BAYLEYS BAY OF PLENTY CUP ROUND 2 REVIEW

Posted: Friday, 28 October 2022

The sun came out this weekend for Round 2 of the Bayleys Bay of Plenty BOP Cup.

Not only was the sun beaming, there were a few players who walked off the field with a beaming smile.

After winning against Geyser in Round 1, Te Puke secured another win against Lake Taupo.

After declaring on the 57th over, Te Puke had put 274 runs on the board with only 3 wickets down. Captain Blair McKenzie (106*) and UK overseas player Ben Bodha (77*) closed the innings with a partnership of 159.

McKenzie had a consistent game with both bat and gloves, contributing 106 runs and catching 2 of the wickets, off Josh Earle and Iman Singh.

After bowling 6.3 overs, leg spinner Iman Singh had bowled the winning wicket - finishing up with 3 wickets off 8 runs. 13 overs in, Josh Earle claimed 6 more wickets - bowling 6 maiden overs and only going for 23 runs.

Lake Taupo’s batting lineup was no match for Te Pukes bowling attack. Once Habib Malik (29) and Michael Mitchell’s (19) wickets were taken, the remaining seven batsmen weren’t able to put more 15 runs next to their names.

Coming away with the win, Te Puke also have a few additions to their honours board after their huge win.

Te Puke 274/3, 57 overs (Blair McKenzie 106*, Ben Bodha 77*, Hamish Wilde 32; Habib Malik 2/54)

Lake Taupo 99/10, 34.3 overs (Habib Malik 29. Michael Mitchell 19, Ryan Hall 13; Josh Earle 6/23)

Te Puke won by 175 runs

Batting first on a wicket that looked like it would do a bit early on, the Greerton Premiers, through five solid partnerships, made 246-8d off 55 overs.

Tom Macrury (59) set the tone for the innings, with some late striking from Pat Davenport (46) from 35 giving GCC the momentum heading into the second innings.

Other batting contributions came from Nick O’Sullivan (45) Brandan Laurenzi (39) and Pip Thickpenny (36).

Geyser City were all out for 150 in the 49th over, with Harrison Perry being the pick of the rest with the ball with 2-45 of 14 overs.

UK overseas player Tyler McGladdery has started to hit his stride in the NZ conditions, contributing 32 runs and 2 wickets to the Geyser cause with Goldendeep Singh Brar continuing his form and solidifying his spot as Geyser City’s top run scorer - falling short of his half century by 2 runs.

Greerton was just too good on the day, bowling out Geyser City for 150 in the 49th over.

Greerton 246/8, 54.1 overs (Tom MacRury 59, Patrick Davenport 46, Nick O’Sullivan 45; Sean Gapes 3/44)

Geyser City 150/10, 44.5 overs (Goldendeep Singh Brar 48, Tyler Mcgladdery 32, Cohen Stewart 20, Tom MacRury 6/31)

Greerton won by 96 Runs

Although having a total of 271 on the board, for Papamoa it wasn’t quite enough with Mount Maunganui chasing it down within 45 overs!

Nikhil Vishwanth fell three short of his century, when Dominic Crombie (2) took his wicket.

Although five of Papamoa’s batsmen weren’t able to overcome 20 runs each.

Two young players Xavier Lea (71) and Kegan Bromilow (24*) helped put runs on the board. Performing with the bat and ball, Lea ended the game with 71 runs and 2 wickets next to his name.

Mount Maunganui’s Craig Baldry and Harry Burns claimed 2 wickets each. Baldry bowled 14 overs, going for 32 runs. While Burns bowled 9 overs and went for 43 runs.

Papamoa took the prized wicket of Pete Drysdale (48) early on after only facing 69 balls. Unfortunately for Papamoa, Ben Pomare was at his brutal best on Saturday smacking 161* off 130 balls, including nineteen 4’s and three 6’s.

Mount Maunganui 272/5, 44.3 overs (Ben Pomare 161*, Pete Drysdale 48, Kade Smit 32; Xavier Lea 2/52)

Papamoa 271/7, 60 overs (Nikhil Vishwanath 97, Xavier Lea 71, Keagan Bromilow 24*; Craig Baldry 2/32)

Mount Maunganui won by 5 wickets

Batting first on the very picturesque Smallbone Park Oval, Tauranga Boys College made a solid start to be 29/0 from 9 overs. The first wicket brought about a collapse and they found themselves at 65/6. Mitchell Rush, in just his second game, set about the rebuild and played a crucially patient knock of 61. He was well supported by Harsh Patel (17) and Darcy Collett (22) and the team finished up on 172 all out in 59 overs.

Rush carried on where he left off with the bat, to knock over the stumps twice in his first over. Harsh Patel snagging another at the other end to have Central reeling at 4/3. The home team ended up all out for 97 with TBC heading home with full points.

Tauranga Boys 172/10, 58.3 overs (Mitchell Rush 61, Logan Murray 23, Darcy Collett 22; Parv Mehta 3/52)

Central Indians 97/10, 38.2 overs (Harry Jones 27, Jake Rowe 25*, Julian Danby 13; Mitchell Rush 4/18)

Tauranga Boys won by 75 Runs

This weekend's draw:

Papamoa vs Central Indians

Alice Johnson Oval 1 - 11:30am

Tauranga Boys vs Otumoetai Cadets

Nicholson Field 1 - 11:30am

Lake Taupo vs Greerton

Owen Delany Park 1 - 11:30am

Mount Maunganui vs Geyser

Smallbone Park 1 - 11:30am

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