178 RUN STAND TAKES CENTRE STAGE

 178 RUN PARTNERSHIP TOOK CENTRE STAGE IN THE CLASSIC BUILDERS B GRADE FIRST ROUND COMPETITION

 A 178 partnership from Hawks B Grade openers Jasvir Dhillon and Kulwinder Singh, batted Albion out of the match, at Fergusson Park on Saturday (30 October 2021). The defending B Grade champions belted 295 for the loss of eight wickets, in their forty overs at the crease.

Jasvir Dhillon top scored with 105 off 121 balls, with Kulwinder Singh accelerating the total with 103 runs, at a strike rate of 143 (per one hundred balls). Rodney Henderson troubled the Hawks middle order taking 4/46, as they lost their last five wickets for 30 runs.

Albion were on the back foot and at 66 for the loss of four wickets, were in some strife. Shane Espitalier shone out like a beacon with 41 runs in Albion’s turn at bat, before they were dismissed for 132. 

Te Puke Green posted the biggest winning margin of the B Grade round one, in beating Greerton by 196 runs. Two half centuries provided by Te Puke's Kala Singh and Sodhi set the stage for their side to post 236. 

Greerton were rolled for 40, with the Hawks emphatic win coming with the fifth ball of the 18th over. Prabhjot Singh returned 3/5, with Sukhpreet Singh (2/4) and Malkit Mann 2/8) also grabbing wickets with little resistance. 

A feature of the day was the two victories by the Tauranga Boys College B Grade entrants. The TBC third eleven set Mount Maunganui a target of 112 before bowling them out for 72. The TBC fourths, removed Bay Blasters for a neat century then got home with six wickets in hand. 

Defending Reserve Grade titleholders United Indians, had a good tussle with Katikati before prevailing with three wickets to spare. The team from the Western Bay extremities batted first and posted 119 for nine wickets. Former Bay of Plenty representative player, Brody Gilroy, top scored with an unbeaten 30 runs. Gurjant Singh was in top form with the ball, with four wickets for 18 runs from his 7.2 overs.

United Indians made a respectable start, at 39/1, when Sukdeep Sidhu was dismissed for his sides top score of 31. The Katikati bowlers upped the ante and at 50/4 had the Indian side in some trouble. Harbinger Ohaliwal turned the momentum, with 30 at tick over a run a ball, with United Indians reaching their target in the 32nd over. Jacob Morton returned figures of four wickets for 43 runs with the ball.

Other Reserve Grade side to take maximum points, were Mount Maunganui, R&A Sangha, Papamoa and Cadets apicking up the twenty points on offer. 

Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Results 30 October 2021

Classic Builders Reserve Grade Round One

Tauranga Boys College 87 (Manvir Singh 5/16) lost to R&A Sangha 93/1 (GS Gagan 54)

Hawks 123 (Aman Singh  34; Nick Smith 3/13) lost to Mount Maunganui 124/1 (Nick Smith 63no, David March 37)

Greerton 158 (GM Mangat 4/35, Vishal Groundar 3/14) lost to Papamoa 160/5 (Scott Drabble 4/40) 

Katikati 119/9 (Brody Gilroy 30no; GurjantSingh 4/18, Sukhdeep Singh 3/23) lost to United Indians 122/7 (Sukdeep Sidhu 31, Harbinger Ohaliwa 30, Jacob Morton 4/43, Blake Gilroy 3/16)

Aquinas College 107/7 (Jordy Smith 35) lost to Cadets 110/1 (Sam Owen 44no, Blake Pentecost 37no) 

Te Puke the bye.

Points Table (Provisional United Indians 20, Mount Maunganui 20, Cadets 20, Papamoa 20, R&A Sangha 20, Katikati 6, Greerton 6, Aquinas College 2, Hawks 3, Tauranga Boys College 2, Te Puke 0.

Classic Builders B Grade 

Pool One: Te Puke Green 236 (Kala Singh 52, Sodhi 50, Karan Singh 48; Dugald Hossack 4/30) defeated Greerton 40 (Prabhjot Singh 3/5)

R&A Sangha 234/8 ( GS Dhoni 62, Pardeep Kumar 40) defeated Katikati 71/9 (Nitish Kumar 3/5, Gurishwar Singh 3/31)

TBC 3rd XI 111 (Scott Curtis 49) defeated Mount Maunganui 72 (Bryn Robertson 3/6, James Stratton 3/15)

Hawks 295/8 (Jasvir Dhillon 105, Kulwinder Singh 103; Rodney Henderson 4/46) defeated Albion 132 (Shane Espitalier 41; Mani Singh 4/18, Lakh Jattana 3/29)

Points Table (Provisonal) Hawks 6, Te Puke Green 6, R&A Sangha 6, TBC three 6, Greerton 0, Albion 0, Mount Maunganui 0, Katikati 0.

Pool Two: Bay Blasters 100 (Jake Stott 4/9, Reuben Carter 3/8) lost to TBC 4th XI 101/4 (Jason Spice 33no)

PapaOMA's 194/9 (Stefan Heuberger 39, Simon Clotworthy 39) defeated Mount Maunganui Inanga 118 (Sam Vague 33; Rob Inglis 5/33) 

Katikati Singh XI 145 (Rajkaran Singh 34) lost to Grasshoppers 147/4 (Andrew Balfour 54, Craig Williamson 41no)

Te Puke Blue 168 (Harkirat Dhillon 40, Jassi Sidhu 37, Amritpal Bopari 36; Adam Manners 4/14, Cameron Murray 4/30) defeated Cadets 124 (Cameron Murray 33; Rana Virk 5/30, Jassi Sidhu 3/21)

Points Table (Provisional) Te Puke Blue 6, TBC four 6, PapaOMA's 6, Grasshoppers 6, Bay Blasters 0, Katikati Singh XI 0, Cadets 0, Mount Maunganui Inanga 0.