Tag: Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club
White Ferns’ victory inspires future cricket stars
It’s hoped the White Ferns’ victory in the Women’s T20 World Cup will supercharge the growth of female players of all ages in cricket...
Homecoming for Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club veteran
By Henry Lee, AUT Journalism Student
It hasn’t taken recently-retired Auckland Hearts cricketer Amberly Parr long to find a new role in the sport.
She’s...
Grobbelaar recognised as club legend
By Jim Allnatt
Donovan Grobbelaar is the 13th player named a Playing Legend of Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club.
This honour is only given to very...
Claire Hayne retires at 26 [years] not-out
By Jim Allnatt
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's Premier team scorer is retiring after 26 years of service at the end of the 2023-24 season.
In...
Lloyd Elsmore Park to host Pacific Cricket Cup
East Auckland’s Lloyd Elsmore Park will play host to an exciting international women’s cricket tournament in January, inclusive of the first ever Aotearoa Māori...
Premier cricket women storm to emphatic 258-run victory
After rain disrupted play a week earlier, the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) was back in action at the weekend, with the premier women...
Club cricket returns, Stackpole eyes up double ton
Club cricket is back in action! And it was a very promising start for the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club at the weekend.
Premier Men
Under...
2023 Howick Sports Awards finalists announced
The finalists for this year's Howick Sports Awards have been named.
The period of achievements to be considered fall between April 1, 2022, and March...
HPCC prodigies bound for Dubai World Series
Two of Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s (HPCC) most impressive youngsters have continued their golden season, being selected to represent Indoor Cricket New Zealand (ICNZ)...
Young cricketer meets heroes at the crease
Flat Bush cricketer, 12-year-old Hope Lotu-Iiga, scored a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to meet the superstars on the pitch at the Blackcaps versus Sri Lanka match...
HPCC season in review: Times’ top 10 moments
After a season ravaged by Auckland’s flooding, adverse weather and Cyclone Gabrielle, the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) made it count.
Ahead of the club’s...
Penfold bags five, men and women finish on podium
And just like that, another Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) season has come to an end.
A season disrupted by Auckland’s adverse weather conditions for...
One week remains in disrupted cricket season
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s (HPCC) premier men have once again put themselves in a strong position for a first innings win in their final...
Premier Women crowned champions after T20 grand final win
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s (HPCC) premier women have been crowned winners of the Pearl Dawson Trophy T20 competition to cap off a dream weekend...
Winn sets up innings win, women dominate again
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) has had somewhat of a magical weekend with the premier men eyeing up a likely first innings win and...
Tough day at the office for HPCC
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s premier men have left themselves a mountain to climb to achieve a first-innings result against East Coast Bays.
Sunshine and a...
Winn tons up, women off to finals
Despite weeks of cancelled cricket matches at the hand of Auckland’s sombre summer and extensive flooding, the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) was perpetually...
Auckland storm cancels club cricket
All premier and grade cricket was forced to cancel on Saturday after a vicious Auckland storm ravaged the city, causing mass flooding.
Howick Pakuranga Cricket...
Table-topping premier women bank two strong wins
The Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s premier women are now table toppers in the Pearl Dawson Trophy T20 Competition after two dominant wins on Saturday.
The...
HPCC start year with a bang, multiple players selected for higher...
The Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) have started the year off strong with wins recorded for both premier men’s and women’s sides.
Due to rain,...
Howick Pakuranga Cricket out for 2022
The final week of club cricket for 2022 is in the books and a rainy day has summed up the first part of the...
Rain, rain go away!
Rain has once again been the deciding factor of club cricket over the weekend, with all Howick Pakuranga cricket matches being affected.
Howick Pakuranga’s (HPCC)...
Sunny Saturday full of runs
At last, some good weather blessed Auckland at the weekend which saw all Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club (HPCC) games go ahead, with no shortage...
Weather woes, Penfold and Shahri honoured
Another weather-infused week saw no premier cricket games played on the weekend for Howick Pakuranga.
The club’s general manager Francis Scordino says, “The Auckland Council...
Weather the winner in Premier Men’s and Women’s games
Torrential weather around Auckland was the winner on Saturday with both Premier Men and Women’s cricket games being abandoned.
During the week, the pitch covers...
Halliday, Downes star in impressive win
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s Premier Women have notched up their first win of the season in dominant fashion, prevailing over Auckland University Cricket Club...
Bhadha strikes gold at nationals
Saint Kentigern College student Yasmin Bhadha has picked up gold at the National Powerlifting Championships 2022 in Palmerston North.
Bhadha, in year 13 at St...
Premier men lose to Shore
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's (HPCC) premier men's side fell to North Shore losing by six wickets.
Top scorer for HPCC was Bill Walsh four shy...
Prem women chalk up another win
The Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's Premier Women's side notched up another win at the weekend.
They finished on 173/7 beating Cornwall by three wickets. Top...
Niamh named in ANZ Next XI
Local cricketer Niamh Falanitule, 12, has scored the opportunity of a lifetime being named one of the ANZ Next XI.
ANZ searched the country to...
Borland so close to hitting ton
Sam Borland was unlucky not to notch up a century in the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's Premier Men's match against Eden Roskill at the...
Another win for Premier Women
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's Premier Women have chalked up another win, this time beating Papatoetoe by 37 runs.
HPCC's top scorer was Marama Downes who...
HPCC prem women take the win
East Coast Bays kept themselves within touching distance of the top-four with a strong win over Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club’s Premier Men in the...
Hearts Super Smash ends at elimination final
The Hearts' Dream11 Super Smash campaign came to an end on Thursday, suffering defeat to a strong Otago Sparks side in Dunedin. Sparks won...
Hearts excited by elimination final opportunity
The Auckland Hearts head south to take on the Otago Sparks in the Super Smash Elimination Final tomorrow in Dunedin - and the squad...
HPCC premier men dominate against Eden Roskill
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's premier men's side recorded a big win over Eden Roskill winning by nine wickets.
The Premier Cricket scores for January 8...
HPCC sides record losses
Both the Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club's men's and women's premier sides lost their matches at the weekend.
Auckland Club Cricket results from Saturday, December 11.
Premier...
Penfold makes NZ Women’s Cricket Team
A Howick sports star has been selected for the New Zealand Women's Cricket Team.
Molly Penfold, 20, has been playing cricket for the Howick Pakuranga...
Black Caps become masters
All the stars aligned for the Black Caps and their historic victory over mighty India in the World Test Championship, says Howick Pakuranga Cricket...
HPCC win T20 championship
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club has won the Premier Men's Honda Financial Premiership T20 Championship against East Coast Bays.
East Coast Bays 154/6 (R Harrison 54)...
Marama a shining star on and off the field
Year 13 Pakuranga College student Marama Downes is a high achiever.
She plays basketball and Tag for the school's teams, captains the Howick Pakuranga Cricket...
Cricket : ACES boosted by Howick Paks’ Munro
Three faces return to the ACES squad of 13 for Wednesday's Ford Trophy clash with Northern Districts at Whangarei's Cobham Oval.
Colin Munro will join...
Cricket: Howick Pakuranga go down to Cornwall
By Jim Allnatt
The Marie Raos Ray White Premiers were beaten on the first innings by Cornwall in the weekend in the side’s first loss...
Cricket: Alpacas dig deep to beat Papatoetoe
By Jim Allnatt
The two clubs have a long history with many players from both sides having played in the Manukau Junior tournaments and Auckland...
Cricket: Alpacas up against it against Papatoetoe
By Jim Allnatt
What started out as a very promising day for the Marie Raos Ray White HPCC Premier Men finished with the home side...
Alpacas on top
By Jim Allnat
The Howick Pakuranga Marie Raos Ray White Premier men began the second day of their two-day Hedley Howarth fixture at 51/0 in...
Cricket: Howick Pakuranga facing stern test
By Jim Allnat
The Marie Raos Ray White HPCC Premier Men had a real struggle on their hands against a determined University side in the...
Alpacas squeeze out a narrow win
CRICKET
By Jim Allnatt
Howick Pakuranga's new Premier captain lost the toss, and visitors Birkenhead decided to bat first. The wicket and outfield was dry but...
Champion Club looking to go one better in 2019/20 season.
By Jim Birchall
Premier cricket gets underway in just under three weeks’ time with the Jeff Crowe Cup kicking things off.
Looking to get their hands...
Black Caps Blaster gives back
By Jim Birchall
Black Cap Colin Munro has presented a signed playing shirt to proud sponsor of Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club, Ray White Howick.
Howick Pakuranga...
HPCC overall club champions again!
By Jim Allnatt
Howick Pakuranga cricket celebrated the end of a huge season at the Auckland Cricket prizegiving winning four major trophies.
The Marie Raos Ray...
Mixed results for HP Premier Men
By Jim Allnatt
On Saturday the Marie Raos Ray White HPCC Premier Men were on top of the world with a well-earned outright win over...
Sensational week for Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club
By Jim Allnatt
The Marie Raos Ray White Premier Men defeated a strong Cornwall side at Cornwall Park by 35 runs. Batting first, Howick Pakuranga...
HPCC’s Alpacas confident after day one
Hedley Howarth Championship
Round One, Day One - East Coast Bays v Howick Pakuranga, Saturday November 3
East Coast Bays were sent in to bat by...
The Skye’s the limit!
By Jim Allnatt
Seventeen-year-old Skye Bowden made her official Auckland Hearts debut in the Super Smash Cricket T20 Tournament at Lincoln last week against Central...
Howick Pakuranga prems look to retain Hedley Howarth trophy
The Auckland Premier Men’s cricket season kicks off on October 20, a couple of weeks later than last year.
The late start negates the use...
McClenaghan back in blue
International cricketer Mitchell McClenaghan is back in the Auckland Aces fold for the 2018-19 season, taking one of the four remaining domestic contracts.
McClenaghan, from...
HPCC win championship
Howick Pakuranga are the champions of Auckland after claiming the Hedley Howarth two-day championship with a draw against East Coast Bays at Lloyd Elsmore...
Black Caps call-up: dream now a reality
It was the phone call every cricket-mad Kiwi child dreams of getting one day.
Martin Guptill had suffered a hamstring injury at training and had...
Howick Pakuranga Cricket Club celebrates 150 years
On April 21, 1867 the newly-formed Howick Cricket Club took to the field against the visiting Onehunga Cricket Club on the Village Square –...