Bailie shines behind stumps

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Daniel Bailie had golden gloves at Nelson Park on Saturday.

Two weeks after taking 3-14 from two overs of leg-spin against the Ngatapa Knights in T15 competition, Bollywood High School Old Boys Pups wicketkeeper Bailie held two catches and completed three run-outs in their 110-run win against the same team in the T30 Junior Colts Cricket League.

Ollie Egan and Taye McGuinness (the latter twice) found Bailie over the stumps with batsmen short of their ground attempting singles.

Ngatapa captain Aiden Armstrong won the toss and chose to bat first. They lost 12 wickets for 114 runs in 27.5 overs.

First-drop Ted Gillies was their leading scorer, hitting four fours in his 21 runs from 27 balls.

Bailie held catches off the bowling of skipper Taye McGuinness (2-10 off three overs) and Riki Reedy (2-15 off 3.5), while fellow seamer Charlie Whitfield took 2-8 off four overs.

Pups opener Ollie Egan (71 not out from 54 balls, with 13 fours) and second-drop Malsha Mahabalage (41 off 39, with six fours) then took up the cudgels in earnest. Mahabalage is a timer; Egan is a striker. Both retired.

Medium-pacers Max Hammond (2-4 off two overs) and Harvey Reynolds (2-13 off four) were the most accurate of the Knights' bowlers as the Pups batted to term — 30 overs — losing eight wickets in a total of 224. The 224 was made up of 151 runs off the bat, 48 conventional extras and 25 runs awarded for five wickets taken in the Ngatapa batsmen's “grace period” — batsmen cannot be out in the first six balls they face.

“It's cool that the players get to have a go at every skill — I like 'keeping, batting and bowling,” said Bailie, 12.

“We're excited not just about playing games, we like the training, too.”

It was magnificent.

Left-hander Oliver Mackintosh's pull-shot to the boundary off Jess Hayward sealed OBR's four-run win against TWCC.

The David File Decorators Old Boys Rugby Sharks achieved victory against the Tairawhiti Women's Cricket Club Hortigro Colts with nine balls to spare.

No.7 Mackintosh (25no) and No.8 Taylor Scott (3no) were the batsmen in the middle as OBR (179-8) chased down the TWCC total of 175-11.

TWCC captain Grace Kuil had won the toss, and her side batted to term with three superb innings in that total: Kuil (32) at No.5, second-drop Hayward (24) and opener Savannah McGhee (23).

Sharks skipper Izayah Morrison (3-33 off four overs) and another quality seamer, Ben Langford (2-19 off four), bowled well against an astute, efficient TWCC batting unit.

For the Sharks, No.3 Langford (29no off 30 balls) and opener Jack Holden's 25 from 30 were the best individual efforts ahead of Mackintosh.

Left-armer Neve Loffler took 3-18 off four overs and Claudia Wallace 2-17 off four both posed a constant threat.

The DNature Dragons-Bollywood High School Old Boys Stars scorecard could not be found.