St Paul's vs St Peter's match report

During the summer holiday, the St Paul's Collegiate School First XI Cricket had a great win at the Hamilton & Waikato Valley Senior Cricket Competition gainst St Peter's School. St Peter's got the ball rolling by winning the toss and electing to bat. They began cautiously, but St Paul's gained control with disciplined bowling, eventually bowling them out for 126. 

St Paul's got to work with the bat despite an early setback at 4/2, Finlay Bayne (60) and Liam Fisher (57) forged a 102-run partnership. Building on this foundation, we reached a total of 247/10. On day two, St Peter’s showed more intent, with Xavier Bell (87) and Cameron O’Leary (62) leading their innings. 

Despite their efforts, we maintained our fielding standards, taking crucial wickets. St Peter’s scored 210 runs. Will Hadley shone with figures of 5/38 from 18 overs. With a day one lead, the team needed 90 runs to win outright. St Peter’s made us work for it, taking five wickets, but Max Makeham's aggressive 38 off 23 balls and Kalen Lake's steady 20* not out secured the win. 

A satisfying result as we look ahead to challenging games against Morrinsville and Cambridge Premier Men’s.