MOUNT MAUNGANUI QUALIFY FOR THE HAVANA EATERY BAYWIDE T20 PLAYOFFS

Posted: Saturday, 12 December 2020

Bond & Co Mount Maunganui, became the first team to qualify for The Havana Eatery Baywide T20 post section play, when they beat Flying Mullet Te Puke in round two on Thursday (10 December 2020) evening.

Mount Maunganui, went into the holiday season break in play, with maximum points from their two encounters. Te Puke batted first and reached 120 for the loss of nine wickets, with Imam Singh batting at five top scoring with 43 runs. Bay of Plenty representative bowler Chris Atkinson, used his pace and guile to take three wickets at the Te Puke Domain.

Mount keeper Ben Pomare struck 31 runs, with Niven Dovey posting an unbeaten 30, as their side got home with seven wickets to spare.

Generation Homes Lake Taupo, chased down the 111 run target set by Craigs Investment Partners Geyser, losing just three wickets on the way. The Rotorua side posted 110/6, with Dane Sorrenson and Lucky Singh adding 37 apiece to the score board. Unbeaten scores in the forties, from Michael Mitchell and Caleb Bate, took the Taupo team home to victory.

Eve's Realty Greerton made a successful entrance into the Baywide title race after sitting out the first round bye, being made to work hard in their reply, by Holland Beckett Law Tauranga Boys College. Tauranga Boys Tim Pringle was in top form with the bat with 42 runs, with Daniel Spencer (4/15) and Umesh Ranaraja (3/21) grabbing the majority of the Greerton bowling success.

Greerton opener Ben Lind set up a good platform for his side with 38 runs, however the Tauranga Boys bowlers took six wickets, before Greerton banked the win points on offer. Isaac White was the pick of the students bowling attack taking three wickets at a cost of 14 runs.

The Havana Eatery Baywide T20 Round Two 10 December 2020 - Results

Pool One: Flying Mullet Te Puke 120/9 (Iman Singh 43, Christian MacDonald 30; Chris Atkinson 3/18) lost to Bond & Co Mount Maunganui 121/3 (Ben Pomare 31, Niven Dovey 30no) - Papamoa the bye

Pool Two: Craigs Investment Partners Geyser 110/6 (Dane Sorrenson 37no, Lucky Singh 37) lost to Generation Homes Lake Taupo 116/3 (Michael Mitchell 49no, Caleb Bate 40no) - Bayleys Central Indians the bye

Pool Three: Holland Beckett Law Tauranga Boys College 111/8 (Tim Pringle 42; Dan Spencer 4/15, Umesh Ranaraja 3/21) lost to Eves Realty Greerton 112/6 (Ben Lind 38, Isaac White 3/14) - Element IMF Cadets the bye

Points Table (Provisional) Pool One: Mount Maunganui 12, Te Puke 0, Papamoa 0 - Pool Two: Central Indians 6, Lake Taupo 6, Geyser 0 - Pool Three: Tauranga Boys College 6, Greerton 6, Cadets 0.

The Havana Eatery Baywide T20 Draw

14 January 2021 – Round Three

31 January 2021 – Semi-Finals

5 February 2021 – BOPCA Final @ Bay Oval

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