17s 97-5 (K. McClure 50 not out)
Canterbury Under 17s won by 5 wkts.
Under 15 Zonal Matches
Canterbury
U15 ‘A’ v Otago U17 Development Team:
One day:
Otago U17 Devt 129 (G. Butterick 2-26, C. Warner 2-30, T. Dixon 2-6)
Canterbury U15 ‘B’ 49-1 Rain
Match drawn
Canterbury U15 ‘B’ 119 (H. Betty 45 not out, M. Hogan 20)
Otago U17 Devt 71 (M. Long 2-19, G. Butterick 2-13, L.Carter 2-8)
Canterbury U15 ‘B’ won by 48 runs.
Canterbury
U15 ‘B’ v Otago U15 ‘A’:
Two day:
Canterbury U15 ‘B’ 246-6 dec (J. Benton 56 not out, A. Chapman 50, G. Drake 29, G. Hewitt 25, J. Boyle 23) and 88-5 dec (G. Drake 28)
Otago U15 ‘A’ 153 (M. Ross 3-19, J. Benton 3-6) and 185-8 (M. Ross 2-39, J. Boyle 2-35, J. Benton 2-16)
Otago U15 ‘A’ won by 2 wkts.
One day:
Otago U15 ‘A’ 226-9 (M. Ross 2-18, G. Drake 2-57, J. Benton 2-32)
Canterbury U15 ‘B’ 227-7 (A. Chapman 51, G. Drake 29, D. O’Brien 24 not out)
Canterbury U15 ‘B’ won by 3 wkts.
Canterbury Under 14 Tournament
Christchurch
Metro v Canterbury Regions:
Christchurch Metro 132 (R. Jones 33, W. Brown 14, R. Gibbens 2-13, M. Parker 2-29)
Canterbury Regions 88 (J. Forsyth 16, O. Bragg 14, T. Wilford 3-13, M. Dewar 3-13, J. Walton 2-15)
Christchurch Metro won by 44 runs.
Canterbury
Regions v Southern Districts:
Southern Districts 110-9 (R. Bell 30, L. Cosgrove 20, R. Gibbens 4-16, M. Parker 3-24)
Canterbury Regions 114-5 (A. Sears 36, H. Shipley 27 not out, L. Cosgrove 2-17)
Canterbury Regions won by 5 wkts.
Southern Districts v Christchurch Metro:
Southern Districts 141-9 (J. Southby 36, B. Walker 26, P. Simpson 18, J. Costello 4-34, J. Hunt 2-21, M. Dewar 2-24)
Christchurch Metro 143-7 (S. Forster 44, T. Wilford 19 not out, D. Stanley 20, L. Cosgrove 2-26)
Christchurch Metro won by 3 wkts.
Secondary Schoolgirls Tournament, Hastings
Canterbury
v Wellington
Canterbury 116 (Jessica Hastings 32, Laura Hughes 19)
Wellington 117/0
Wellington
won by 10 wkts.
Canterbury
v Hawkes Bay
Canterbury 86 (Sam Fitzsimons 27, Hayley Aburn 16)
Hawkes Bay 90/6 (Sarah Gagliardi 2/21)
Hawkes
Bay
won by 4 wkts.
Canterbury
v Auckland
Canterbury 48
Auckland 50/3
Auckland
won by 7 wkts.