Our Cricket 1st XI played in the Auckland Secondary School girls competition from 22 to 25 March at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Howick, where a total of nine teams competed to represent Auckland in the national Gillette Venus Cup at the end of the year.
Although ranked 7th, Westlake Girls came top of their pool with convincing wins against St. Kentigern’s, Mt. Roskill Grammar and Takapuna Grammar, and a close defeat to Mt Albert Grammar. This gave Westlake a semi-final against Baradene, who comfortably won. Westlake once again met Mt Albert Grammar in the 3rd-4th play-off, losing a very tense and exciting match by four runs to place fourth overall.
Brooke James (12WBM) was leading batter and MVP for the tournament while Leah Watton (12OSN) was the leading bowler and Aaliyah Patel fifth ranked bowler.
The team consisted of Brooke James (captain), Alexa Bowker, Natasha Busch, Jaime Holdsworth, Samantha Holdsworth, Lily Johnson, Ella McPherson, Aaliyah Patel, Nelita Pistorius, Zahra Sajjad, Emily Watton, and Leah Watton.