TAURANGA BOYS COLLEGE MAKE HISTORY IN THE BAYLEYS BAY OF PLENTY CUP

Posted: Monday, 12 December 2022

It was a touchy start on Saturday for the final round of the Bayleys Bay of Plenty BOP Cup - especially in Rotorua where Geyser City and Lake Taupo couldn’t escape the rain.

A massive 214 run win against Papamoa wasn’t enough for Te Puke to make it into the finals.

Iman Singh took the Papamoa bowlers head on, closing the first innings with a score of 105*. While Josh Earle (61*) watched Singh from the non-striker's end hit a 4 to end the 49th over.

Earle went on to open the bowling for Te Puke, taking his first wicket by the end of the 7th over and claiming the wickets of 2 other Papamoa players, only going for 25 runs.

While Ben Roborgh added 4 to the tally, ending up with figures of 4-21.

Te Puke 307/3, 49 overs (Iman Singh 105*, Josh Earle 61*; Sean Crotty 1-43)

Papamoa 93/10, 29.5 overs (Nikhil Vishwanath 24, Xavier Lea 23; Ben Roborgh 4-21)

Te Puke Won by 214 Runs

Over at Pemberton Park, Greerton managed to come away with a winning draw against Tauranga Boys putting them into the Final. For Tauranga Boys, although they conceded a losing draw, they managed to make history, securing themselves a spot in the final for the first time ever.

Greerton 242/5, 39.1 overs (Anish Desai 74, Harrison Perry 56; Darcy Collett 2-53)

Tauranga Boys 162/4, 50 overs (Logan Murray 50, Luke Scimegour 34; Ben Lind 2-13)

Greerton Won by 5 Wickets

Down the road at Blake Park, Otumoetai Cadets came out on top against Mount Maunganui.

Batting the full 60 overs, meant Mount Maunganui weren’t able to use extra overs to chase down the cadets total of 210.

With 1.2 overs to spare, Cadets managed to bowl Mount Maunganui out for 164.

Mount Maunganui 164/10, 48.4 overs

Otumoetai Cadets 210/10, 60 overs

Cadets Won by 46 Runs

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