Kristin School 1st XI were a visiting team from the North Shore in Auckland. It was their first time to The Willows and it was great to see another school team arrive and immediately appreciate what The Willows has to offer secondary schools cricket. It would be fair to say they were very impressed with the setup and opportunities visiting teams receive when playing at Loburn.

The Willows team was made up of some older hands as well as some very talented younger ones coming through. The Willows won the toss and elected to bat.

There were two fifties in the match ranging from the younger Joel Abraham to the more experienced Peter Devine and Archdeacon Mike Hawke who finished on 49.

Kristin’s young bowling attack looks set to succeed in the future with a talented Zac Watson leading the way.

Kristin batsmen struggled against a young and talented paced attack of Sam Noster and James Tucker who took instant control of the game, followed by young Scott Borthwick from Durham, England who bowled 8 overs of outstanding leg spin and in my view will one day play for England, unless he meets a nice girl and remains in New Zealand!

Kristin enjoyed the experience of playing against the young and old Willowers and we now look forward to seeing them achieving good results on their return to Auckland.