ACA Summary plus check out video footage from the day as ACA have a chat to Stephen Money, here!

At Papatoetoe Rec, Cornwall won the toss and elected to bowl. This was a decision they may have rued early on because Papatoetoe reached 20 overs before losing a wicket. Opening batsman Josh Plummer scored four sixes and five fours to reach 65 off 57 balls, but one too many shots saw him bowled.

From there the run rate slowed, and Cornwall were able to make regular breakthroughs to prevent Papatoetoe from fully capitalising on their strong start. Papatoetoe were dismissed for 201 after being 95 without loss.

Cornwall’s innings got off to a stuttering start, Evan Jones caught behind for four in the first over. Opening partner Amit Dhadwal played extremely conservatively to finish the day on 23 from 103 balls. The match is finely poised going into day two of play next Saturday. Cornwall are currently 90/3 and will be looking for a big partnership – something Papatoetoe will be aiming to prevent with a couple of early wickets.

Papatoetoe 201 (J Plummer 65, L Clark 34, H Vyas 33; F de Villiers 3-51) is playing Cornwall 90/3 (M Guptill-Bunce 28, Amit Dhadwal 23*, Aditya Dhadwal 21*; B Singh 1-5)

A MASSIVE THANK YOU to ANZ New Zealand for providing our U16 Women's team with the amazing opportunity to farewell the White Ferns as they head off to do battle against the rest of the world in the Carribean at the T20 World Cup! 

They absolutely loved mixing and mingling with the White Ferns and loved how down to earth they all were. It was definitely an experience that they will cherish for a lifetime and was the perfect way to start their season! Not to mention, the new team kit and uniform that ANZ has fitted them out with for this season - we really can't thank ANZ enough for their generosity! Our young U16 women are pumped and motivated more than ever to go hard this season and keep chasing their dreams of becoming future White Ferns.

On behalf of the entire Papatoetoe Cricket Club, we wish the White Ferns all the best at the T20 World Cup, our U16 women and the entire Club are backing you 100%! Go the White Ferns!

Check out some video footage of the day here!

Toss: Daredevils won the toss and elected to bat

Daredevils 115/9 in 20 overs (Lucky 26, Inderpal 18; Gurmeet 2/23, Monty 2/16, defeated Flatbush 111 all out in 19.4 Overs (Manjot 24, Gurcharan 18; Kamal 2/12, Sheetal 2/3, Jamalu 2/23) by 4 runs!

Man of the Match: Sheetal Yuvraj Singh

Afternoon Matches
Black Leopards V/s Punjab Warriors - Pap Rec 5a

Toss: Black Leopards won the toss and elected to bowl

Punjab Warriors 199/3 in 20 overs (Jagtinder 85*, Sikander 44, Tarun 30*; Sachin 1/29, Varinder 1/33) defeated Black Leopards 103/9 in 20 overs (Ram 36, Navi 19; Mandeep 2/11, Amrit 2/6, Sikander 2/6) by 96 runs

Man of the Match: Jagtinder Singh

Mighty11 V/s Gujarat Lions - Pap Rec 4a

Toss: The Gujarat Lions won the toss and elected to bat

Gujarat Lions 217/7 in 20 Overs (Kaushal 34, Milan 66, Prashant 33; Yuvi 2/48) defeated Mighty 11 139/9 in 20 overs (Ishant 50, Vikas 25; Kaushal 2/16) by 78 runs

Man of the Match: Kaushal

1240hrs: Man of the Match Presentations

• Foundation Course (an email address is required for initial registration) - this course is a requirement to coach all soft ball and tennis ball grades and can be completed all online.
• Advanced Foundation Course - the Foundation Course is a pre-requisite for this and involves theory as well as practical components. This is a requirement to coach all junior boys (U19 and below) and girls (U16 and below) grades.
• Umpiring and Scoring modules