Cricket: Bay of Plenty make solid start to tourney

Bay of Plenty had another solid win in the afternoon round of T20 competition. Photo / Thinkstock

Bay of Plenty and Northland lead the standings entering today's third day of the ND Senior Secondary Schoolgirls tournament being played in Tauranga.

Defending titleholders Bay of Plenty had a short and sharp game with Counties Manukau in their T20 round three game yesterday. Led by Tanieka Uerata and Briaana Perry, who each grabbed three wickets, the Bay side bowled Counties out for just 53. Tauranga Intermediate student Nensi Patel showed some of her immense potential when she top scored with 39 not out, as the Bay cruised to a nine wicket win.

Olivia Lobb shot to the top of the batting stakes at the tournament when she blasted an unbeaten 87 for Northland. Playing Waikato Valley, the team from the far north posted 129/9 and then restricted Waikato Valley to 94/7. Maria Wright took two wickets for 9 runs for Northland.

Hamilton, who was the only side to win two games on day one, tasted defeat in round three being beaten by Poverty Bay.

Bay of Plenty had another solid win in the afternoon round of T20 competition. Hamilton suffered their second defeat of the day, when the Bay bowlers strangled the Waikato side to just 50/6. Bay bowlers Brianna Perry and Greer Hill grabbed two wickets apiece. The Bay side won with seven wickets to spare.

Waikato Valley batswoman Sarah Parker took the Counties Manukau bowling attack apart as she smashed the tournament's top score of 96 not out. Her innings contained eleven 4s and two gigantic 6s as she blazed away with her bat. Waikato Valley posted a massive 172/1, with Hannah Foster grabbing a half century. Counties were removed for 79 with five run outs causing most of the damage.

Northland joined Bay of Plenty on nine points, after quickly despatching Poverty Bay, who were bowled out for just 42 runs. Northland bowler Caitlan Phillips did the damage with the ball taking a remarkable four wickets at a cost of just 2 runs. Jade Litchfield took her side to victory with an unbeaten 22 runs.

ND Senior Secondary Schoolgirls Tournament

Day 2:
Round 3, T20: Counties Manukau 53 (Tanieka Uerata 3/7, Briaana Perry 3/9) lost to Bay of Plenty 54/1 (Nensi Patel 37no); Hamilton 68/6 (Heather Walpole-Smith 22no; Nicole Torrie 3/8) lost to Poverty Bay 69/9 (N Torrie 20; Stephanie Taylor 2/4, Hannah Bree 2/7, Samantha Nation 2/9); Northland 129/5 (Olivia Lobb 87no, Sophie Daly 2/18) defeated Waikato Valley 94/7 (Maria Wright 2/9)

Round 4, T20: Poverty Bay 42 (Caitlan Phillips 4/2) lost to Northland 47/1 (Jade Litchfield 22no); Hamilton 50/6 (Brianna Perry 2/6, Greer Hill 2/12) lost to Bay of Plenty 54/3; Waikato Valley 172/1 (Sarah Parker 96no, Hannah Foster 50) defeated Counties Manukau 79, Jamie Swale 27, Sophie Daly 4/14)

Points: Northland 9, Bay of Plenty 9, Hamilton 6, Poverty Bay 6, Counties Manukau 3, Waikato Valley 3.

Today's draw for Round 5: 30 overs, 9am start: Hamilton v Northland, Waikato Valley v Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau v Poverty Bay.