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- RNZ News
Cricket: Matt Henry guides Black Caps to Tri-Series final triumph
Matt Henry celebrates a wicket for the Black Caps. Photo: AFP New Zealand seamer Matt Henry restricted South Africa to three runs from the last over to seal a dramatic three-run victory in the Twenty20 International Tri-Series final in Harare. Chasing 181 for victory, South Africa needed eight off the last eight balls with six wickets in hand, and seven from the final over, but brilliant catches in the outfield by Michael Bracewell and Daryl Mitchell helped restrict them to 177-6. Dewald Brevis looked as though he had won the game with 31 from 16 deliveries and was an inch or two from completing the job as he launched Henry towards the square-leg boundary, only for Bracewell to juggle the ball as he stepped over the rope back into play to complete the catch. Mitchell took a superb diving effort at long off to dismiss George Linde, who looked as though he would win the game for the South Africans with a big hit down the ground. Senuran Muthusamy could not get bat to ball on the final delivery of the game from Henry, who finished with figures of 2-19 from three overs. "As a group we have been playing some really good cricket and to get over the line in a really tight game, I am proud of the guys," Henry said. "It is credit to the attitude of our team, making sure we stay in the fight and knowing that wickets can change things." New Zealand were sent into bat and amassed 180 for five. Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra both scored 47. Teenager Lhuan-dre Pretorius scored 51 from 35 balls in South Africa's reply and they looked to be coasting home before Brevis' dismissal and the excellent final over from Henry. "We played a pretty good game, it was a match of millimetres," South Africa captain Rassie van der Dussen said. "We have had guys making debuts and experimented a bit (in the series), so for the young guys to come in and get so close, we will learn a lot from this." Zimbabwe were the third team involved in the Tri-Series, but lost all four group games. - Reuters
RNZ News
2 hours ago
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Netball: ANZ Premiership final - what you need to know
Donnell Wallam of the Mystics shoots. Photo: Joshua Devenie / Photosport The ANZ Premiership winner will make history in Auckland on Sunday. Either the Tactix will win a maiden title or the Mystics will win a three-peat, something no other team has done. Mainland Tactix v Northern Mystics 4pm Sunday, 27 July The Trusts Arena, Auckland Live blog updates on RNZ Sport Since the competition began in 2017 three franchises have lifted the trophy - the Steel twice, and the Pulse and Mystics three times each. The Mystics will become the most successful team in ANZ Premiership history if they win Sunday's final and claim a record fourth. The Mystics have home advantage having finished on top of the regular season. This will be the Tactix' third ANZ Premiership grand final. The side lost to the Pulse in 2020 and the Mystics in 2021, where they lost by just two goals. Six of the eight previous ANZ Premiership grand finals have been won by the team who finished top of the regular round and claimed the minor premiership. The only two occasions the top team after the minor round hasn't won was in 2018 when the Steel defeated the Pulse. And last year when the Mystics beat the Pulse, but that can be attributed to the fact that strike shooter Grace Nweke was out injured for part of the season, which saw the Mystics slip down the ladder in 2024. The Mystics have won every grand final they have appeared in. When the teams last met in Round 10 the Mystics defeated the Tactix 70-56 in Auckland . The Tactix won the Round 4 meeting 61-50 in Rangiora, but the Mystics were without star shooter Donnell Wallam in that game. But the Tactix are coming off an impressive 57-52 victory over the Pulse in the Elimination Final . Coach Robyn Broughton and captain Bernice Mene after Southern Sting beat Canterbury Flames in the 2001 Coca Cola Cup domestic final. Photo: Photosport Two ANZ Premiership grand finals have been decided by one goal; Last year the Mystics pipped the Pulse by one goal in the dying seconds. In 2018 the Steel overcame the Pulse 54-53 , incredibly the same score as last year's grand final. The Tactix would claim their region's first National League title if they can defeat the Mystics. The Tactix and their National League predecessors, the Canterbury Flames, have not won a title since the introduction of franchise netball in 1998. The Flames played in four Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup finals but lost all four to the Southern Sting. If they take the win, the Mystics will become the first New Zealand team to claim three consecutive titles since the Southern Sting, who won six titles in a row between 1999 and 2004. Donna Wilkins has led the Tactix to the grand final in her first season as head coach. Tia Winikerei is the most recent head coach to claim the title in her first season, when she led the Mystics to the 2023 title. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
NZ Herald
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On The Up: Napier teen Mercede Eunson wins gold at Australian boxing tournament
'So I just had to move a lot more than what I normally do, which really worked my fitness.' At her experience level, she said it is really hard to find opponents, and she was initially running unopposed in the competition until a girl in a lower category with less experience stepped up, making the bout a straight final. But that one fight wasn't enough for the young champion from Napier. Mercede's mother and coach Naomi Eunson said after winning the under-17 division she stepped up to take on the under-19 champ. 'Unfortunately, we didn't win that match, and the New Zealand number one and number two in under-19 also fought the same opponent at the tournament and everyone lost to her,' Naomi said. 'So she was very, very tough competition, but we just wanted to take the experience and get as much out of it as we could, which was great.' Up next is the Boxing NZ Championships in September, but now Mercede has a taste of boxing overseas, she wants more. 'There's another one in Australia which is called the Queen of the Ring and it's really just for all of the girls, so there'll be heaps of opponents there,' Mercede said. 'It's the first female-only tournament to be run in the Australasian area, so we might look at going into that if we can get enough funding,' Naomi said. 'Everything comes down to funding.' Naomi (left) and Mercede Eunson at the Napier Boxing Club. Photo / Jack Riddell Naomi has been head coach at Napier Boxing for the last three years. In that time the club has won three golds at the National Championships, and produced five golden glove winners. 'We've had so many winners coming through, it's putting us back on the map,' Naomi said. The club started a female academy this year and has more than 20 girls aged 11 to 15 training to compete. Plus the club's women's classes are so fully booked, Naomi has had to start a waiting list. 'It's been a lonely sport for Mercede, being one of a couple of females in the club for some years now, so it's really nice for her to have teammates coming through now,' Naomi said. 'I was always like the odd one out, always the youngest, only girl, and now that I've got another female teammate who's my age, she's become like my best friend, so it's awesome,' Mercede said. Mercede's long-term goal is to represent NZ at an Olympics, but away from sport she has her eye on becoming a police officer. 'After I leave school, I'd like to go to the army and do a trade in carpentry cause I'm really good at like woodwork and metal work.' Jack Riddell is a multimedia journalist with Hawke's Bay Today and has worked in radio and media in Auckland, London, Berlin, and Napier.
