MMCC RETAIN CLASSIC BUILDERS RESERVE GRADE TOP SPOT
Mount Maunganui retained their place at the top of the Classic Builders Reserve Grade standings, with a 94 run win over Te Puke at Blake Park on Saturday (27 November 2021).
The home side set their opponents a solid target in reaching 202 for the loss of seven wickets. Tom Bradburn top scored with an unbeaten 48 runs. Mount Maunganui applied the pressure from the start and grabbed their first wicket with just three runs on the board. Denym Clarke made a quick fire 36 off just 28 balls, before the Mount bowlers prevailed with Te Puke bowled out for 106.
R&A Sangha had to work hard to take the win points on offer from Cadets. The Sangha XI batted first and were removed for 184. Varinder Sandu was a rock at one end top scoring with 61 runs. Cadets made a determined attempt for victory, but pulled up short, being restricted to 173/9 to hand the Sangha side an 11 run victory.
United Indians set Hawks a target of 218, to win. before ripping through the reply to post a 99 run victory. Sukdeep Sidhu and Sunil Gaur both posted half-centuries for victors - with Harinder Dhaliwal (4/45) and Sukdeep Sidhu (3/12) removing seven of the Hawks batsmen.
Greerton, defeated Tauranga Boys College after being dismissed for 211, then bowling Tauranga Boys out for 95.
Te Puke Blue bowler Tejveer Singh, ripped through Bay Blasters in a Classic Builders B Grade encounter, to finish his spell with six wickets for just 18 runs. Bay Blasters were bowled out for 101, with the Te Puke side getting home with six wickets to spare. Tejveer Singh produced the best Western Bay of Plenty Cricket bowling figures of the season.
Hawks won the pool one top of the table clash, beating TBC 3rd XI, in a game that went down to the wire. Hawks batted first and set Tauranga Boys third team a target of 213 to win. A Scott Curtis half-century set TBC a good platform, however tight Hawks bowling reeled back the reply to restrict them to 197/4.
Other B Grade contenders to pick up win points were Mount Maunganui, R&A Sangha and Katikati in pool one - and PapaOMA's, Grasshoppers and Cadets in pool two action.
Classic Builders Reserve Grade 27 November 2021
United Indians 217 (Sukdeep Sidhu 59, Sunil Gaur 51) defeated Hawks 118 (Ajay Kumar 30; Harinder Dhaliwal 4/45, Sukdeep Sidhu 3/12)
Greerton 211 (Lee Watkins 75, Brandon Laurenzi 45; Andrew Friskney 5/30) defeated Tauranga Boys College 95 (Narayan Raghunath 4/27, Scott Drabble 3/26, Dan Spencer 3/24)
Mount Maunganui 202/7 (Tom Bradburn 48no, Kade Smit 30) defeated Te Puke 106 (Denym Clarke 36; Mandinder Takhai 3/32)
R&A Sangha 184 (Varinder Sandhu 61, GS Gagan 38; Finn Dempsey 3/34) defeated Cadets 173/9 (Sam Owen 43, Daniel Maathuis 38; Yogesh Kumar 3/23)
Aquinas College v Katikati - to be played at a later date; Papamoa the bye.
Points Table (Provisional) Mount Maunganui 99, United Indians 87, Papamoa 66, Katikati 65, R&A Sangha 65, Greerton 54, Cadets 52, Hawks 46, Tauranga Boys College 40, Aquinas College 35, Te Puke 31.
Classic Builders B Grade
Pool One
Mount Maunganui 139/8 defeated Te Puke Green 116/8 (Karan Singh 55; Karl Friend 4/11, Rajat Tanwar 3/35)
Albion 166/8 (Bruce Majoribanks 44; Gurishwar Singh 3/23) lost to R&A Sangha 167/5 (Swayam Kaul 45, Mayank Tandon 31)
Katikati 183/9 (Ben Warren 47; Sam Brown 3/27) defeated Greerton 135 Brad Ford 3/8, Jacob Morton 3/9)
Hawks 212 (Navpreet Singh 56, Kulwinder Singh 39, Jasvir Dhillon 30; Jake Stott 3/33, Billy Ramsden 3/36) defeated TBC 3rd XI 197/4 (Scott Curtis 59; Billy Ramsden 45, Alex Peterson 40)
Points Table (Provisional) Hawks 30, TBC 3rd XI 24, R&A Sangha 24, Te Puke Green 19, Mount Maunganui 18, Katikati 12, Greerton 11, Albion 6.
Pool Two
TBC 4th XI 122 (Regan Cross 30; Rob Inglis 3/13) lost to PapaOMA's 125/3 (Tony Jackson 42)
Grasshoppers 202/9 (Andy Balfour 55, Bob Curran 43, Chris Uden 43) defeated Mount Maunganui Inanga 144 (Sam Vague 39; Andy Balfour 4/31, Sarn Lee 4/39)
Bay Blasters 101 (Tejveer Singh 6/18) lost to Te Puke Blue 103/4 (Bikram Sandhu 31)
Katikati Singh XI 101 (Depp Bolingford 3/28, Kush Joshi 3/38) lost to Cadets 102/1 Luke McConaghty 60no)
Points Table (Provisional) Te Puke Blue 30, Grasshoppers 24, Cadets 24, PapaOMA’s 18, Bay Blasters 12, Mount Maunganui Inanga 12. TBC 4th XI 12, Katikati Singh XI 6.
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