Photo Credit: On Shot Photography
By Ahmad Khawaja
The Big Picture
The ball is well and truly rolling across the turf as we have reached the end of day 3 of competition at the WICF Junior World Series, being held at the Action Indoor Sports Stadium Hornby in Christchurch, New Zealand.
With day 4 representing something of a “moving day”, before a rest day on Wednesday 3 October, there are some important times ahead for the teams as the begin to enter the second stage of round-robin games and put feelers on the classification of places.
Here are a summary of the results for each grade and the standings at the end of day 3:
Under-13 Boys:
England 127 (3) def. Singapore 72 (1)
New Zealand A 123 (1) lost to Australia 127 (3)
South Africa 140 (3) def. New Zealand 134 (1)
Australia 139 (3) def. England 128 (1)
New Zealand A 70 (0) lost to South Africa 145 (4)
New Zealand 154 (3) def. Singapore 86 (1)
Standings after five rounds: South Africa 32, New Zealand 21, Australia 20, England 15, New Zealand A 14, Singapore 3
Under-15 Boys:
South Africa 117 (2) def. New Zealand A 52 (2)
New Zealand 137 (4) def. England 35 (0)
Australia 118 (3) def. New Zealand A 93 (1)
New Zealand 111 (2) def. South Africa 98 (2)
Standings after four rounds: Australia 21, New Zealand 18, South Africa 16, New Zealand A 13, England 2
Under-17 Boys:
New Zealand 103 (3) def. New Zealand A 75 (1)
Australia 153 (4) def. Singapore -9 (0)
South Africa 131 (4) def. England 39 (0)
Singapore 35 (0) lost to England 96 (4)
New Zealand 101 (2) def. South Africa 64 (2)
New Zealand A 73 (0) lost to Australia 96 (4)
Standings after five rounds: New Zealand 31, Australia 28, South Africa 18, New Zealand A 15.5, England 12.5, Singapore 0
Under-17 Girls:
Australia 106 (2) def. New Zealand A 92 (2)
New Zealand 110 (3) def. South Africa 2 (1)
South Africa 70 (1) lost to New Zealand A 141 (3)
England 36 (0) lost to New Zealand 136 (4)
South Africa 112 (2) def. England 76 (2)
Australia 93 (1) lost to New Zealand 95 (3)
Standings: Australia 27, New Zealand 25, New Zealand A 16, South Africa 13, England 3