2012-13 News

National Club Championships
Cornwall Park, Auckland 9 - 14th April 2013

The creme of New Zealand’s club cricketers descends on Cornwall Park from April 9th - 14th to battle it out for the title of National Club Champion. A tournament hosted and run by the Cornwall Cricket Club, it includes the one day champions from each major Association. The MIGHTY EASTS have qualified to be Wellington’s representative and they’ll be joined by Parnell (Auckland), Kaipara Flats (Northern), Marist-United (Central), Eastern Suburbs (Wellington), Old Boys-Collegians (Canterbury) and Kaikorai (Otago).

The tournament consists of five day’s of round robin play with a finals day on Sunday 14th April.

National Club Championships begin today

  9 Apr - Easts 265-9 V Marist-United (CD) 138-10 .... Scorecard
              Win to Easts by 128 runs
              Ben Orton 59, Josh Mclauchlan 41, Andrew Fullerton-Smith 38,
              Chamika Gajanayaka 53 + 5 catches & 1 stumping & Lance Dry 3-22

10 Apr - Easts 255-10 V Kaikorai (Otago) 182-8 .... Scorecard
              Loss by 2 wickets (2nd Innings reduced to 35 overs and 34.3 bowled)
              Jeremy Dean 42, Andrew Fullerton-Smith 53, Niranjan Naguleswaran 36

11 Apr - Easts 297-8 V Kaipara Flats (ND) 53-5 .... Scorecard
              Match Abandoned
              Ben Orton 84, Andrew-Fullerton-Smith 25, Chamika Gajanayaka 76*,
              Lance Dry 62*, Ronald Karaitiana 1.4-0-9-3
              (66 runs off last 2 overs - Chamika 32 4x6 2x4, Lance 34 5x6 1x4)

Wellington Cricket ....

12 Apr - Easts 304-6 V Parnell (Auckland) 181-10 .... Scorecard
              Win by 123 runs
              Jeremy Dean 112, Ben Orton 101*, Ronald Karaitiana 5-37
              Jamie Gibson 3-36

              Wellington Cricket ....

Points Table with Net Run Rate (as at end of Round 4)

             Eastern Suburbs - Wellington 7 (1.24)
             Kaikorai - Otago 7 (0.08)
             Old Boys Collegians - Canterbury 7 (-0.02)
             New Plymouth Marist Utd - Central Districts 7 (-0.38)
             Kaipara Flats - Northern Districts 4 (0.12)
             Parnell - Auckland 1 (-1.17)

13 Apr - Easts 120-10 V Old Boys-Collegians (Canterbury) 125-10 .... Scorecard
Loss by 5 runs
Jeremy Dean 48

Final Matches

14 Apr - Easts V Marist-United (CD) .... Scorecard

Wellington Cricket Awards for 2012/2013

Another outstanding year for the Eastern Surburbs Cricket Club by retaining the Wilkinson Pearce Cup, six trophies and three East teams in first place in competitions along with the retention of the Cook Shield by the Premier Men’s team for another season.

Provincial A MVP Josh Brodie - Eastern Suburbs

Premier Mens Competition (awarded the Wilkinson Pearce Cup) - Eastern Suburbs

Premier Mens One Day Competition (awarded the Ewen Chatfield Cup) - Eastern Suburbs

Fifth Grade Award Winners - Easts Aces

Sixth Grade Award Winners - Easts Smoking Pineapples

Royal Visit Cup (Awarded to the Wellington club with the highest aggregate points) - Eastern Suburbs Club

Cook Shield The Premier Men’s competition that runs much like rugby’s Ranfurly Shield with clubs having to beat the holders outright over two days to win it. We have successfully defended this 33 times now.

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Another Pearce Cup for Easts !!!!!

The MIGHTY EASTS Premier Team have demolised Karori inside 2 days to win by 9 wickets and the Wilkinson Pearce Cup is back in our cupboard, where it has been for 11 of the last 12 years. The boys have brought the trophy back home AGAIN !!!!!!

After Day 1 you may have had some doubts with Karori 155-10 and Easts struggling at 78-6. However a slow but steady recovery on the 2nd day saw Easts achieve 137-10, only 18 behind on the 1st Innings. Karori’s 2nd innings was then in complete disarray with some excellent bowling by Ricky Joseph taking 6-41 and Jamie Gibson 4-50. Lance Dry only used 2 of his bowlers in Karori’s 2nd innings and had them all out for 96 in 25.5 overs. What a turnaround - now it was up to Easts!!! 115 runs required to get for the win and Josh Brodie 56*, Ben Orton 38 and Josh Mclauchlan 17* got us home in 19.5 overs with some positive batting.

Congratulations to the Premier Team !!!!!

Scorebook
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Wellington Cricket - Day 1
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DominionPost - Day 1
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Premier Team qualify for 2013 Wilkinson Pearce Cup Final

The Premier Team are the top qualifiers for the 2012/13 seasons Wilkinson Pearce Cup Final.

The 3 day final is to be played at the Hawkins Basin Reserve from Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March 2013 so get out there to support Lance Dry and his Premier team to win the Wilkinson Pearce Cup for another year.

"Go the MIGHTY EASTS"

The Premier team has also continued to defend the Cook Shield for two day games, home and away, and can put that away for another season. Successful defenses now total 33 ( 5 years ).

End of Season Prizegiving Dinner

The End of Season Prizegiving Dinner will be held on Saturday 23rd March at the Clubrooms - come along after you’ve finished play. The magnificent spread will be served at 8.30pm. Only $20 per head.

Mystery entertainer/floor show!!!!!!

I want all teams represented. Gordie

New record 10th wicket partnership for Premier team

Captain Lance Dry 58 and Sebastian Logan 59* set a new 10th wicket partnership of 116 runs in the 2 day game against Karori at the weekend - 2 March 2013. The previous record of 112, set in 2011, was held by Lance Dry and Ricky Joseph.

Congratulations Lance & Seb !!!!

New record 2nd wicket partnership for Premier team

Ankur Bassi 117 and Chamika Gajanayaka 136* set a new 2nd wicket partnership of 193 runs in the 2 day game against Wellington Collegians at the weekend - 2 February 2013. The previous record of 125, set in 2011, was held by Ben Orton and Josh Brodie.

Congratulations Ankur & Chamika !!!!

Premier Team win Ewen Chatfield Cup for 2013 in 1 Day Final

Thanks to a magnificent all-round display by 19-year-old Jamie Gibson 96* and 5-34, Easts defended their title and return to Auckland in April for another crack at the national club championship.

An incredible game it was with the Premier team in trouble from the start being 60-7 but then a 125 partnership between Jamie Gibson 96* and captain Lance Dry 32 led to the completion of the 50 overs scoring 222-8. Karori started well after opener Luke Scully scored a brisk 83 and Tom Scully 44, but were looking good in their chase before Jamie Gibson, returning from a sharp opening spell, and Lance Dry (2-10 off eight) slammed the brakes on. Karori were dismissed for 191 in the 44th over, losing seven wickets for 53.

Congratulations to the team - THE MIGHTY EASTS !!!

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Man of the moment Jamie Gibson helps Wellington City team win Dempster Shield

Wellington City has taken out the Dempster Shield with two overs to spare in a frenetic three day game on the Hawkins Basin Reserve over Anniversary Weekend. Needing to win the game outright after conceding first innings, City captain Lance Dry set Hutt Valley 278 off 71 overs which proved to be a masterstroke with the latter falling two overs short. The man of the moment was Eastern Suburbs allrounder Jamie Gibson who finished Hutt off with figures of 6-25 in a spirited spell of bowling.

Jamie also top scored in the first innings (Wellington City 276) scoring 73 runs.

Well down to the Lance and Jamie !!!

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Ben Orton gets call up for Wellington Firebirds Twenty20 team

Easts opening batsman gets callup to play for the Wellington Firebirds in their Twenty20 match against Canterbury Wizards at Mainpower Oval, Rangiora - 6th Jan 2013.

Ben came in at No.3 and scored 37* off 32 balls and also took two catches. The Firebirds won by 57 runs. Well done Ben !!!!

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Josh Brodie & Ben Orton in top form for Wellington Provincial A team

Wellington & East’s Ben Orton scored the only century of the day across all three games and finished unbeaten on 105 off 115 balls. With Josh Brodie (95), he put on 202 for the opening wicket to guarantee his side the points in a weather-shortened contest. Read more Wellington Cricket ....

The batting performance of the day once again came from Wellington, who made 300 for five in their 50 overs. Josh Brodie followed his 95 up yesterday with 110 at the top of the innings. Read more Wellington Cricket ....

Third game opener Ben Orton scored 27, while yesterday’s centurion Josh Brodie made just 11. Read more Wellington Cricket ....

Wellington Provincial A were crowned as champions at Lincoln and Josh Brodie ended as the leading run-scorer for the tournament with 364 runs to his name, despite playing two less games than everyone else. Brodie had a top score of 110 and averaged 60.66 for the tournament. Well done Josh and the other East Premier players Ben Orton and Niranjan Naguleswaran.

Lance Dry looking forward to 2013

Eastern Suburbs captain Lance Dry can’t wait for the new year. He has skippered his team to 10 of the last 11 titles and they lead this season’s competition by nine points.

He’s always advocated two tiers of six teams and this two-month preamble, or grading games as CW have called them, have been a waste of everyone’s time in his view.

"We beat Wainui by 250 and who enjoyed that? No-one," Dry said.

The pre-Christmas diet of Twenty20 and one-day cricket hasn't done much for him, either.

"The real meaningful cricket's been cut, with only five two-dayers now, when we used to have seven. They make you . . . play proper cricket, where in 50 overs, you’ve still got four or five guys dominating," he said.

"In two-day cricket, there’s more opportunity to actually play and show some skills. Captains actually have to captain too."

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New record 3rd wicket partnership for Premier team

Josh Brodie 87 and Ronald Karaitiana 101 set a new 3rd wicket partnership of 175 runs in the 1 day game against Wainuiomata at the weekend. The previous record of 147, set in 2006, was held by Jeremy Dean and Scott Golder.

Congratulations Josh & Ronald

New format for 2012/2013 Premier Grade Cricket Released

Cricket Wellington has announced the Wilkinson Club Cricket Premier and Premier Reserve Grade draws for the 2012/13 season.

This season sees the introduction of a new competition structure for club cricket with the introduction of the Premier and Premier Reserve grades. Each grade contains thirteen clubs who met a set of criteria established through the recent Club Cricket Review.

The new structure features the Twenty20 format running as a separate competition including games scheduled for Wednesday evenings in December and January. Ten One Day rounds will determine who contests for the Wilkinson Pearce Cup and Hazlett Trophy in the Two Day format. The Wellington Under 20 representative team will feature again this season and participate in the One Day competition, it will be replaced in the Two Day competition by the top placed Premier Reserve team.

To read more about the new format and view the season flowchart .... Wellington Cricket

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