WEEKLY WRAP OF WBOPCA SENIOR CRICKET 27 NOV
Week Seven – WE 27 November 2021
First up, we need to recognize and applaud two hat-tricks in a Classic Builders B Grade match on Saturday 20 November 2021, between Hawks and Katikati.
Hawks batted first, with Pinakin Patel who plays for Greerton but was loaned to Katikati for the day, taking a wicket with his last ball of the 27th over and then coming back to grab the two more successive wickets, with his opening balls of the 29th over.
Not to be outdone, Hawks bowler Lakh Jattana took a hat-trick with the second, third and fourth balls of the 17th over, in the Katikati reply. The Hawks strike bowler finished the match with a six wicket haul at a cost of 25 runs.
Mount Maunganui batsman Pete Drysdale, wrote another piece of his clubs history, when he extended the Mount Maunganui Club all-time centuries to thirteen on Saturday. Opening the innings against Lake Taupo in a Baywide game at Blake Park, Pete played a patient innings to post 137 off 165 balls that included sixteen 4’s and two 6’s.
RPO Drysdale moved into equal second place on the Western Bay of Plenty Baywide all-time list, of 13 tons with Llorne Howell, three behind Te Puke’s Tai Bridgman-Raison with 16 centuries.
The idea between the newly minted Don Warner Challenge Trophy, was to have a Reserve Grade prize that would be on the line each week, on a roundabout of challenges. This weekend, current holders Papamoa, put the Don Warner prize up for grabs against United Indians who are engaging in their third challenge (see below).
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WESTERN BAY OF PLENTY CRICKET DRAWS – 4/5 December 2021
Classic Builders Reserve Grade 4 December
Cadets v Te Puke, Tauranga Domain; Tauranga Boys College v Mount Maunganui, Nicholson Field; Greerton v Aquinas College, Pemberton Park; Katikati v Hawks, KCG @ Moore Park; United Indians v Papamoa, Fergusson3; R&A Sangha the bye.
Classic Builders B Grade 4 December
Pool One: Te Puke Green v Hawks, Gordon Spratt1; TBC 3rd XI v Greerton, Fergusson2; Albion v Katikati, Fergusson1; Mount Maunganui v R&A Sangha, Blake2;
Pool Two: Grasshoppers v Te Puke Blue, Mitchell Park; Mount Maunganui Inanga v TBC 4th XI, Blake1; Cadets v PapaOMA’s, Waipuna2; Bay Blasters v Katikati Singh XI, Waipuna1.
BOPCA McNaughton Trophy 5 December
R&A Sangha v Aquinas College, Fergusson3; Mount Maunganui College v Eastern Bay of Plenty XI, Blake2; Papamoa v Tauranga Boys College, Alice Johnson Oval; Greerton v Cadets, Fergusson2; Katikati v Mount Maunganui, KCG @ Moore Park; Hawks v Te Puke B Grade, Fergsson1; Te Puke v Lake Taupo CC, Te Puke Domain; Geyser City v United Indians, Boord Park.
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
Next Challenge
4 December 2021 Papamoa v United Indians, Fergusson3
A QUICK LOOK BACK AT LAST SATURDAYS WESTERN BAY CRICKET ACTION
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.
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.
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.
WBOPCA Best – Week Seven We 27 November
Runs 75 Lee Watkins (Greerton)
Wickets 6/18 Tejveer Singh (Te Puke Blue)
WBOPCA Classic Builders Season Honours Board
Classic Builders Reserve Grade First Round Competition
Runs 209 – GS Gagan R&A Sangha) HS: 113no Matt Earl (Katikati)
Wickets 10 – Ben Warren (Katikati)/Vishal Goundar (Papamoa) Andrew Friskney (TBC) BB: 6/32 - Ben Warren
Catches 6 – Amritpal Singh (United Indians)
Classic Builders B Grade First Round Competition
Runs 221 – Jasvir Dhillon (Hawks) HS: 105 Jasvir Dhillon
Wickets 11 – Bryn Roberton (TBC 3rd XI) Lakh Jattana (Hawks/ R Inglis (PapaOMA’s) BB: 6/18 - Tejveer Singh (Te Puke Blue)
Catches 7 – Henry McKinley (TBC 3rd XI)
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
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
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