VC Cricket Challenge: Lets players showcase their talents in a semi-serious exhibition match.
The University of Waikato Vice-Chancellor's Cricket Challenge against Northern Districts Māori takes place next week.
This year the annual match will be a 40/40 between an invitational University of Waikato XI and the Northern Districts Māori side, and will be played on the test wicket at Seddon Park on April 2.
The University of Waikato team, called the VC XI, will include a number of Sir Edmund Hillary Scholars and regional cricket representatives.
Waikato University's High Performance Manager Greg O'Carroll, who helped organise the game with the assistance of Northern Districts Cricket, says the match is a chance to establish the tradition of the VC's Cricket Challenge and foster emerging talent at the university and for Northern Districts Māori.
Players opportunity to shine
“This event is a really good fixture on the university and Northern Districts social calendar. It gives talented players from both sides an opportunity to shine, on what is a semi-serious exhibition match.
“The VC XI proved to be too good in 2011, but this year both teams have a high caliber of players which should make for a close and exciting match.”
The Waikato team are Hillary Scholars Ben Hyde, Mattie Thomas, Tommy Clout, and Sam Cooper who are joined by fellow students Mitchell Santner, Henry Cooper, Mike Dodunski, Ross Fitz-John, Devon Singh-Parhar, Josh Merriman and Jack Arnall.
The match begins at midday on April 2.