But Cornwall recovered to set Poverty Bay a target of 97.
Levy, who also plays football and has been selected in the Central Federation u14 team, opened the Bay batting with Keeley Smiler.
They put on 38 runs before Smiler was bowled, and the chase looked good when Levy retired with 35 runs off 25 balls.
Baxendale (16) and Jess Steele (10) made useful contributions as Poverty Bay closed in on the target.
Savannah McGhee and Mandy Pardoe were at the crease in the last over, and the Bay needed one to tie off the last ball. However, the ball went through to the wicketkeeper with no chance of a run, and Cornwall had hung on for the win.
Game 2 was played in a Twenty20 format. Poverty Bay bowled first again, and Margot Dymock and Steele bowled accurately to limit Apperley’s scoring.
Apperley retired with 22 runs off 25 balls.
Baxendale took a wicket with her first ball, showing the value of slower and spin bowlers. McGhee emphasised that, with her two overs going for only six runs later in the innings.
Steele, Pardoe and Smiler chipped in with a wicket each, all bowled, while Amy Thomas deserved a wicket and gave up only six runs off her two overs.
Cornwall posted 102, and the Bay responded with a slow and steady start.
Steele and Smiler opened, and after six overs Poverty Bay had 19 runs.
When Steele was bowled, Dymock came to the wicket and looked to increase the run rate.
She and Smiler ran well between the wickets, taking smart singles and twos.
Smiler retired on 16, having shown great improvement in technique and concentration since last season.
Pardoe and Dymock continued to run well, until Dymock was run out on 22.
Levy looked to bat aggressively but this time it didn’t work out, and Pardoe was run out soon after.
Baxendale was joined at the wicket by Nuhaka’s Grace Kuil, a powerful hitter and smart runner. Together they got the 30 runs required from the last five overs, with an over to spare.
Kayley Knight, who was too old to be playing, umpired and scored for Poverty Bay.
The team were also well supported by travelling parents.
Next assignment for the side is the Northern Districts under-15 tournament at Kaipara on November 11 and 12.
Poverty Bay coach Mel Knight said that as coach of the Northern Districts u15s for the national tournament in Whanganui in January, she hoped a few Poverty Bay girls would push for selection.
