NZCT V Rathkeale Colts
Wednesday 20 February
PNBHS NZCT combined Year 9/10 Knockout team played their first game against Rathkeale Colts at Rathkeale. Rathkeale chose to bat first on a worn pitch that was popping off a length. They made a steady start and were 42/1 off 12 overs. The introduction of Jett Donald-Charnley quickly changed Rathkeale’s innings as he tore through their middle order and combined well with year 9 Tom Collier to completely halt Rathkeale’s progress. Rathkeale collapsing to be 83 all out.
Jett Donald-Charnley 6-9 off 6 overs with 5 of these wickets being clean bowled.
Tom Collier 2-6 off 6.1 overs.
In reply, PNBHS did lose a couple of early wickets, but after that, the batsman comfortably reached the target for the loss of only 3 wickets. Skipper Aadesh Ganugapati was the major contributor with 29 not out where he was particularly severe on anything loose hitting 5 boundaries.
A win to PNBHS by 7 wickets.
