Cricketers playing to avoid relegation

Takapuna Cricket Club premiers are facing relegation from Auckland’s top division for the first time in more than a decade.

The team lost to Auckland University last weekend, leaving it bottom of the table with one match to play in the Hedley Howarth two-day competition. To stay up, it would need maximum points, playing away to Cornwall on 18 and 25 March.

Coach Neil Fletcher says the side will go on attack in its last match, having nothing to lose.

Takapuna has not had a lot of luck in the weather-affected season. Twice it was leading matches when the second day was called off, with points shared making it “hard to move up the table”, he said. It also won the toss only once in the 2022-23 season – luck that was needed when poor weather forecasts had major bearings on so many matches.

The side has been without five of its stars, with Danru Ferns, Robbie O’Donnell, Will O’Donnell, Ross Ter Braak and Quinn Sunde all in the Auckland Aces team.

Mike Schlanders has also spent much of the season with the Auckland As, and Jordan Sussex has been injured.

Fletcher said the club wanted to provide a pathway for players to reach higher levels but this put its depth to the test.

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