by Christine Dornan | Aug 15, 2018 | Cricket, Sport
Melissa Hansen batting for New Zealand in the last transtasman series in 2016. PHOTO/SUPPLIED CRICKET JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz Wairarapa’s Melissa Hansen is well on track for her goal of playing at the next Indoor Cricket World Cup. The 22-year-old was last...
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by Christine Dornan | Jul 27, 2018 | Cricket, Sport
Seth Rance bowling for the Black Caps. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES CRICKET Jake Beleski jake.beleski@age.co.nz Greytown’s Seth Rance will be packing his bags for the United Arab Emirates in October after earning selection in the Black Caps T20 team to take on Pakistan. The...
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by Christine Dornan | Apr 18, 2018 | Cricket, Sport
Elizabeth Perry. PHOTO/GETTY IMAGES CRICKET GARY CAFFELL Former Wairarapa player and White Fern Elizabeth Perry has received Cricket Wellington’s Norwood Award after being named their Women’s Cricketer of the Year. Perry, 30, was also named the best female batswoman...
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by Christine Dornan | Apr 11, 2018 | Cricket, Sport
Brock Price, over 800 runs in club cricket. PHOTOS/FILE CRICKET GARY CAFFELL The batting heroics of Lansdowne’s Brock Price on both the club and representative scene saw him take centre stage at the Wairarapa Cricket annual awards function last week. Price took away...
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by Jake Beleski | Mar 19, 2018 | Cricket, Local News, Sport
Brock Price on his way to a double century for Lansdowne. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz A remarkable last wicket partnership between Brock Price and Sanjay Patel proved the major difference between Lansdowne and Greytown in the two-day Bidwell...
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by Jake Beleski | Mar 16, 2018 | Cricket, Local News, Sport
Robbie Speers . . . Greytown mainstay with bat and ball. PHOTO/JADE CVETKOV GARY CAFFELL Application will be a key word for Greytown and Lansdowne when they meet in Wairarapa Cricket’s Bidwill Cup final at Queen Elizabeth Park oval in Masterton on Saturday and...
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by Jake Beleski | Feb 23, 2018 | Cricket, Local News, Sport
Tahlia Jones-Dennes batting for the Wairarapa College first XI. PHOTO/SUPPLIED JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz The Wairarapa College first XI girls’ cricket team are heading to the regional finals of the national knockout competition next month, thanks...
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by Jake Beleski | Feb 16, 2018 | Cricket, Local News, Sport
Anlo van Deventer batting for the Central Hinds. PHOTO/FILE JAKE BELESKI jake.beleski@age.co.nz Domestic rivalries will be replaced by Caribbean flair when Central Hinds captain Anlo van Deventer takes the field for a New Zealand XI cricket team in Christchurch on...
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