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Inclement Weather Wins The Battle With Bay of Plenty Cup Games

Inclement Weather Wins The Battle With Bay of Plenty Cup Games

Posted: Monday, 2 November 2020

The patience and persistence of the Bay of Plenty Cup cricket players had to bow to the elements on Saturday (31 October 2920), with all four matches eventually abandoned after the participants were on and off the field, before the wet weather prevailed.

Papamoa, batted first against Craigs Investment Partners Geyer in Rotorua, in an encounter where the visitors tail wagged. In real trouble with just 127 runs on the board, with the last two batsmen at the crease - Reece Shelton (25no) and Ben Goodall (23) put on a 50 run tenth wicket partnership, to take their side through to a respectable 177.

Geyser bowler Joe O'Donoghue, was in sizzling form on a wet pitch taking five wickets at a cost of 22 runs. The inclement conditions intervened before the home team could bat with the two sides splitting the points on offer.

Eve's Realty Greerton posted the highest total of the abandoned matches, when they were dismissed for 253 with four balls remaining in their innings, against Element IMF Cadets. Brett Hampton top scored with 48, while New Greerton keeper Tim Burke made a solid contribution with 45 runs.

An extended lunch break, saw Cadets make a solid start before the players were driven from the field with the hosts at 57/1.

Bond & Co Mount Maunganui batted first against Generation Homes Lake Taupo, at Owen Delany Park in Taupo. Two Mount long serving players in Nick Smith and Ben Musgrave both posted 29 runs, with the home side bowlers in good form in restricting the visitors to 165 for the loss of eight wickets.

Lake Taupo had some difficulty in dealing with the wet conditions and were in trouble at 34 for the loss of six wickets, when the game was abandoned. Chris Atkinson and Henry Conway took three wickets apiece.

Bayleys Central Indians batted first against Flying Mullet Te Puke, and reached 113 for the loss of six wickets, when the game ground to a final halt in the twenty-second over. Individual honours were recorded by Nandeera Nawela (39) and Ben Sandford (30), with Christian MacDonald, Tasman Carsons and Cameron Riley each taking two wickets.

Bay of Plenty Cup Results – 31 October 2020

Eve's Realty Greerton 258 (Brett Hampton 48, T Burke 45; Fergus Lellman 2/28) - Element IMF  Cadets 57/1 (Marcel Collett 24no) match abandoned

Papamoa 177 (Reece Shelton 25no, Ben Goodall 23; Joe O'Donoghue 5/22) - Craigs Investment Partners Geyser CC 0/0 match abandoned

Bayleys Central Indians 113/6 (Nandeera Nawela 39; Christian MacDonald2/5, Tasman Carsons 2/42, Cameron Riley 2/44) - Flying Mullet Te Puke 0/0 match abandoned

Bond & Co Mount Maunganui 165/8 (Ben Musgrave 29, Nick Smith 29; AJ How 2/14, Nathan Higgins 2/25) Generation Homes Lake Taupo CC 34/6 (Chris Atkinson 3/18, Henry Conway 3/15) match abandoned

Holland Beckett Law Tauranga Boys College the bye

Points Table (Provisional) Central Indians 11, Cadets 11, Mount Maunganui 11, Greerton 11, Papamoa 4, Geyser 4, Lake Taupo 4. Te Puke 3, Tauranga Boys College 1.

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