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Hibiscus Coast Cricket’s Ollie Barton has been selected for the Auckland U17 Men’s Cricket Team for the current season.
Ollie has already played for the Coast’s premier men’s team this season where his quality as a right-handed, top order batsman and wicket keeper has been valuable.
While a hip injury left him unfit to play his initial games with the Auckland squad, he will have the opportunity to play for the team later in the year.
He is the club’s second senior player to make an Auckland regional team, following 28-year-old Ramesh Lakmal making the Auckland Men’s A-side last season (HM, March 2019).
Hibiscus Coast Cricket Club’s manager, Gair McSkimming, says the club is making good progress across all levels of the game.
“As well as Ollie and Ramesh’s success, 18 of our junior players have been selected for district rep teams over the formats of 20-20 and 40-Over cricket,” he says.
“Junior and senior numbers are still growing, and our top men’s team will be promoted to a premiere team next year – meaning the pathway from playing for the Hibiscus Coast, to Auckland, and then potentially the Black Caps is truly opening up.”
