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BOND & CO MOUNT MAUNGANUI LOOK TO GET BACK TO THEIR WINNING WAYS IN ROTORUA

Bond & Co Mount Maunganui who shared the competition lead heading into round five, will want to get their Bay of Plenty Cup title aspirations back on track, after being toweled up by Flying Mullet Te Puke last weekend.

This Saturday (28 November 2020) sees the current Baywide champion of champions, on the road to Smallbone Park in the Sulphur City, where Bayleys Central Indians await the opportunity to deal the visitors back to back losses.

Mount Maunganui at full strength are very hard to get past and have a strong batting lineup. Ben Musgrave leads the Bay of Plenty Cup batting stakes, with 234 runs, and can take a game away from the opposition when in full flight. Another to shine in early season action is Ben Pomare, who hit a match winning 77, for the Bay of Plenty representative side last weekend. Mount quick Chris Atkinson has produced the season best bowling figures taking five wickets for just 10 runs.

The Rotorua combined team also have plenty of batting firepower in their ranks. Captain Stephen Nicholls hits a big ball while Lovely Sandhu has been one of the form batsmen of the Baywide season. Veteran Central Indians bowler Andrew Gibbs is still rocketing the ball down and could trouble the visitors batting attack.

Competition leaders Eves Realty Greerton, take an unbeaten season record into their meeting with Craigs Investment partners Geyser, at Pemberton Park. Greerton all-rounder Lee Watkins sits in second place on the bowling statistics with nine wickets and is a more than handy lower order batsman.

Geyser skipper Cody Fell, knows how to lead his troops from the front and has a season highest score of 63 not out to his name. Joe O'Donoghue has taken a highly sought after five wicket bag, after returning 5/22 against Papamoa.

Papamoa will have their sight on back to back victories after posting their maiden Baywide win last weekend.   Ben Guild who has (cricket) experience in spades, led the way to his teams first Bay of Plenty Cup win points and is likely to be the danger man again, when Generation Homes Lake Taupo visit Alice Johnson Oval.

The Lake Taupo side has been a slow starter this season and Captain Habib Malik is sure to have his troops primed for battle in the Western Bay of Plenty.

A mid table clash will take part at the Te Puke Domain, where the home side meets Holland Beckett Law Tauranga Boys College, with both sides having a individual competition front-runner in their ranks. Te Puke bowler Cameron Riley is the leading

Bay of Plenty Cup bowler with ten wickets, while Tauranga Boys all-rounder Tim Pringle owns the seasons highest score of 118 runs.

BOPCA Bay of Plenty Cup Draw - 28 November 2020

Papamoa v Generation Homes Lake Taupo, Alice Johnson Oval; Flying Mullet Te Puke v Holland Beckett Law Tauranga Boys College, Te Puke Domain; Bayleys Central Indians v Bond & Co Mount Maunganui, Smallbone Park; Eves Realty Greerton v Craigs Investment Partners Geyser, Pemberton Park; Element IMF Cadets the bye.

Points Table: Greerton 33, Mount Maunganui 27, Cadets 20, Central Indians 20, Te Puke 19, Tauranga Boys College 16, Papamoa 12, Lake Taupo 6, Geyser 6.

Bay of Plenty Cup Honours Board

Runs: 234 Ben Musgrave (Mount Maunganui) 214 Ben Guild (Papamoa) 204 Taylor Bettelheim (Greerton) – Season Highest Score 118 Tim Pringle (Tauranga Boys College)

Wickets: 10 Cameron Riley (Te Puke) 9 Lee Watkins (Greerton) 8 Chris Atkinson (Mount Maunganui) 8 Christian MacDonald (Te Puke) – Season Best Bowling 5/10 Chris Atkinson (Mount Maunganui)