News Archive: March 2024
March 2024
Match Report
Saturday, March 16, 2024
The mighty Buccaneers faced off against 4th-placed Merivale Papanui in the semi-finals of the Division 6 competition this week. We’ve played Merivale on 3 other occasions throughout the season. The first game was won on the second-to-last ball, the second game was won by 40 runs, and the most recent encounter saw us decimate the Merivale batting lineup for 49 runs to see us win by 155 runs. We knew that we had the quality to secure ourselves a place in the finals but all we had to do was play to our standards. Interim skipper, Zane Phillips won the toss and chose to bat as we hoped the wet and
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Saturday, March 9, 2024
St Albans 99/9 from 29 overs. White 24, Van Grunsven 2/20, Cartmell 3/27, Mendis 3/25 lost to BBS Timbers Merivale Papanui 102/9 from 28 overs. Hume 34, Dearsley 25* Hill 4/22, Mason 3/28. Merivale Papanui won the toss at Bishopdale Park and skipper, Petros instantly asked St Albans to bat on a wet wicket. (Don’t know why it was wet, possibly an invisible cloud). Wickets fell regularly on the difficult pitch and when Wellsy pulled up with a strained calf, only 9 wickets were required. Merivale caught well and with some accurate bowling from all the bowlers, St Albans got to 99/9, White was the
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Forthcoming Events
Saturday, October 10, 2026
The opening games for Division 3-7, Masters and Cavaliers men, Division 1-2 and Social T20 women and CJCA junior grades.
Saturday, October 10, 2026 · 7:00pm
The official opening of the 2026/27 season. Held after play on the first day of cricket where all our adult teams are playing. Official opening by a guest speaker Team speeches Complimentary finger food BYO drinks Bledisloe Cup test live on big screen from 7.10pm The pavilion will be open from 6.30pm. Set up camp after your games have finished, watch the rugby with a feed and we'll fit the formalities of the 122nd St Albans Cricket Club season opening around the interval.
Sunday, October 18, 2026 · 2:30am
Featuring Saints: Ben Rapson (vice-captain). Game 1: New Zealand v Scotland. Tournament runs from October 17 to November 1 (Guyana local time, 17 hours behind NZT). Visit the official Over-40s World Cup site for updates.
Monday, October 19, 2026 · 2:30am
Featuring Saints: Ben Rapson (vice-captain). Game 2: New Zealand v England. Tournament runs from October 17 to November 1 (Guyana local time, 17 hours behind NZT). Visit the official Over-40s World Cup site for updates.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 · 2:30am
Featuring Saints: Ben Rapson (vice-captain). Game 3: New Zealand v United States of America. Tournament runs from October 17 to November 1 (Guyana local time, 17 hours behind NZT). Visit the official Over-40s World Cup site for updates.
