nzsecg374	Otumoetai College Girls v Palmerston North Girls High School
	Girls First XI Cup 2025/26
Venue	Bert Sutcliffe Oval, Lincoln on 11th December 2025 (20-over match)
Balls per over	6
Players	12 per side (11 to bat and field)
Toss	Otumoetai College Girls won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Palmerston North Girls High School won by 8 wickets
Points	Otumoetai College Girls 0; Palmerston North Girls High School 2
Umpires	GG Pennell, GJ Peters
Scorer	BF Byrne

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Otumoetai College Girls innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
G Duncan	c Lovegrove b Rate	30	32	60	4	-	15
SM Taruia	c Thompson b James	0	5	5	-	-	5
*MR Smith	b James	0	1	1	-	-	1
+HT Mason	c Lovegrove b James	6	13	13	1	-	10
CP Olesen	b Orr	4	16	10	1	-	15
MS Grant	c Macdonald b Kearney	16	22	22	2	-	12
JR Griffiths	b Kearney	0	1	1	-	-	1
W Grant	b Morrison	4	12	15	-	-	8
V Stronge	run out (Lovegrove)	0	14	12	-	-	14
A Hutchinson	not out	2	3	4	-	-	1
C Byrne	run out (Kearney)	0	1	2	-	-	1
M Le Roux	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 12 w)	18
Total	(all out, 75 minutes, 19.5 overs)	80
Fall of wickets:
1-11 (Taruia, 1.2 ov), 2-11 (Smith, 1.3 ov), 3-26 (Mason, 5.3 ov), 4-34 (Olesen, 8.4 ov), 5-72 (MS Grant, 14.1 ov), 6-72 (Griffiths, 14.2 ov), 7-74 (Duncan, 15.4 ov), 8-77 (W Grant, 19.1 ov), 9-78 (Stronge, 19.3 ov), 10-80 (Byrne, 19.5 ov)

Palmerston North Girls High School bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Lovegrove	3	0	18	0	1	-	11	3	-
James	4	1	4	3	1	-	21	-	-
Orr	2	0	11	1	1	-	8	2	-
Caske	2	0	17	0	3	-	5	2	-
Easton	1	0	5	0	2	1	4	-	-
Kearney	3	1	8	2	-	-	13	1	-
Rate	3	0	8	1	2	-	12	-	-
Whitton-Walker	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-
Morrison	0.5	0	3	1	1	-	3	-	-

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Palmerston North Girls High School innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
AS Kearney	c and b Duncan	0	4	2	-	-	4
+ZC Thompson	not out	49	38	48	8	-	15
MR Rate	b Taruia	22	33	37	2	-	20
*PJM Lovegrove	not out	3	5	8	-	-	2
LB Myers	did not bat
EJ James	did not bat
A Caske	did not bat
EM Morrison	did not bat
N Macdonald	did not bat
CL Orr	did not bat
CR Easton	did not bat
T Whitton-Walker	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 2 lb, 4 w)	7
Total	(2 wickets, 48 minutes, 13.2 overs)	81
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Kearney, 0.4 ov), 2-67 (Rate, 11.2 ov)

Otumoetai College Girls bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Duncan	4	1	14	1	-	-	17	2	-
Olesen	4	0	31	0	1	-	9	4	-
Smith	2	0	15	0	-	-	6	3	-
Taruia	3.2	0	18	1	2	-	9	1	-

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Notes
--> Otumoetai College Girls powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (26/3)
--> Palmerston North Girls High School powerplay 1: overs 1 to 6 (36/1)
--> Otumoetai College Girls innings: 50 in 10.4 overs
--> Palmerston North Girls High School innings: 50 in 7.6 overs
--> ZC Thompson (35) and MR Rate (14) added 50 in 44 balls for the Palmerston North Girls High School 2nd wicket

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