- General info
- Premier
- Reserves
- Two Day Cricket
- 4th Grade Blizzards
- 6th Grade Apricots
- 7th Grade Gold
- One Day info
- 3A Raiders
- 3B Raptors
- 4A Green
- 4B Gold
- T20
- Saturday T20 Gullyboys
- Sunday T20 Sithari Cars
Birkenhead City Cricket Club is the proud home of eleven senior men’s cricket teams. In the 2021/2022 season we fielded a Premier and Reserve team. A 4th, 6th and 7th Grade side. A One day 3A, 3B, 4A and 4B team as well as a Saturday and Sunday T20 side.
Whether you are looking for a social team to have some fun with, something a little more serious or you are the next Kane Williamson, we have a team for you.
We also have an affiliation with Last Man Stands, which plays a modified 8 a side T20 format on Thursdays at our club. To get involved please reach out.
If you are interested in joining the Birkenhead family, please get in touch with the club manager at office@birkenheadcricket.co.nz. Whether you have just left school or are getting on in years, have played for the last decade or never before, are a native Aucklander, or grew up in Bangalore, we’re sure to find the right team for you and get you out there playing cricket.
Premiers
PREMIER REPORT
The premiers ended 3rd in the Richard Jones 50 over Cup and 3rd overall in the T20 competition.
Read more about Premier cricket here.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batman – C Rajapaksha | Best Bowler – A Jayampathi | Best Player – A Jayampathi |
Top 5 batting performers:
| Prashanth Patel | 20 | 586 | 1 | 4 | 121 | 29.3 | 109.94 |
| Chamal Rajapaskha | 21 | 582 | 0 | 5 | 77* | 30.63 | 78.23 |
| James O’Brien | 22 | 577 | 0 | 3 | 74 | 26.23 | 72.31 |
| Anuradha Jayampathi | 22 | 436 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 25.65 | 75.43 |
| Pubudu Nuwan | 20 | 357 | 0 | 2 | 85 | 17.85 | 119.8 |
Top 5 bowling performers:
| Anuradha Jayampathi | 22 | 830 | 627 | 36 | 0 | 17.42 | 23.06 | 4.53 |
| Pramesh Fernando | 20 | 746 | 600 | 27 | 1 | 22.22 | 27.63 | 4.83 |
| Chamal Rajapaskha | 21 | 574 | 464 | 23 | 0 | 20.17 | 24.96 | 4.85 |
| Nishant Murlidharan | 14 | 414 | 344 | 22 | 0 | 15.64 | 18.82 | 4.99 |
| Angus Frew | 14 | 456 | 374 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 26.82 | 4.92 |
Reserves
RESERVES REPORT
The reserve lads did really well in the first season back into this grade. They ended 5th in the 50 over Minor Championship and 5th in the overall T20 Competition.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batman – D Senewiratne | Best Bowler – M Seidel | Best Player – H O’Brien |
Top 5 batting performers:
| Dilshan Senewiratne | 15 | 72* | 341 | 24.36 | 454 | 75.11 |
| Janith Jayakody | 14 | 61 | 313 | 26.08 | 358 | 87.43 |
| Anuj Patel | 13 | 62 | 245 | 18.85 | 285 | 85.96 |
| Kevin Van Schalkwyk | 11 | 46 | 216 | 27 | 415 | 52.05 |
| Hamish O’ Brien | 15 | 42* | 172 | 12.29 | 238 | 72.27 |
Top 5 bowling performers:
| Hamish O’ Brien | 18 | 697 | 30 | 23.23 | 23.53 | 5.92 |
| Manuel Seidel | 11 | 266 | 19 | 14 | 23.42 | 3.59 |
| Reshlen Chetty | 15 | 516 | 19 | 27.16 | 29.58 | 5.51 |
| Shashi Gunasekera | 15 | 323 | 17 | 19 | 29.71 | 3.84 |
| Ahsan Chaudhary | 7 | 152 | 9 | 16.89 | 28.78 | 3.52 |
Grade Cricket
Two Day Cricket is played among the more serious teams entered into various grades in the Auckland Cricket competition.
Season playing dates are here (click on the full season calendar for the details )
4th Grade Blizzards
The 4th Grade team had a tough start with heaps of new faces but managed to end 6th and are looking to improve on this result the 2022/2023 season.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batsman – Z Maqsood | Best Bowler – G Ramasamy | Best Player – M Shan |
Top 5 batting performers:
Top 5 bowling performers:
6th Grade Apricots
The well known Apricots, proudly won the 6th Grade after a tight few Covid hit weekends towards the back end of the season. A huge congratulations to Javeed and his team.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best batsman – V Mahant | Best Bowler – P Rainey | Best Player – U Patel |
Top 5 batting performers:
| Umesh Patel | 13 | 55* | 330 | 30 | 88.24 |
| Vinay Mahant | 13 | 72 | 327 | 29.73 | 45.86 |
| Michael Geaney | 9 | 73 | 206 | 25.75 | 96.26 |
| Matthew Kingsford | 8 | 61 | 165 | 23.57 | 65.48 |
| Pretesh Jeram | 10 | 51 | 150 | 15 | 76.53 |
Top 5 bowling performers:
| Paul Rainey | 12 | 256 | 21 | 12.19 | 23.76 | 3.08 |
| Umesh Patel | 14 | 408 | 21 | 19.43 | 34 | 3.43 |
| Dylan Collins | 12 | 418 | 18 | 23.22 | 32.72 | 4.26 |
| Javeed Ali | 11 | 336 | 15 | 22.4 | 33.27 | 4.04 |
| Jason McGeorge | 11 | 356 | 14 | 25.43 | 36.21 | 4.21 |
Javeed Ali – Captain
7th Grade Gold
Our 7th Grade lads are captained by Shaf Asif. They play one-day and two-day cricket and were crowned the champions of the 2021/2022 season. They won eleven games in a row and created a gap between one and two on the leaderboard. They finally managed to win the final comfortably after a few close ones leading up to that game. If you’d like to play for this team email shaf.asif9@gmail.com
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batsman – S Asif | Best Bowler – W Karunanayake | Best Player – S Asif |
Top 5 batting performers:
| Shafkat Asif | 12 | 70 | 383 | 34.82 | 91.85 |
| Zac White | 12 | 58 | 341 | 28.42 | 68.75 |
| Robert Barlow | 10 | 72 | 301 | 33.44 | 63.91 |
| Nitin Patel | 12 | 141* | 295 | 32.78 | 116.6 |
| Schalk Wasserman | 10 | 57 | 279 | 27.9 | 114.34 |
Top 5 bowling performers:
| Wisura Karunanayake | 13 | 295 | 20 | 14.75 | 23.3 | 3.8 |
| Shafkat Asif | 14 | 211 | 17 | 12.41 | 19.88 | 3.75 |
| Pamitha Wijesundara | 12 | 251 | 14 | 17.93 | 18.57 | 5.79 |
| Liam Van Der Merwe | 12 | 313 | 13 | 24.08 | 24 | 6.02 |
| Tarush Airi | 14 | 233 | 12 | 19.42 | 31.17 | 3.74 |
Season playing dates are here (click on the full season calendar for the detail for your grade).
One Day info
If you are interested in playing one-day cricket, please contact senior convenor Shaf Asif on shaf.asif9@gmail.com or office@birkenheadcricket.co.nz
There are all sorts of levels available from serious to social.
Our clubrooms are a family-friendly environments wives, girlfriends and kids are more than welcome there and on the sidelines at games.
Season playing dates are here (click on the full season calendar for the detail for your grade).
This season we had One Day 3A and B, as well as 4A and B.
ONE DAY 3A RAIDERS
The Raiders ended 7th from 10 in what ended being a tough but enjoyable season.
2020/2021 Awards went to:
| Best Batsman – M Khan | Best Bowler – V Mehta | Best Player – H Qaiser |
Top 5 batting performers:
Top 5 bowling performers:
ONE DAY 3B Raptors
The newly joined Raptor team had a great start to the season but fell away towards the end of the season. They also ended in 7th place and we look forward to seeing them play in the final next season.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batman – J Rieko | Best Bowler – O Rajapakse | Best Player – O Rajapakse |
Top 5 batting performers:
Top 5 bowling performers:
One Day 4A Green
4A Green struggled throughout but stuck to it and once again had an enjoyable season. They ended 8th from 10 and will look to better this over the next few seasons.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batsman – C Dyason | Best Bowler – J Nicholson | Best Player – C Dyason |
Top 5 batting performers:
| Craig D | 10 | 264 | 29.33 | 102.3 | 72* |
| Tejas | 9 | 246 | 27.33 | 69.5 | 66 |
| Madhu | 12 | 181 | 16.45 | 58.4 | 36 |
| Timmy | 8 | 115 | 14.38 | 89.1 | 70 |
| James Nicholson | 9 | 78 | 19.5 | 47.6 | 16 |
Top 5 bowling performers:
| Andy J | 9 | 309 | 17 | 18.18 | 5.42 | 20.12 |
| Thumper | 12 | 280 | 16 | 17.5 | 4.09 | 25.69 |
| Gaurav | 13 | 382 | 15 | 25.47 | 4.82 | 31.73 |
| James | 12 | 368 | 14 | 26.29 | 5.84 | 27 |
| James Keene | 4 | 93 | 4 | 23.25 | 6.2 | 22.5 |
Craig Dyason – Captain
ONE DAY 4B Gold
The 4B Gold team was flying early doors. With Covid isolations effecting all teams they got the brunt of it and steadily slipped down the table to end in 5th position.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batsman – S Wingfield | Best Bowler – D Irvine | Best Player – N Jamaludeen |
Top 5 batting performers:
| Seton | 9 | 477 | 68.14 | 85 | 102* |
| Niran | 11 | 184 | 23 | 92 | 52* |
| Blair | 8 | 121 | 17.29 | 46 | 46 |
| Wayne | 7 | 117 | 29.25 | 63 | 67 |
| Bhavin | 9 | 113 | 12.56 | 48 | 32 |
Top 5 bowling awards:
| Dan I | 72 | 2 | 376 | 18 | 20.89 | 24 | 5.22 |
| Kahu | 49 | 0 | 324 | 16 | 20.25 | 18.38 | 6.61 |
| Niran | 72 | 4 | 422 | 16 | 26.38 | 27 | 5.86 |
| Alex | 61 | 8 | 288 | 12 | 24 | 30.5 | 4.72 |
| Elliott M | 29 | 3 | 158 | 9 | 17.56 | 19.33 | 5.45 |
Mike Leppan – Captain
Auckland cricket runs a T20 competition on Saturdays and Sundays. If you are interested in entering a team the games start around the last weekend in October, so please contact Juan Le Maitre on 027 344 9775 or email office@birkenheadcricket.co.nz but please note that teams need to be registered in mid to late August.
Birkenhead Cricket also hosts the Last Man Stands T20 from the Last Man Stands North Shore competition every Thursday night. Please contact Kevin on 027 511 8877.
Sat T20 Gullyboys
Sagar Acharya – Captain
2020/2021 Award winners:
| Best Batsman – S Gulati | Best Bowler – D Limbachiya | Best Player – D Limbachiya |
Sun T20 Sithari Cars
Another new team and another great performance. These boys missed out on playing the final due to an unfortunate administration error but stuck to their task and stayed unbeaten throughout the season.
2021/2022 Awards went to:
| Best Batsman – T Dilshan | Best Bowler – T Dilshan | Best Player – T Dilshan |
Top 5 batting performers:
Top 5 bowling awards: