Auckland cruised to back-to-back titles at the Cricket Express Whanganui Under-15 Girls Cricket Tournament at Victoria Park on Friday.
Under the watchful eye of White Fern mentor Lauren Down, the Auckland teenagers went through the four day competition unbeaten meeting Christchurch in the final for the second year on end.
On Friday Christchurch batted first on the Tasman Tanning No1 pitch, but were kept relatively in check by tight Auckland bowling to score 111 runs by the time the their 10th wicket was taken in the 29th over.
Anna Browning, who took the MVP mantle, took four wickets for just 22 runs from her six over spell. Lucy Murray, who was ironically run out by Browning, was best of the Christchurch batters scoring 31 runs.
In reply a quick 30 from 45 balls by Browning set up fellow opener Shivani Unka (42) and first drop Emma Irwin (30) to cruise to a comfortable 115 runs in the 25th over with the loss of one wicket.