CRICKET - Family affair on the field

As exam pressures begin to translate into shortages at the cricket pitch on Saturday the Edwards family answered the call - and finished up fielding quarter of the team.
Brothers Michael and James are regular players for the Whangarei Boys' High School Black team who play in the Whangarei senior third grade competition.
However on Saturday the team were struggling for numbers, so younger brother Ben was called into service for the match against Whangarei Boys' High School Red.
But the numbers still didn't add up to 11 and so team manager Tony Edwards - the boys' dad - took the field to take the total of Edwards to four. To cap it all off the team had a win.
High School Red scored 158, with Henry Cooper top scoring, run out just one run short of his half century. The Black team scored 159 for the loss of four wickets with Reece Dean (26 not out) and James Fife (40 not out) steering the team to victory.
• Results from the Whangarei Junior Cricket Association matches played at the weekend.-
A Grade
(First day of two day games): City 135 for six wkts. (Kashmir Harypursat 33, Andrew Vickers 26, Strachan McLeod 19, Mitchell Staite 10 n.o.; Dylan Jakicevich 3/27 ) v Kamo 105 for four wkts. (Jayden Gravatt 19, Daniel Ridgley 16 n.o., Thomas Ridgley 14, Jacob Cherrington 12; Jamie Satch 2/12).
Maungakaramea 152 for two wkts. (Liam O'Sullivan 32 ret, Aiden Miller 32, Jordan Antunovich 31 ret, Kieran Nelson 16, Nicholas Stobart 11 n.o.) v Kerikeri HS 54 for three wkts. (Matthew Hill 17 n.o., Luke Bowring 15).
Onerahi-Central Chiefs 143 for five wkts. (Cam Pilmer 39, Tyler Johansson 36, Kurt Benney 19; Ben Potter 3/27) v Onerahi-Central Green 71 (Sam Beazley 23 n.o.; Fraser Seymour 2/4, Alex Tunstall 2/12, Tom Herman 2/13).
B Grade
City White 83 for three wkts. (Josh Taylor 19, David Armitt 12, Justin Tomich 11; Daniel Robertson 2/6) bt City Blue 66 for nine wkts. (Justin Tomich 2/4, Dolan Baker 2/5, David Armitt 2/11).
Kamo 136 for two wkts. (Rhyce Brittan-Clarke 22 ret, Dylan Clarke 20 n.o., Hayden Waetford 12 n.o.) bt Onerahi-Central 46 for nine wkts. (Dylan Clarke 3/5, Sean Daniels 2/10); City Gold bt City Red (no details available).
C Grade
City Gold 85 (Tyler Berghan 14, James Greig 14, Mach Jones 12, James Martinac 10) bt Maungakaramea 79 (Ryan West 18, Tyler Nel 14, Dylan Nel 13; Stephen Bartlett 2/6).
Kamo White 107 (Matthew Kingi 16, Cameron Morris 15, Christian Anon 15, Ryan Anon 14, Paul Hart 12, Jess Turner 11; Macayla Brown 4/20, Karalee Lilly 3/9, Jacob Lilly 2/16) beat Tikipunga 68 (Karalee Lilly 47, Courtney Batistich 10; Cameron Morris 2/7, Paul Hart 2/9, Christian Anon 2/11).
Kamo Black 128 (Tim Osbaldiston 22, Hayden Tyrell 18, Ben Turner 14, Brad Miller 14, Shane Burton 12, Matt Kerr 10, James Edwards 10) bt City Blue 28 (Matt Kerr 3/1, James Edwards 2/0).
D Grade
City H 80 (Daniel Davis 16, Mitchell Reader 14) bt Kamo 35 (Marcus Morris 11, Lewis Miller 10).
Maunu 50 (Jake Sentch 24; Quinn Pooley 2/1, Kurt Oldridge 2/4) bt City Yovich 33 (Jake Sentch 2/7).
The draw for this Saturday.-
A Grade (day two of two-day games, 8.45am to 12.15pm): Maungakaramea v Kerikeri HS Tikipunga 1, Onerahi-Central Chiefs v Onerahi-Central Green Tikipunga 2, Kamo v City Tikipunga 3. B Grade (25 overs, 9am to 12noon): City Blue v City Gold, K4, City Red v Onerahi-Central, K5, City White v Kamo K6. C Grade (8 a-side, 20 overs each, 9am to 11.15am): City Gold v Kamo Black 9, Kamo White v City Blue 10, Maungakaramea v Tikipunga 11. D Grade (8 a-side, 16 overs each, 9am to 11am): City Hopkins v City Yovich 12, Kamo v Maunu 13.
Enquiries to: City, Russell Smith 437 5067; Kamo, Tony Edwards 438 2254; Kerikeri, John Drake 407 6061; Maungakaramea, Mike O'Sullivan 432 3741; Maunu, Cleve Bloor 438 8060; Onerahi-Central, Barry Cooper 435 0695; Tikipunga, Susan Dickson 437 3782.