2018 HNHS School Magazine HNHS Magazine 2018 | Page 61

Cricket 1st XI Girls
Back Row:
Aimee Kay, Manisha Phartyal, Lucy Ward
Phoebe Leake, Brianna Evans, Felicity Keane, Grace Brebner, Mr G Morrison (Coach)
2nd Row:
Front Row:
Georgia Lane, Lily Stephens, Jessica Lindsay, Natalya Nicholson, Serah Hartley
Tawa College for many years. Kerr went on a few months
later to break a 21 year-old record, scoring 232 runs (not
out) against Ireland while playing a Women’s ODI game in
Dublin.
winner of which will represent Hawke’s Bay in the Central
Districts play-offs in late March. We are looking for someone
to take over the role of 1st XI Coach for 2019 and would
love to hear from anyone who would be interested. This
obviously involves helping to prepare and develop what
we anticipate will be a very competitive squad at secondary
school level and will lead to the HNHS 1st XI UK Tour two
in 2020.
Unfortunately, we lost the playoff game against Napier
Girls, which rendered us unable to be a part of the Central
Districts round in Wanganui this year. However, we did have
some convincing wins throughout the rest of the season,
beating Woodford, CHB and Sacred Heart. We had a draw
against Hastings Girls in our final game of the season, with
a nail-biting last few overs as we began to drop like flies, but
we held it together long enough to scrape through.
Mr Andy Reeves
Cricket Girls’ 1st XI
The Cricket Girls’ 1st XI faced many challenges during the
2018 season. Having a young team this year and a few fresh
faces, we played the biggest game on our cricket calendar
early; the annual match against Tawa College. Tawa has
always been tough competition as they have a secret weapon
up their sleeve. This weapon is known as none other than
‘Amelia Kerr’. Recruited by the White Ferns at the tender
age of 16, Amelia is an outstanding all-rounder who is
somehow still allowed to play for her school team! With
Kerr opening the batting, after 10 overs they were at 114,
Amelia with 80 of those runs. As the bowler ran in, our
fielders were still on their toes despite being red faced trying
to chase all of Amelia’s plays. With a great line, Amelia’s
shot went up extremely high. As the ball began to look like
it was going for another four, our trusty fielder sweeping
out on the boundary, Georgia Lane, got right under it and
caught Amelia Kerr out. Sadly, we were only able to make
up 153 of Tawa’s 213 runs, but it was the closest game the
Havelock North Cricket Girls’ 1st XI have put up against
Without the commitment and enthusiasm of our young
team, we would not have been able to have a season such
as the one we just finished. Our coach, Geoff Morrison,
has put in many hours of hard work on and off the pitch;
organising games and keeping everyone in check, on top of
umpiring and scoring, and the whole team is so grateful for
his dedication. Fingers crossed next season is just as fun-
filled and rewarding as 2018 has been!
Jessica Lindsay
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