PLAYER OF THE SERIES

Local cricketer and Black Caps player, Henry Shipley has made a name for himself in the recent cricket series against Sri Lanka. Saturday, March 25th, Henry registered his career best in ODI’s as he played a major part in helping New Zealand win by 198 runs at Eden Park in Auckland.

He was named Player of the Match with his 5 wicket haul off 7 overs, going for 31 and scoring 6 runs off 15 balls.

“The performance is still pretty surreal,” Henry said.

"Just being able to play in front of a home crowd and hear that roar for the first time when it's going our way is something that's really special, and will stick with me for a long time.”

The second ODI on Tuesday, March 28th at Christchurch was abandoned with out a ball bowled.

Friday, March 31st at, Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand won the third ODI by 6 wickets. Henry bowled 8.3 overs and went for 32 runs with 2 maiden overs and another 3 wickets. He was deservedly awarded Player of the ODI Series.

He commented that the wickets had a lot of bounce which he made good use of.

In Sunday’s T20 match at Eden Park, Henry got one wicket off his 4 overs. Sri Lanka ended up winning the game in a Super Over.

At the time of going to print they were due to play the second T20 game on Wednesday, April 5th at University Oval in Dunedin and the third and final T20 at Queenstown Events Centre on Saturday, April 8th

Henry commented that he is still learning from the experiences and hopes he can be effective in unfamiliar conditions. He is looking forward to the upcoming tour of Pakistan starting on Saturday, April 15th.