Pa¯ pa¯ moa Kings reign on leaderboard

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a¯pa¯moa Kings finished their two weekend Classic Builders Reserve T20 assignments on Saturday with two more victories, to top the leader board with four wins from four games.

First up, they limited Aquinas College to 108 for the loss of five wickets before cruising to an eight-wicket victory. Aman Mahal top scored for the victors with 57 not out.

In round four action, the Pa¯pa¯moa bowlers had Baaj Sports on the back foot, in restricting them to 108/9.

A half-century from Lokesh Gahlan and 40 not out by Ajay Kumar, took the Kings to a five-wicket victory.

Pa¯pa¯moa Kings sit in the box seat with just one round remaining before the title playoffs are decided. However, standing in their way as top qualifier on their side of the draw, are 2022 Reserve Grade Champions Cadets. The two rivals meet in midweek action on Thursday next week, with the Tauranga Domain-based team needing a big victory over the Kings to progress to the title decider on Saturday, November 19.

The second Pa¯pa¯moa Reserve Grade team suffered two losses in the weekend T20 action. First up, they posted 117 for six against Tauranga Boys College, with the students getting home with five wickets to spare. Eight-five runs was never going to be enough in their clash with Mount Maunganui, who cantered to victory, for the loss of a solitary wicket.

Te Puke Blue posted their first win of the Classic Builders Senior Open T20, with a 36-run victory over Tauranga Boys College. The Te Puke representatives set their opponents a solid target in reaching 145/5. Bikram Sandhu top scored with 40no. Led by four wickets from Srikanth Venmuri, Te Puke Blue bowled Tauranga Boys out for 109 to claim a big win. WBOPCA results, October 22 — Classic Builders Reserve Grade T20

Round Three: Pa¯pa¯moa 117/6 (Brad Harding 39; Jack Jones 3/18) lost to Tauranga Boys College 118/5 (Billy Ramsden 33)

Aquinas College 108/5 (Daniel Coster 55no) lost to Pa¯pa¯moa Kings 110/2 (Aman Mahal 57no, Jaskirat Bhangu 36)

Round Four: Pa¯pa¯moa 85/5 (Pieter Osbourne 44no, Dale Swan 3/7) lost to Mount Maunganui 87/1 (GS Samra 51no, Mitchell Dickson 30no)

Baaj Sports 108/9 lost to Pa¯pa¯moa Kings 109/5 (Lokesh Gahlan 52, Ajay Kumar 40no)

Classic Builders Senior Open T20 Round Three: Te Puke Charda Panjab 126/7 (Prajot Singh 36no; VP Gohtra 3/24) lost to Baaj Sports 128/6 (Navpreet Singh 36)

Round Four: Cadets 142/6 (Lucas Grant 41; Sukhpreet Singh 4/16) defeated Te Puke Charda Panjab 96 (Darcy Hoskin 4/20)

Te Puke Blue 145/5 (Bikram Sandhu 40no, Swayam Kaul 39) defeated Tauranga Boys College 109 (Srikanth Venmuri 4/29