EDCA District Tournaments

Match Report EDCA U17A

1 Day game against Western 16^th December.

 What a fantastic game! Eastern won on the last ball of the day by 2 runs to keep us 4 points in the lead going into the last 2 day game.

 We lost the toss and were put into bat on a quick looking wicket. Once again the top order found the going tough with Ben Horne 2, Michael Haddleton 19, Fa’asi’u Fuatai 4 and Shawn Hicks 12. Matt Ansell and Will Mckay steadied the ship with Matt being runout on 35. Enter Vedant Zaveri with another brilliant innings of 75 not out off 62 balls. We finished the innings with 192/7 after 50 overs.

 Michael Ravlic opened with a superb spell of quick bowling and Western were quickly 3 wickets down for about 25 runs. Western then settled into their work and after 34 overs were 4 wickets down for 111 runs and we were looking in trouble. Shawn Hicks then had danger man Cameron Fletcher caught behind by the always reliable Sam Flett, followed by a great wicket to Vedant Zaveri. We then witnessed a brilliant running backwards catch to Will Mckay and Matt Ansell throwing the stumps down for a wonderful runout.

 Last over, Western required 5 runs to win with a batsman who had just celebrated 50 and the number 11. Sam Dodd was chosen for the job and gave a fantastic display of tight bowling to keep the number 11 on strike and to give Eastern the win by 2 runs.

Match Report EDCA U17A

2 Day Game 14/15^th December

Eastern won the toss and elected to bat. The first 2 hours were tough going with the ball moving off the pitch and runs were scarce. After a couple of hours and 200 balls later we were around 85/4 with wickets lost to Ben Horne 1, Michael Haddleton 15, Fa’asi’u Fuatai 29 and Shawn Hicks 24. Matt Ansell then seized the opportunity and scored an outstanding 113, ably supported by Will Mckay with 74 and a quick fire 78 to Vedant Zaveri off 70 balls. We batted the day and finished in the very commanding position of 376/8.

Day 2 was always going to be a long day in the field as the pitch had lost its initial life. The boys worked hard in the field and bowled well. Shawn Hicks 3/22 off 11 overs and Michael Ravlic 3/20 off 11.4 overs shared the bowling honours. Wickets also went to Ben Horne, Fa’asi’u Fuatai and Vedant Zaveri and catches  to Fa’asi’u Fuatai,  Nick Mclean and Ganesh Ratnasabapathy. Ganesh also shone with a crucial run-out, getting rid of danger man Simon Hickey with a hard flat throw from the boundary above the bails.  Will Mckay showed a great opportunistic stumping as the batsmen walked out of his crease.

We bowled Manukau out for 198 after 85 overs and remain at top of the table.

Match Report EDCA U17A

Sunday 13^th December 

A game of 2 halves! EDCA lost the toss and Central chose to bat first on the artificial wicket. We bowled and fielded extremely well ensuring that Central found it very difficult to score runs. Michael Ravlic was the pick of our bowlers with 4 wickets for 27 runs off 10 overs and he was ably assisted by Sam Dodd with 2 wickets for 14 runs off 7 overs and Vedant Zaveri with 1 wicket for 24 runs off 10 overs.

 Eight boys took catches and the fielding was of a high standard to have Central all out for 150 runs in the 50^th over.

 Our turn to bat and we managed to lose wickets at regular intervals which built pressure on ourselves. Fa’asi’u Fuatai had a solid innings of 36 but we needed our middle order of Will McKay and Sam Flett to steady the ship. Will scored an excellent 38 and Sam was 22 not out when we won on the 1^st ball of the 50^th over with seven wickets down.

 Smiles returned to a group of very nervous parents recognising that we now have 2 wins from 2 games and a strong belief within the team that we are a strong team if we play to our potential.

Sunday 6^th December

EDCA won the toss and we saw an excellent opening partnership between Ben Horne and Michael Haddleton of 90 runs against a strong bowling attack from North Harbour Burgundy. Ben then went on to have a brilliant maiden century of 104 runs, ably supported by Michael Haddleton 23 and Shawn Hicks 42. EDCA ended up with 201/3 off 50 overs.

 Our bowling was a little rusty, but the boys worked well together and Fa’asi’u Fuatai had outstanding figures of 5 wickets for 25 runs off 8.2 overs. Sam Dodd took 2 wickets and Shawn Hicks had a very tidy spell of bowling of 6 overs for 12 runs and one wicket.

 While we can be better in the field we saw 2 great runs outs by Michael Haddleton and Matt Ansell, an excellent leg-side stumping by Sam Flett and good catches by Matt Ansell (2), Sam Flett (2), Shawn Hicks, Nick McLean and Sam Dodd. 

North Harbour Burgundy were all out for 171 providing Eastern with a great first up win against a very capable team.

Primary School Boys - Teams Announced

Hello

 I am pleased to confirm the following boys have been selected as the  EDCA “A”, EDCA “B” and our six members of a combined EDCA/Central B team for the tournament.  Congratulations to all those selected.

 All boys listed below, including the non-travelling reserves, are invited to a capping ceremony at the University Clubrooms at Colin Maiden Park this Friday 4 November at 6.00pm

 This year EDCA has been provided the opportunity to put an additional 6 boys forward to play in a combined EDCA/Central team to play in the “B” Districts tournament.  This opportunity has become available because Auckland Cricket has decided to also introduce an Auckland U15 Girls team to compete in the PSB Districts “B” competition.   There will now be 8 teams competing in the “B” competition.

 The selectors were given the task of liaising with the Central selectors, and producing even balanced, “B” teams that they believe will compete on an equal footing at the tournament.  From an EDCA perspective, we are excited about being able to give an additional 6 players the opportunity to play in this tournament.  EDCA and Central were approached to provide the 6 additional players each as recognition of our significant growth in player numbers at junior level.  I must reiterate, there is no differentiation between the playing strength of the boys selected for EDCA “B” and the combined EDCA/Central B team.  Those two teams were selected according to balance of the respective teams.

 The coach of the EDCA “A” team will be Nigel Fletcher.  The coach of the EDCA “B” team will be Simon Wood.  The coach of the combined EDCA/Central “B” team will be Sri Rajasekar.  Managers will be appointed shortly to liaise with you about practice times, and general information in the lead up to the tournament.

Non-travelling reserves will practice with the EDCA "B" team

 The players selected are as follows:

 EDCA ‘A’

 Tom Ritchie

George Bowes

William Robinson

Charles Bevin

Rohan de Souza

Ben Rainger

Nicholas Matijasevich

William Hay

Toby Baker

Eli Jugum-Sullivan

Jack Hanlon

George Helsby

EDCA ‘B’

Eli Prasad

Ben Ruck

William Eddowes

Tim Wilson

Thomas Livingston

George Merfield

Henry King

James Ellis

Callum Mark

Manake Ratnayake

Christian Wylie

Charlie Hurring

EDCA/Central ‘B’

Maxim Wilson

Hamish McLean

Jack Laity

Jack Muirhead

Jarred Schnell

Jordan Hall

Non-travelling Reserves:

Edward Webster

James Michie

EDCA U15 Teams Announced

U17 Teams announced

A Team
Michael Haddleton
Ben Horne
Fa'asi'u Fuatai
Matt Ansell
Shawn Hicks
Will McKay
Sam Flett
Vedant Zaveri
Nicholas Mclean
Cameron Michie
Michael Ravlic
Sam Dodd


B Team
Sam Varcoe
Angus Harman
Richard Sillars
Chris Beck
Nico Hutton
Parth Patel
Matthew Ellis
Tom Frost
Kyle Dickson
Conor Rea
Jack Driscoll
Ganesh Ratnasabapathy

Non-Travelling Reserves
1. Harry Jordan
2. Angus Craig
In that order.

The players who did not make the selections are;

William Birnie
JD Bowman
Samuel Gilmour
Sanjay Krishna
JJ Mills
Tristan Newhook

Players who did not arrive for trials out of the original list are;
Tom Neighbours
Luke Delfos

Selection of captains will be done on a practise night prior to the "capping".

 

The Eastern District Cricket Association (EDCA) is an association between 3 Auckland Cricket Clubs – Auckland University Cricket Club, the Grafton United Cricket Club, and the Parnell Cricket Club.  It also encompasses two secondary schools, Sacred Heart College and St Peters College.  For representative honours, the Auckland Cricket Association divides the greater Auckland area into regional associations, of which EDCA is one.  The other regions are North Harbour, Western District, Central and Manakau.  The aim of the EDCA is to promote cricket in the region, and to have a strong united voice to take to Auckland Cricket.

In September and October, EDCA calls for nominations from the clubs for their elite cricketers to make up 2 teams in each of the following age groups:

• Primary School Boys (Years 7 and 8)

• Under 15 (as of 1 Sept) Boys

• Under 17 (as of 1 Sept) Boys

These nominated players will then go through a series of trials, games and coaching before final teams are announced to represent the District at the annual district tournaments run by Auckland Cricket (run prior to Xmas, and between Xmas and New Year).  At the conclusion of these tournaments, Auckland Cricket announces Auckland Representative teams to play other cricket associations from around the country.

Finally, in April, Auckland Cricket asks for nominations from the districts for 3-4 outstanding individuals from each age group to trial for the Auckland Cricket Winter Academy.

Clearly, the process starts at the EDCA trials held in late October and early November.  It is vitally important players wanting to progress through to representative honours and Auckland Academy selection need to be as well prepared as possible coming into these trials.  It is the role of the clubs/individuals to prepare themselves for these EDCA trials.  EDCA will provide professional coaches and selectors to select, train and coach these teams in the lead up to, and over the course of the district tournaments.

Click here for Calendar

Click here for Primary School Boys

Click here for U15 Boys

Click here for U17 Boys

EDCA Wanganui and Hamilton Tournaments

Each season EDCA sends development teams to Wanganui and Hawkes Bay  (U11, U12, U13 and sometimes U14) and to Hamilton (U16).  These take place in January/early February.   

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