Wellington Club Cricket: Oct 19 2024 Preview

Matt Wilson from Cricket Wellington previews the latest action in Wellington club cricket, including the continuation of the men's premier Twenty20 competition.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So let's continue our previews Cup cricket. Next on the list,
Matt Willson, out of cricket, Wellington, back with us Morning Matt, Morning, Adam.
How are we going? I'm good and no doubt everyone
enjoyed brushing off the cob webs of all their cricket
gear and things last weekends with the first couple of
rounds of the T twenty competition for the men underway
in the premiere grades, Matt, do you want to run
us through firstly, how some of those results panned out?

Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah? Sure, Well, yeah, we had a spunner of a
Saturday last week and it looks like we could be
in for another one today as well. So it's getting
off to a pretty good start here to the cricket season.
But last week defending T twenty champs Eastern Suburbs got
off to a good start. They they got a nine
weskit wing over vic Uni in the opening match in

(00:42):
paul A, so they Vicuni made one hundred and three
for seven and then reply East one hundred and six
for one, so it's for getting there fairly comfortably. In
the other game paul Lay in the morning, it was
North City against Patni Pa Toni getting home there by
thirty two runs. North were dismissed for one hundred Patoni

(01:03):
having posted one hundred and thirty two for five. And
then in the afternoon in Paula it was just the
one game which was Patoni against vic Uni and again
Patoni triumphing there winning by sixty two runs. So they
go two from two in Pulay after the first couple
around along with Eastern suburbs, so those who will definitely

(01:24):
look to be kicking on today. In paul b in
the morning fixtures it was nine ie up against tighter nine.
I got home fairly comfortably there by eight wickets nine
I made eighty one for seven. In reply Pier eighty
two for two. Johnsonville were up against Karrory in that one,
Corrory banting first and Oscar Oscar Wilson is a new

(01:47):
name to look out for for them this year. Really
great performance with it in both games. But Corory bent
first one hundred and sixty one for eight. In reply,
Johnsonville were bowled out for eighty three, so comfortable went
there for Rory. In Upper Hut they were up against
winoi Amata just over the other side of the stock
Bank at fraze At Park, batting first Upper May one

(02:10):
hundred and thirty one eight in reply Whinoy not quite
getting there one hundred and nineteen to seven and their
twenty overs giving Upper Hut for victory. And in the
afternoon and Paul B. Rory they went two from two
one hundred and fifty seven all out in nine Ye
one hundred and five for seven. Tighter they also go
two from two. They'll be raped to get off to

(02:31):
a good start there, so look Rory, they sit top.
They got home fairly comfortably against Upper Upperhart making one
hundred and five for seven in reply Tighter one hundred
and six for six, winning by four wickets. And in
the final game was Winoy in the afternoon against Johnsonville
Whino we bowled out for ninety nine and replied Johnsonville

(02:52):
getting home fairly comfortably by nine wickets one hundred and
one for one. So we move on to round three four.

Speaker 1 (02:59):
Yeah, and so that's Formatt this weekend. Matt. The two
venues for these two rounds.

Speaker 2 (03:03):
Today yep Soute carry on round three and four of
the T twenty Cups sot T twenty format again today
on on artificial wikness just while we get all those
lovely grass like gets prepared for the start of November.
So today paul A, in the morning we've got Hut
District against Eastern Suburbs, on Lower up against Potoni, North

(03:23):
City and up against Victoria University. And in the afternoon
in paul A it's Patoni against Hut District, East's take
on North City and Pecunion up against Onslow and Paul B.
In the morning it's Wainui against Tighter, Upper Hut against
Korori and Johnsonville against nine I And in the afternoon
paul Be again Karori against Wainui, Tighter against Johnsonville and

(03:47):
nine I against Upper Hearts. Of some really good games
again to look forward to today as we as we
move through those t twenty rounds to kick off the season.

Speaker 1 (03:55):
Yeah, great and long weekend next weekend man, is that
a finals weekend?

Speaker 2 (04:00):
Yep, that will be our finals weekend. So on the
Saturday we'll play Round five which finishes off the round
robin and then the semifinals take place in the afternoon
between the top two and each pool, So a little
bit of travel of the stick and place sides in
each pool. So one will travel from Fraser to Kilbernie
and the other will travel in the opposite direction, and

(04:20):
then that will sort out our finalists which will be
on the Sunday, the very next day, and that'll be
a one pm start at alex Moore Park. And as
always we keep the fingers crossed and hope the weather
stays good for those semis and that Sunday final.

Speaker 1 (04:35):
Indeed, we well all right looking forward to that next weekend.
Matt taba great weekends and we'll chat to our playoff
t twenty cricket next week.

Speaker 2 (04:42):
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