Junior secondary schools cricket tournament tough

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

POVERTY Bay started their Northern Districts junior secondary schools cricket tournament with three losses in Manurewa this week.

Chasing Bay of Plenty Coastlands’ 115-6, Poverty Bay were 67-8 at the end of their 20 overs. Drew Scott top-scored with 21.

The Bay also lost to Counties Manukau, who posted 147-4 before restricting the Bay to 84-9.

Despite a superb 121 off 133 balls from Thorn Parkes in a 50-over game yesterday, the Bay lost to Waikato Valley.

Parkes’s innings included 17 fours as he found the gaps brilliantly to lead his side to 198 in 48.4 overs.

Jack Faulkner picked up 5-36. Angus Orsler (0-8 off five overs) and Travis Mitchell (1-29 off nine overs) did their bit at the death to stem the flow of runs but Waikato Valley’s Jake Russ (103 not out) took his side to 199-9 in the 47th over.