WEEKLY WRAP OF WBOPCA SENIOR CRICKET 14 DEC
Week Nine – WE 11 December 2021
Two centuries, the Don Warner challenge prize changes hands again and the B Grade First Round finalists confirmed; headlined a busy weekend in Classic Builders Western Bay of Plenty Cricket action.
Hawks B Grade batsmen Mayank Saini, came in when his side was in some trouble at four down with 50 runs on the board, to anchor his team’s final big total of 341/6 against Greerton. Saini belted 115 not out from 85 balls to grab the weekend batting honours. R&A Sangha Reserve Grade batsman, Yogesh Kumar, equaled the weekend best with 115 runs against Katikati.
Bowling honours belonged to Cadets Reserve Grade Blake Pentecost, who took five wickets at a cost of 40 runs in a close run affair against Greerton.
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WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY CRICKET DRAWS – 18 December 2021
Classic Builders Reserve Grade
Katikati v Papamoa, KCG @ Moore Park; Greerton v Hawks, Pemberton Park; Mount Maunganui v Aquinas College, Blake2; Cadets v Tauranga Boys College, Tauranga Domain; R&A Sangha v Te Puke, Fergusson3; United Indians the bye.
Classic Builders B Grade First Round Playoffs
Final: Hawks v Te Puke Blue, Gordon Spratt2.
Playoffs: TBC 3rd XI v PapaOMA’s, Nicholson Field; Grasshoppers v R&A Sangha, Mitchell Park; Cadets v Mount Maunganui, Waipuna2; Te Puke Green v Mount Maunganui Inanga, Gordon Spratt1; Albion v Katikati Singh XI, Fergusson2; Katikati v TBC 4th XI, Uretara Domain; Bay Blasters v Greerton, Waipuna1.
WBOPCA CLASSIC BUILDERS RESERVE GRADE Don Warner Challenge Trophy
Week Three United Indians 122/7 defeated Katikati 119/9
Week Four United Indians 174 lost to Aquinas College 176/8
Week Five Aquinas College the bye
Week Six Papamoa 239/9 defeated Aquinas College 135
Week Seven Papamoa 41 lost to United Indians 43/3
Week Eight United Indians 139 lost to Te Puke 141/2
Next Challenge
18 December 2021 Te Puke v R&A Sangha, Fergusson Park.
A QUICK LOOK BACK AT LAST SATURDAYS WESTERN BAY CRICKET 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.
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.
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 45, TBC 3rd XI 39, R&A Sangha 37, Mount Maunganui 27, Te Puke Green 21, 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 39, Grasshoppers 33, Cadets 32, Mount Maunganui Inanga 20, Katikati Singh XI 15, TBC 4th XI 15, Bay Blasters 15.
WBOPCA Best – Week Nine 11 December
Runs 115no Mayank Saini (Hawks)
Wickets 5/40 Blake Pentecost (Cadets)
WBOPCA Classic Builders Season Honours Board
Reserve Grade First Round
Runs 209 GS Gargan (R&A Sangha)
Wickets 14 Vishal Goundar (Papamoa)
Catches 10 Amritpal Singh (United Indians)
B Grade First Round
Runs 393 Jasvir (Jonty) Dhillon (Hawks)
Wickets 15 Adam Manners (Cadets) Oliver Norwood (TBC)
Catches 9 Karandeep Singh (Te Puke Green)
Top Gun (Centuries and Six Wicket Bags)
Centuries
139no Fergus Lellman (Premier – Cadets v Tauranga Boys College) 6 November
137 Peter Drysdale (Premier – Mount Maunganui v Lake Taupo CC) 27 November
136no Joe Carter (Premier T20 – Cadets v Geyser City) 16 October
117 Iman Singh (Premier – Te Puke v Papamoa) 6 November
115no Mayank Saini (B Grade – Hawks v Greerton) 4 December
115 Yogesh Kumar (Reserve – R&A Sangha v Katikati) 11 December
113no Matt Earl (Reserve – Katikati v Te Puke) 20 November
106 Denym Clarke (Reserve Grade - Te Puke v Papamoa) 16 October
107no Amrit Singh (Reserve – United Indians v Tauranga Boys College) 20 November
105 Jasvir Dhillon (B Grade – Hawks v Albion) 30 October
103 Kulwinder Singh (B Grade – Hawks v Albion 30 October
100 Danny Dixon (B Grade – Cadets v TBC 4th XI) 20 November
Six Wickets
8/28 Mayura Galappaththi (Baywide Premier – Cadets v Greerton) 20 November
7/21 Tim Pringle (Baywide Premier – Cadets v Tauranga Boys College) 6 November
6/18 Tejveer Singh (B Grade - Te Puke Blue)
6/25 Lakh Jattana (B Grade – Hawks v Katikati) 20 November
6/32 Ben Warren (Reserve – Katikati v Te Puke) 20 November
Hat-Tricks
6/25 Lakh Lattana (B Grade – Hawks v Katikati) 20 November
3/47 Pinakin Patel (B Grade – Katikati v Hawks) 20 November