A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.
You would want to win the toss if you were playing the High School Old Boys’ Pups . . . otherwise you could be chasing a large total.
Pups captain and opening batsman Blake Marshall — the only centurion in either of the Saturday or Wednesday Junior Colts leagues —
won the toss v the Eastland Broncos and elected to bat.
The Pups were bowled out for 165 in 21.4 overs of the last nine-a-side, 30-over game before Christmas.
Though opener Marshall made 40 with the support of Campbell Steele (35) at No.5 and first-drop Ben Phelps (30), the Broncos’ bowlers did an excellent job of containing the batsmen. Medium-pacer Sam Briant (1-8-3) and leg-spinner David Gray (1-19-3) were among their best.
In response, the Broncos were bowled out for 120 in 20.4 overs for a 45-run win to the Pups.
