Eves Realty Greerton Sit At The Top Of The Baywide T20 Standings

Posted: Monday, 9 October 2017

T20 First Round

Eves Realty Greerton ended the first two rounds of the Baywide T20 competition, on top of the point’s ladder, after defeating Baywide new recruits GM Painters Lake Taupo CC and Element IMF Cadets. The hard fought win over archrivals Cadets in the late afternoon game on Saturday (7 October 2017), was the Pemberton Park based side first win against Cadets since November 2015.

Cadets batted first and reached 136/7, with new season skipper Jono Boult top scoring with 45, while Scott Steward got amongst the runs with 39 runs. Brett Hampton and James Boyd both grabbed two wickets apiece for Greerton.

The Greerton charge for victory faltered early, when Cadets took a wicket with their first ball of the Greerton innings. Greerton captain Shane Wineti, who has just returned home from a winter sojurn in England, picked up the challenge and led his side to victory with a half century. Brett Hampton smacked a quickfire 28 not out with Lee Watkins and Josh Ormrod also getting amongst the runs.

New World Te Puke skipper Stephen Crossan, got his team away to a flyer in the opening round against Bayleys Central Indians, hammering 83 off thirty odd balls as his charges posted 170/2. While the Rotorua side made a determined charge for victory they came up short when restricted to 145/5.

Lake Taupo CC who have earned promotion to the Baywide premier ranks for the first time this season, took Te Puke down to the wire in round two. The new recruit’s bowlers removed seven Te Puke batsmen who finished with 123 runs in the scorebook. With Lake Taupo needing six to win in the last over, Te Puke bowler Cam Riley restricted his opponents to just three runs to give Te Puke a narrow victory.

Carrus Mount Maunganui who sat out the early bye also remained unbeaten after despatching Central Indians. Two new season Mount bowlers in Daniel Smith and Donavan Marshall, made their new teammates sit up and take notice, when they greatly assisted their side in removing Central Indians for 108. Smith who has moved north from Southland took three wickets at a cost of 10 runs with Marshall returning 2/9.

Bay representative batsman Ben Musgrave anchored the Mount Maunganui victory with an unbeaten 38 runs, while youngster Logan Carr posted a handy 29, as the victors cantered to victory with seven wickets to spare.

Another Bay of Plenty representative to impress on the opening day of the season, was Greerton batsman Tom MacRury. The Bay opener blasted 91 off 37 balls, as Greerton reached 229/4 against Lake Taupo in round one action. Lee Watkins posted a half century with the Lake Taupo captain Roger Urbahn taking two wickets for 37 runs. MacRury backed up his batting performance grabbing four wickets for just 6 runs, as the Taupo side were bundled out for 112, to give Greerton a 117 run win.

Bay of Plenty Cricket Results 7 October 2017
Baywide T20 – Round One
Eves Realty Greerton 229/4 (Tom MacRury 91, Lee Watkins 51, Brett Hampton 41; Roger Urbahn 2/37) defeated GM Painters Lake Taupo CC 112 (Jerome Dywer 34, Roger Urbahn 20; T MacRury 4/6, Jared Tutty 2/8, Tom Wakelin 2/23)
New World Te Puke 170/2 (Stephen Crossan 83, Tai Bridgman-Raison 42) defeated Bayleys Central Indians 145/5 (Christian MacDonald 3/20, Ryan Crossley 2/19)
Element IMF Cadets v Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College to be played at a later date
Carrus Mount Maunganui the bye

Round Two
Element IMF Cadets 136/7 (Jono Boult 45, Scott Steward 39; Brett Hampton 2/17, James Boyd 2/19) lost to Eves Realty Greerton 141/3 (Shane Wineti 51, B Hampton 28no, Lee Watkins 28, Josh Ormrod 24no)
Bayleys Central Indians 108 (AJ Kumar 31; Daniel Smith 3/10, Donavan Marshall 2/9, Dale Swan 2/23) lost to Carrus Mount Maunganui 109/3 (Ben Musgrave 38no, Logan Carr 29)
New World Te Puke 123/7 (S Crossan 34; F Davies 2/19, H Mawal 2/25) defeated GM Painters Lake Taupo CC 121/8 (Blair Inch 29; Christian MacDonald 2/23, Cam Riley 2/24)
Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College the bye.

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