Howell to Represent NZ in South Africa

HBHS Year 10 student Rory Howell will leave New Zealand for the first time next week, to play for the NZ U14 Indoor Cricket team competing in the World Series.  Rory commented on his trip:

The coach hasn't allocated specific positions to us yet, but I was recently selected and I'm looking at a third line sort of position. Recently, I've been playing club-level indoor cricket and receiving coaching.  I currently play of the Waikato U19 team.  The tournament performance that got me selected was during last holidays, so I've been working pretty solidly since then. 

Some of the obvious differences between indoor and outdoor cricket have to do with the scoring and the nets.  In indoor cricket, the nets confine the playing area and dictate the scores: you get bonus runs for each zone that you hit the ball into, as well as the runs you achieve on the ground.

I started playing indoor cricket during the 'off season' for outdoor cricket.  I played it in winter because I love all forms of cricket. I moved to Hamilton about a year ago and become a part of the club as soon as I moved.  I had been playing for Auckland before the move, at provincial level.  I've never travelled outside of New Zealand before, so being selected for a national team is a really exciting opportunity for me.