Cricket Results 31 October 2015

WBHS 1st XI v Mount Albert Grammar School
The first day of the penultimate Championship match against Mount Albert Grammar School proved to be a fascinating contest with 24 wickets falling on the day. MAGS were bowled out for 101, with Cooper Spiller knocking over the top order with 2/3 while Wesley Sleep took 5/8 off 5 overs with his ultra-slow change ups.

Westlake were in early trouble at 30/5 and struggled to 115 all out, thereby winning the first innings. Opener Adam Baard carried his team’s innings with a superb 50, while Ryan Doubell clobbered a quick 27. The day ended with MAGS on 30/4, after Cooper Spiller had another excellent bowling spell with 3/14.

WBHS 2nd XI v Auckland Grammar School 2nd XI
Captain Redpath won the toss and elected to bat on a flat Grammar track. Openers Knowles and Young batted well to blunt the new ball which allowed an excellent partnership of 107 between Cameron Abrahamse 93 (who was unfortunate not to get to his ton) and debutant Sid Mahajan 52 to power us 213/6. We knew the afternoon was going to be tough and the first Grammar wicket fell on 97 and the second on 142 due a great piece of keeping from Carl Kirstein. Consistent line and length ensured the run rate became an issue for Grammar and they were unable to break free. All the bowlers chipped in and restricted Grammar to 195/6. A really good win by 18 runs.

WBHS 3rd XI v Kristin School
Kristin School won the toss and batted first to score 174/9 in their 45 overs. Best bowlers were Shreyas Borgaonkar 3/25 and Andrew Wickens 3/50. We conceded 50 wides! Westlake were 92 all out, a loss by 82 runs.

Colts 1 v St Kentigern School
Westlake’s Colt 1 team had a very good game albeit with a loss against St Kents. We batted first and lost 4 wickets by the 15th over. A solid 97 run partnership from Jock McKenzie and Ryan Zent, who both got 40s took us through to 155/8 at the end of 45 overs. Although we lost by 9 wickets we took them to two overs to go before St Kents scored the runs.

Colts 2 v Rangitoto College
In a close match Colts 2 suffered a one run loss against Rangitoto College on the weekend. Rangitoto batted first and scored a creditable 170 for 8 off 45 overs. Dropping their leading batsman and top run scorer three times was not helpful to Westlake. The pick of the bowling was the Alec Bennie with 4 for 15 -narrowly missing out on a five wicket haul.

Westlake began the chase well with an opening stand of 30 before the partnership of the game with a 117 stand between Mitchell Gray (47) and Yomal Athukorala (63) placed Colts 2 in a commanding position in the 37th over. The steady stream of falling wickets saw the last pair at the crease needing 5 runs off the last over. With a run needed off the last ball for a tie, the team fell short being 169 for 8 at the end of the game.

Colts Red v Rangitoto College
Rangitoto College – 76 all out in 22 overs
Colts Red – 80/0 in 12 overs
Colts Red win by 10 wickets
Anthony Barmes 51 not out
George Smith 17 not out
Ethan Macdonald 3/15 in 5 overs
Callan Pryde 2/15 in 4 overs
Matthew White 2/20 in 7 overs

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