Tuesday 27 January 2026
The First XI Cricket team arrived back in Auckland last week after a successful trip to Sydney, playing in the Trans-Tasman Festival.
The team successfully completed three matches, with only one day’s play lost to rain. For the second consecutive year, our First XI remained unbeaten, winning all three fixtures and producing some highly encouraging performances. The boys performed strongly as a collective unit and there were also some standout individual performances with both the bat and ball during their matches.
Overall, the tour proved to be a highly rewarding experience for our 15 travelling students. They enjoyed exploring Sydney and formed lasting friendships during their time away, all while representing the College with pride and enthusiasm.
While they were away two of our First XI players Aekkam Sarao (Year 13, Parnell) and Hugo Bricklebank (Year 12, Averill) (pictured), helped the Auckland U17 Cricket team to win the National Provincial Tournament held in Lincoln.
Trans-Tasman Results Summary:
Game 1 (Two-day fixture)
King’s College First XI - First innings: 216 all out
Oscar Holt (Year 12, Parnell) 77 off 57 balls, Jai Shoal (Year 13, Peart) 50 off 83 balls, Tom McCulloch (Year 13, Greenbank) 48 off 65 balls.
Second innings: 150–9 declared
Barney Foote (Year 13, Averill) 72 off 73 balls, Edward Mitchelson (Year 13, Marsden) 32 off 18 balls.
Canberra Grammar School First XI - First innings: 114 all out
Edward Mitchelson 2–13, Richter Markram (Year 12, Averill) 2–11, Tom McCulloch 2–37.
Second innings: 183 all out
Malcolm Barrow (Year 13, School) 3–30, Nikau Henwood (Year 12, St John's) 2–22.
Result: King’s College won by 87 runs.
Game 2 (30 overs)
Christ’s College First XI - 119 all out (28 overs)
(Jack McCulloch (Year 11, Greenbank) 3–14, Richter Markram 1–14)
King’s College First XI - 120–4 (15.5 overs)
Malcolm Barrow 39 off 23 balls, Oscar Holt 29* off 32 balls, Lucca Stredder (Year 13, Parnell) 23* off 18 balls.
Result: King’s College won by 6 wickets.
Game 3 (50 overs)
Shore School First XI - 152 all out (48 overs)
Edward Mitchelson 3–31, Jack McCulloch 2–18, Tom McCulloch 2–28.
King’s College First XI - 153–8 (42.3 overs)
Lucca Stredder 29*, Malcolm Barrow 26*, Ollie Sinclair (Year 12, Greenbank) 23.
Result: King’s College won by two wickets.