Hundreds of kids, parents, grandparents and friends created summer sporting memories at the annual Junior World Series cricket tournament in its silver jubilee year. Searing heat and torrential rain featured amid some stunning cricket, played by children from Year 3 to Year 8 who donned colourful shirts and caps to represent different cricketing nations. Players from clubs across Auckland took part in the sell-out event, which has become something of a rite of passage for young local cricketers. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the tournament which is organised each January by North Shore Cricket Club and has a focus on participation, friendship and fun.