TE PUKE RELIEVE UNITED INDIANS OF THE CHALLENGE PRIZE IN CLASSIC BUILDERS RESERVE GRADE ACTION

The Don Warner Challenge trophy, contested within the Classic Builders Reserve Grade competition, is becoming a poisoned challis with just one successful defence after seven rounds of play.

Te Puke came from the bottom of the standings to comprehensively defeat the current Don Warner trophy holder, United Indians, on Saturday (11 December 2021).

United Indians batted first and were bowled out for 139. Ranjit Rai and Amrit Singh top scored with 30 runs - with Te Puke bowler Christian MacDonald in fine fettle, taking four wickets for 29 runs. Te Puke wasted little time in getting home losing just two wickets. Chris Rowe led the way with a well crafted 65, off 112 balls, while Christian MacDonald backed up his bowling with an unbeaten 47 runs.

R&A Sangha batsman Yogesh Kumar anchored his sides total of 256/7, in smacking 115 runs against Katikati, at Fergusson Park. Katikati made a determined effort for victory with their reply restricted to 233 for the loss of eight wickets. Jayden Fairweather top scored for the hosts with a gritty 60 runs

Aquinas College, also upset a team that sat above them on the points ladder, in a short and sharp encounter with Hawks. The Aquinas bowlers ripped through Hawks batting lineup, to remove them for 89, before posting a three wicket victory. Luca Adsett took three wickets at a cost of just 18 runs.

Tauranga Boys College had a good tussle against Papamoa, before emerging with a hard fought nine run win, with Cadets beating Greerton by 69 runs.

Hawks will meet Te Puke Blue in the Classic Builders B Grade First Round title decider next weekend, after they finished at the top of the standings in their respective pools of play, after results were tallied on Saturday evening.

Hawks overwhelmed Greerton with a 244 run victory. The defending B Grade First Round titleholders, reached 341 for six wickets in their forty overs. Mayank Saini smacked an unbeaten 115 with Jasvir Dhillon reaching 91 before being dismissed. The Greerton batsmen came and went in quick succession as they were skittled for 97.

Te Puke Blue booked their finals berth against Hawks, in beating TBC 4th XI, with six wickets to spare. Tauranga Boys were bowled out for 117 before Amritpal Bopari led his team to the win points on the line with 38 not out. 

Classic Builders Reserve Grade Results 11 December 2021

Cadets 223(Daniel Maathuis 59, Sam Owen 39, Blayne Fraser 36, James McCabe 31; Israel Turner 4/33) defeated Greerton 154 (Ben Lind 56; Blake Pentecost 5/40)

R&A Sangha 256/7 (Yogesh Kumar 115; Brody Gilroy 4/38) defeated Katikati 233/8 (Jayden Fairweather 60, Cameron Pooley 37, Brody Gilroy 34, Taurian McConnochie 33) 

United Indians 139 (Ranjit Rai 30, Amrit Singh 30; Christian MacDonald 4/29, Bibin Babu 3/14) lost to Te Puke 141/2 (Chris Rowe 65, Christian MacDonald 47no)

Tauranga Boys College 204/7 (Loughlin Keaney 75, Luke Spargo 62; Vishal Groundar 4/42) defeated Papamoa 195 (Daljit Singh 53; Loughlin Keaney 3/27, Fynn Williamson 3/35)

Hawks 89 (Luca Adsett 3/18) lost to Aquinas College 90/7 

Mount Maunganui the bye.

Points Table (Bonus points to be added) Mount Maunganui 128, United Indians 116, Cadets 101, R&A Sangha 94, Katikati 90, Greerton 88, Papamoa 82, Tauranga Boys College 72, Hawks 70, Aquinas College 69, Te Puke 64.

Classic Builders B Grade 

Pool One

Te Puke Green 178/8 (Gupreet Pedda 47no, Kala Singh 40; Vikas Tiwari 3/45) lost to R&A Sangha 181/8 (Swayam Kaui 53, Vikas Tiwari 30; Sukpreet Singh 3/20, Gurjant Singh 3/38)

Mount Maunganui 145 (Mitchell Dickson 52; Brad Ford 3/16, Karan Joshi 3/40) defeated Katikati (Braden Brewer 43no; Steve Robinson 4/30)

Albion 162/9 (Preet Singh 52; Alex Peterson 4/12) lost to TBC 3rd XI 166/4 (Alex Peterson 40, Jean Roux 36no)

Hawks 341/6 (Mayank Saini 115no, Jasvir Dhillon 91, Dev Singh 47) defeated Greerton 97 (Kuldeep Sohai 3/5)

Points Table (Final) Hawks 44, TBC 3rd XI 39, R&A Sangha 37, Mount Maunganui 26, Te Puke Green 20, Albion 15, Katikati 13, Greerton 11.

Pool Two

Mount Maunganui Inanga 130 (Felix Payne 41; Lucas Grant 3/28) lost to Cadets 132/2 (Luke McConaghty 46, Joe Smythe 41no)

TBC 4th X I 117 (Happy Singh 3/16, Srikanth Vemuri 3/26) lost to Te Puke Blue 118/4 (Amritpal Bopari 38no, Tejveer Singh 31)

Grasshoppers 151/9 (Anthony Beatson 35, Bob Curran 32; Hareesh Paniker 4/27, Richu Tharakan 3/24) defeated Bay Blasters 108 (Arjun Basker 52; Sarn Lee 3/12, Chris Uden 3/18)

Katikati Singh XI 161 Harpal Singh 42, Avi Sood 36; Nitin Bindal 4/30, Caleb Farrington 3/17) lost to PapaOMA's 162/7 (Tony Biesiek 48; Prabh Dhillon 4/35)

Points Table (Final) Te Puke Blue 44, PapaOMA's 38, Cadets 32, Grasshoppers 32, Mount Maunganui Inanga 20, Bay Blasters 15, Katikati Singh XI 15,  TBC 4th XI 14.

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