HOWZAT - WEEK 11

Welcome back to the second half of the season where the WBOPCA Championship business is concluded. The first day last Saturday produced some close contests and two games where the team batting second saw their batsmen come and go in quick succession.

The technical difficulties that resulted in the Reserve Te Puke verses Katikati game not posted on Player HQ, will see the Weekend Best wrapped up in next week’s edition.

WBOPCA CLASSIC BUILDERS RESERVE GRADE Don Warner Challenge Trophy

2021/22 Winner: Otumoetai Cadets

29 October 2022                      Cadets 127 lost to Papamoa Kings 65/4 - 14.1 overs (D/L formula)

5 October                                Papamoa Kings 383/4 defeated Greerton 204/9

12 November                          Papamoa Kings 160 defeated Aquinas College 102

19 November                          Papamoa Kings 291 defeated Papamoa Second XI 144

26 November                          Papamoa Kings 205/7 defeated Katikati 204

3 December                            United Indians 188 defeated Papamoa Kings 168

10 December                          United Indians v Te Puke – not played due to wet pitch

17 December                          Mount Maunganui 272/8 defeated United Indians 153

14 January                              Mount Maunganui 130 defeated Papamoa Kings 40

Next Challenge

21 January                              Mount Maunganui v Papamoa, Blake Park

SATURDAY’S CLASSIC BUILDERS WESTERN BAY CRICKET HEADLINES

Two Mount Maunganui bowlers ripped through the Papamoa Kings batting order, in their Classic Builders Reserve Grade round eight encounter, on Saturday (14 January 2023).

 Mount Maunganui, who had the Don Warner Challenge Trophy on the line in the encounter, batted first and posted what looked to be a relatively modest 130 runs. Logan Carr who came in at five, with his side in some trouble at 4/42, knuckled down to top score with a hard fought 52.

Few of the sideline spectators, could have predicted the devastation that Justin Earl and Nathan Walker would unleash with the ball. Earl was in rampant form with five wickets for 20 runs, while Mount skipper Nathan Walker was virtually unplayable, grabbing four bowling scalps at a cost of a solitary run.

The match was over in the 14th over, with the Papamoa representatives bundled out for 40, which left Mount Maunganui to face a further challenge for the Western Bay Cricket prize against the Papamoa second eleven, next weekend.

In other Reserve Grade action, Te Puke reached 205 for the loss of four wickets, before bowling Katikati out for 43 to claim a massive win.

WBOPCA Results 14 January 2023

Classic Builders Reserve Grade

Mount Maunganui 130 (Logan Carr 52; Jasdeep Sidhu 4/30) defeated Papamoa Kings 40 (Justin Earl 5/20, Nathan Walker 4/1)

Baaj Sports 223 (Varinder Sandhu 57, Deepak Singh 45; Amandeep Singh 3/43) defeated Hawks 177 (Amrit Sandhu 34, Amandeep Singh 31; Varinder Sandhu 3/39)

Tauranga Boys College 117 (Depp Bolingford 3/11) lost to Cadets 118/3 (Luke McCarthy 37no, Utsav Kumar 30; Billy Ramsden 3/33)

Aquinas College 122/6 (James Hope 31; SD Sidhu 3/20) lost to United Indians 127/7 (Prem Kumar 32no, Daljit Singh 32; Asa Banbury 5/22)

Te Puke 205/4 defeated Katikati 43

Greerton v Papamoa abandoned.

 Classic Builders Division One

Te Puke Charda Panjab 192 (Gurpreet Padda 46, Kala Singh 35; Harpreet Kang 33no) lost to Baaj Sports 193/2 (Kulwinder Singh 74no, Navpreet Singh 72no)

Papamoa 189/5 (Tony Biesiek 81, Jason Schumacher 37) lost to Te Puke Blue 190/4 (Bikram Sandhu 65no)

Tauranga Boys College 98 (Andrew Norman 48no; Caleb Mitchell 4-5) lost to Cadets 100/4 (Jamie Coombe 55no)

Grasshoppers v Falcons - abandoned

 Classic Builders Division Two

Albion 199/6 (Darryl Blunsdon 42, Shane Espitalier 41no, Mike Nix 37; Rajkaran Singh 3/25) defeated United Indians 72 (Bruce Marjoribanks 3/15)

Bay Blasters1 - 248 (Ani Shaji 73, Derin Davis 57, Arjun Baskar 42; Steve Robinson 3/30 Matt Station 3/43) defeated Mount Maunganui3 - 216 (Tobey Weis 58, Steve Robinson 40; Varghese 3/34)

Mount Maunganui4 - 190/8 (Steve Whyte 30no; Mithun George 3/40) defeated Bay Blasters2 159 (Sajin Ts 39; Jordan Harrington 4/36)

Tauranga Boys College the bye

Classic Builders Division Three

Baaj Sports 164/9 (Jarmanjit Singh 35; Mathew Tapper 5/32) defeated Cadets 133/9 (Isaac Loye 33; Jassi Singh 5/26)

Mount Maunganui 193/6 (Fraser Tustin 50, Kale Wellington 42, Matt Tustin 35; John Lillywhite 3/32) defeated Greerton 150/9 (Caleb Logan 61, Kieran Wonnocott 32: Hayden Burn 3/22, Nigel Tutt 3/30)

Katikati 186/8 v Danphe CC 147/10

Aquinas College the bye

WBOPCA Best – 14 January 2023

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WBOPCA Season Best

Runs                186      Gupreet Padda (Division Two – Te Puke Charda Panjab v TBC)

Wickets           6/15     Josh Dempsey (Reserve – Cadets v United Indians)

WBOPCA Classic Builders Season Honours Board

WBOPCA Reserve Grade

Classic Builders T20 Championship Winner                        Papamoa Kings

Runs – 112no Shane Wineti (Greerton)                     Wickets 5/10 Oliver Norwood (TBC)

WBOPCA Division 1-3 First Round 2022-23

Classic Builders Division One First Round Winner              Baaj Sports

Runs    113no – Mayank Tandon (Te Puke Blue)        Wickets 5/16 – Rodney Henderson (Albion)

Classic Builders Division Two First Round Winner             Te Puke Charda Panjab

Runs    186 - Gupreet Padda (Te Puke Charda Panjab) Wickets 6/21 – Varinder Singh (United Indians

Classic Builders Division Three First Round Winner                       Bay Blasters2       

Runs    120no – Cooper Hurley (Cadets)                    Wickets 4/8 - Prajwol Karki (Danphe CC)

Top Gun (Centuries and Six Wicket Bags)

Centuries

186                              Gupreet Padda (Division Two – Te Puke Charda Panjab v TBC) 5 November

139                              Liam Osborne (Reserve Grade – Greerton v United Indians) 10 December

126                              Ben Parlane (Reserve Grade - Aquinas College v Papamoa) 26 November

120no                          Cooper Hurley (Division Three – Cadets v Danphe CC) 3 December

119no                          Billy Ramsden (Reserve Grade – Tauranga Boys College v Papamoa) 5 November

116                              Aman Mahal (Reserve Grade – Papamoa Kings v Greerton) 5 November

115                              SS Sidhu (Division Two - United Indians v Albion) 12 November

113no                          Mayank Tandon (Division One - Te Puke Blue v PapaOMA’s) 29 October

113                              Jithin Karuveli (Senior Open T20 – Bay Blasters v United Indians) 22 October

112no                          Shane Wineti (Reserve T20 – Greerton v Katikati) 22 October

112                              Peter Southey-Jensen (Division One – Cadets v Mount Maunganui) 19 November

111                              Daljit Singh (Reserve Grade – United Indians v Greerton) 10 December

108no                          Rhyno Jan van Rensburgh (Senior Open T20 – Albion v Cadets) 15 October 2022

108                              Aryan Aryal (Reserve Grade – Tauranga Boys College v Greerton) 5 November

108                              Jithin Karuveli (Division One – Bay Blasters v Greerton) 12 November

102                              Raminder Singh (Division One – Falcons v Tauranga Boys College) 3 December

100no                          Bikram Sandhu (Division One – Te Puke Blue v Tauranga Boys College) 10 Dec

Six Wickets

6/15                             Josh Dempsey (Reserve – Cadets v United Indians) 19 November

6/20                             Scott Drabble (Reserve Grade - Greerton v Te Puke) 29 October

6/21                             Varinder Singh (Division Two – United Indians v Mount Maunganui) 3 December

6/33                             Caleb Farrington (Reserve Grade – Papamoa v Hawks) 3 December

Hat-Tricks

3/18                             Pankaj Tandon (Division Two – Albion v Tauranga Boys College) 4 December