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Baywide Cup Preview 2nd December

Element IMF Cadets Head For Taupo Showdown

Element IMF Cadets will look to increase their lead at the top of the Baywide Cup standings on Saturday (2 December 2017), when they travel down the state highway, to play GM Painters Lake Taupo CC at Owen Delaney Park in Taupo.

Last weekend, Joe Carter put on a batting masterclass for Cadets against Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College. The dashing top order batsman, blasted an unbeaten 137 off just 106 balls in an innings that included 16 boundaries. Carter, who will play for Bay of Plenty in the annual one-day tournament that kicks of the next day in Taupo, is likely to get a good sighter of the Taupo pitch conditions on Saturday.

Lake Taupo CC, have made a useful start to the Baywide Cup, after earning promotion to the Baywide premier ranks this season. Roger Urbahn who captains the premier new recruits, leads from the front, with his 37 not out last weekend a standout in his sides mediocre batting performance.

Defending Baywide Cup title holders Carrus Mount Maunganui play Tauranga Boys College at Boys College headquarters at Nicholson Field. Veteran all-rounder Nick Smith, sits in a prominent position on both the Baywide Cup batting and bowling stakes. He is always capable of posting a score then backing up with some wickets.

Tauranga Boys bowlers in Rhys Mischewski and Craig Baldry have both had successful season starts and could trouble the visitors batting attack. Marcel Collett has a century to his name in the Baywide Cup and looks to be a rising star of the future.

Home town advantage, should give New World Te Puke a good opportunity to cement their top four place on the standings. While Te Puke opponents, Bayleys Central Indians sit at the bottom of the standings, they have plenty of young talent in their ranks and an upset at the Te Puke Domain would be no great surprise.

BOPCA Baywide Cup Round Four Draw– 2 December 2017
New World Te Puke v Bayleys Central Indians, Te Puke Domain; GM Painters Lake Taupo CC v Element IMF Cadets, Owen Delaney Park; Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College v Carrus Mount Maunganui, Nicholson Field; Eves Realty Greerton the bye.
Points Table
Cadets 22, Greerton 19, Te Puke 16,  Mount Maunganui 13, Tauranga Boys College 10, Lake Taupo CC 9, Central Indians 6.