Fergus Hickey Rosebowl BOP v Northland - Preview

Posted: Thursday, 24 November 2016

Bay Of Plenty Representative Team Face A Big Challenge At The Bay Oval

The Bay of Plenty Senior Men’s representative team face a big challenge in their Fergus Hickey Rosebowl match-up with Northland at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui this weekend (26/27 November 2016).

Bay of Plenty Coach Graeme Aldridge said “Northland will definitely be a bigger challenge than Poverty Bay two weeks ago. They are always well drilled with a lot of good players”. “The team is tracking well and we will be doing our best to compete with a good Northland side”.

The visitors from the Far North, will still be smarting after letting the Bay of Plenty side of the hook last year, when the game finished in a draw. Northland looked to be in the box seat in Whangarei declaring at 326/6, but failed to bowl the visitors out on the second day.

Following on from the debut of three Under 19 players against Poverty Bay, Jared Tutty in his first season out of Tauranga Boys College, will make his Bay of Plenty senior men’s team debut against Northland. “ We are aware that while we are always trying to win games, we also need to give younger guys the opportunity to develop. I think we can do both (win and develop) which is why we try and have a balance of youth and experience”.

“With some of our experienced players away on Northern Knights duty this weekend, it presents opportunities for others to showcase their skills. We have tried to balance it out by bringing in some experience with Alex Gooding and also give Jared Tutty his first game for the Bay” said the Bay of Plenty coach

Experience in spades is provided by skipper Peter Drysdale and Jono Boult. The Bay of Plenty captain made his Bay of Plenty Senior Men’s debut at the ND One-Day tournament in November 2009. Drysdale, will become just the fourth Bay of Plenty player to reach the seventy game mark for his province, when he walks out onto the Bay Oval on Saturday.

Jono Boult, who has mixed his Bay of Plenty appearances with Northern Knights duty, played his first Bay of Plenty First XI match in the 2003/04 season. Wicketkeeper Tim Clarke has passed the fifty game milestone in the Bay of Plenty uniform, while Tom MacRury celebrated his 35th game for the Bay against Poverty Bay with his third century in the Bay colours.

Bay of Plenty Senior Men’s Team v Northland @ Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui 26/27 November 216
(Bay of Plenty Caps in brackets)
Peter Drysdale (c - 69) Ben Musgrave (19) Mount Maunganui - Jono Boult (67) Sean Davey (26) Gurwinder Singh (1) Cadets - Tom MacRury (35) Jared Tutty (debut) Greerton - Tim Clarke (57) Iman Singh (1) Tauranga Boys College - Stephen Crossan (5) Alex Gooding (2) Te Puke – Alastair Blackett (1) Rotorua.
Coach: Graeme Aldridge Manager: Wayne Brill

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