2025 New Zealand Senior Provincial Championships: Day 2 Results
Central Men, Auckland Women top standings across divisions after the close of the round-robin phase. The tournament concludes with the third and final day tomorrow.
The round-robin phase of the New Zealand Senior Provincial Championships have concluded and teams will quickly move into finals mode after another action-packed day at Hutt Indoor Sports in Wellington.
Both Central Districts’ Men’s sides have booked their places directly into the grand finals tomorrow, whilst both Auckland Women’s teams also qualified top and will play Major Semi-Final matches against Northern Districts and Wellington respectively.
Here is how the divisions look going into the third and final day tomorrow:
Open Men
Central Districts are again the team to beat after going unbeaten through the round-robin phase. Victories over Southern, Northern and Wellington took them to five straight wins and will see them go straight into the final at 4pm local time.
They will play the winner of the preliminary final tomorrow morning between Auckland, who qualified second with four wins, and Canterbury, who finished third, a further win back. Auckland will be buoyed by victory over Canterbury by 27 runs earlier this evening.
Wellington will be disappointed to have finished fourth, as will Northern, who came up short in a number of close contests. The loser of the Auckland vs Canterbury match will battle it out with the bottom three sides for the Plate title.
Results:
Central Districts 78 (2) def. Northern Districts 72 (2)
Canterbury 98 (4) def. Southern Districts 24 (0)
Auckland 102 (2) def. Wellington 78 (2)
Canterbury 104 (4) def. Wellington 35 (0)
Central Districts 134 (2) def. Southern Districts 45 (2)
Auckland 47 (2) def. Northern Districts 34 (2)
Central Districts 110 (3) def. Wellington 62 (1)
Auckland 107 (3) def. Canterbury 80 (1)
Northern Districts 83 (2) def. Southern Districts 57 (2)
Open Women
There was no real surprise in the Women’s division with the Auckland side qualifying top, unbeaten with four wins and 15 out of a possible 16 skins to assert their dominance this far into the competition.
Northern finished with three wins and then beat Wellington in the second vs third place match, to set up a Major Semi-Final clash between the two close rivals early tomorrow morning, with the winner going into the grand final at 2.30pm local time tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Canterbury’s defeat of Wellington Development has seen them into the Minor Semi-Final against Wellington. The winner of this fixture will take on the loser of the Auckland and Northern clash in the Preliminary Final.
Results:
Canterbury 174 (4) def. Wellington Dev 87 (0)
Northern Districts 126 (3) def. Wellington 85 (1)
Wellington 113 (3) def. Canterbury 84 (1)
Auckland 141 (4) def. Wellington Development 77 (0)
Finals Phase:
2nd vs 3rd Place: Northern Districts 108 (2) def. Wellington 83 (2)
4th vs 5th Place: Canterbury 159 (4) def. Wellington Dev 92 (0)
Under-22 Men
The Central Districts Under-22 Men have joined their Open Men’s side in going unbeaten through the round-robin phase. Victories against Northern, Southern and Wellington took them to five wins, topping the standings, and taking them straight into the grand final tomorrow.
Auckland were also big movers on the day, their three wins seeing them finish just one point behind Central. They will meet Northern in the Preliminary Final, with the winner meeting Central in the final.
Results:
Central Districts 79 (1) def. Northern Districts 65 (3)
Canterbury 122 (3) def. Southern Districts 58 (1)
Auckland 129 (4) def. Wellington 112 (0)
Canterbury 74 (3) def. Wellington 64 (1)
Central Districts 104 (3) def. Southern Districts 90 (1)
Auckland 111 (3) def. Northern Districts 86 (1)
Central Districts 115 (3) def. Wellington 79 (1)
Auckland 117 (3) def. Canterbury 57 (1)
Northern Districts 147 (3) def. Southern Districts 67 (1)
Under-22 Women
There was not much separating the teams at the end of the round-robin of the Under-22 Women’s Division, with only five points separating the top four teams. Auckland’s were able to edge out Wellington for top spot, both taking three wins but Auckland going ahead on number of skins attained. Both Northern and Canterbury were slightly back with two wins apiece.
The teams kicked off their finals phase earlier in the evening, which saw Wellington defeat Northern in the second vs third place match by 23 runs, which means they will take on Auckland in the Major Semi-Final tomorrow.
Wellington Development caused an upset over Canterbury in the fourth vs fifth place match; the 19-run win their first of the tournament. They will meet Northern in the Minor Semi-Final.
The winner of the Major Semi-Final between Auckland and Wellington will go directly into the grand final, whilst the loser will meet the winner of Wellington Development and Northern in the Preliminary Final.
Results:
Canterbury 121 (3) def. Wellington Dev 72 (1)
Wellington 98 (2) def. Northern Districts 75 (2)
Wellington 101 (2) def. Canterbury 51 (2)
Auckland 125 (2) def. Wellington Dev 44 (0)
Finals Phase:
2nd vs 3rd Place: Wellington 119 (3) def. Northern Districts 96 (1)
4th vs 5th Place: Wellington Development 104 def. Canterbury 85 (1)
Results, Fixtures, Points Table and Scorecards:
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