Y2 Thunderbirds

Collegian Thunderbirds won by 27 runs to Karori Cheetahs.

Played at Basin Reserve 6 in warm & cloudy conditions, although the ground was very damp for the game.

Harry Basire was Thunderbirds captain of the day and Karori Cheetahs won the toss and chose to bat first.

Karori scored 50 runs, all wickets lost were as run outs so a great fielding effort by the Thunderbirds.

Thunderbirds had one of their better batting efforts of the season to get a total of 77 for a comfortable win to end the season.

Well done boys!

Thanks to Graeme Basire (Harry's Dad) for scoring this week.

• Player of the Day = Harry Basire
• Honours Board performances this week;

Harry Basire = 20 runs
Xavier McKnight = 4 run outs

Match result – Collegian Thunderbirds won by 32 runs to J'ville Lesvos Shoe Repairs.

Played at Alex Moore Park J5 in warm & sunny conditions, although the ground was very damp for the game.

Matthew Harvey-White was Thunderbirds captain of the day and J'ville Lesvos Shoe Repairs won the toss and chose to field first.

Thunderbirds scored 46 runs, with the runs evenly spread and lots of good little partnerships. Only 4 wickets lost for the entire innings so a great effort.

This meant we were going to need to field well and the Thunderbirds sure did that. Some great straight bowling and really tight fielding restricted J'ville Lesvos Shoe Repairs to only 14 runs.

4th win of the season. Well done boys!

Thanks to Neil (Benji's Dad) for scoring this week.

• Player of the Day = Harry Basire
• Honours Board performances this week; Harry Basire = 2 Bowled wickets

Match result – Collegian Thunderbirds won by 13 runs to Easts Spiders.

Played at Miramar Park J1 in warm & sunny conditions, although the ground was very wet for the first half of the game.

Casper Rifkov was Thunderbirds captain of the day and East Alligators won the toss and chose to Bat first.

Spiders scored 52 runs, with the Thunderbirds returning to their best in the field and bowled well to get 9 dismissals in total.

Thunderbirds batted steadily early on and picked up the pace towards the end of the innings. The last two partnerships were the two highest for the Thunderbird's entire season, with 29 for Harry & Xavier, and 24 for Fenlon & Benji.

This enabled us to post a toal of 65 and get our 3rd win of the season. Well done boys!

Thanks to Stephen (Fenlon's Dad) for scoring this week.

Player of the Day = Benji Anderson

Honours Board performances this week:

• Benji Anderson = 4 Bowled wickets and 1 run out
• Fenlon Bayley = 2 Bowled wickets

Collegian Thunderbirds lost by 4 runs to Easts Alligators.

Played at Anderson Park # 4 in warm & sunny conditions.

Harry Basire was Thunderbirds captain of the day and East Alligators won the toss and chose to Field first.

Thunderbirds scored 51 with the Bat, Fenlon did well getting 14 runs (the highest individual score of the season so far).

Thunderbirds fielded and bowled well to keep the game close to the end, the two teams ended up with the same runs (61) but Easts Alligators lost a few less wickets for a total of 55.

• Player of the Day = Fenlon Bayley
• Honours Board performances this week; N/A (Team effort)

1st Win of the Season achieved by the Thunderbirds team!

Match result

Collegian Thunderbirds won by 19 runs against Easts Rams.

Played at Anderson Park # 4 in cloudy & damp conditions.

Fenlon Bayley was Thunderbirds captain of the day and won the toss and chose to Bat first.

Thunderbirds had easily their best batting of the season and got a total of 66 with only 4 wickets (1 bowled and 3 run outs).

Thunderbirds continued their improvements over the last two weeks with bowling and fielding of the season, this week getting 5 bowled wickets and 6 run outs and some excellent fielding by all players.

This allowed Easts Rams to only score 47 runs in total.

Thanks to Graeme Basire (Harry's Dad) for scoring this week.

Player of the day = Casper Rifkov

Honours Board performances this week;

• Casper Rifkov = 2 x bowled and at least 2 run outs
• Xavier McKnight = 2 x run outs (and 1 bowled). 

Collegian Thunderbirds 54 runs lost by 20 runs to Collegian Champions!

Played at Anderson Park # 2 in windy conditions, first home game of the season

Captain of the day for Thunderbirds, Casper won the toss and elected to bat first.

Thunderbirds were a bit quiet on the batting front and only got 22 runs off the bat (Harry got 10 runs) for a total score of 54.

Champions had a really good opening partnership of 30 runs which saw them through to a win, despite the Thunderbirds all bowling really well, not many wides this week.

Thanks to Rob Pettit (Jack's Dad) for scoring this week.

Played at Nairnville Artificial Park 2 in sunny, warm and very windy conditions.
Collegian Thunderbirds won the toss and Captain of the day Jack Pettit chose to Bat!
Xavier got the most runs with the bat this week with 11, while Casper & Matthew managed to each get a bowled wicket today – well done boys.

• Player of the day = Jack Pettit. Presented with the player of the day Trophy and Voucher.
• Honours Board performances this week;
  • Xavier McKnight = 2 x run outs.
  • Matthew Harvey-White = 1 x bowled and 1 x run out.