Kings still rule after winning derby
TCRICKET
he Classic Builders Reserve Grade Pa¯ pa¯ moa derby played at the Alice Johnson Oval on Saturday was one-way traffic with Pa¯pa¯moa Kings easily repelling the challenge of clubmates Pa¯pa¯moa.
The victory ensured the Kings will hang on to the Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Association Don Warner Challenge Trophy for at least another week.
Pa¯pa¯moa Kings batted first, and set their club rivals a big target when they were dismissed for 291. Amritpal Singh top scored with 92 while Raminder Singh finished with a neat half-century. Dave Tuck finished his bowling spell with five wickets at a cost of 43 runs.
The current challenge trophy holders held the ascendancy from early in the reply, and bowled their opponents out for 144. Brad Harding and Daniel Johnson top scored with 32 runs each, while Rana Virk and GS Billings did plenty of damage with the ball.
The Papmoa Indian representatives will put the Don Warner Challenge prize on the line for the fifth successive week when Katikati pay a visit to the Alice Johnson Oval next Saturday. Papmoa Kings have been the season front-runners in the reserve grade competitions, winning eight (four T20 and four in the competition’s first round) games without tasting defeat.
Te Puke went down to Hawks after Hawks reached 215 for the loss of nine wickets. Gagandeep Singh and Simranjeet Singh were the best of the Te Puke bowling attack with two wickets apiece. Gagandeep Singh backed up his bowling performance to top score with 43 runs, while stand-in captain Barnjit Sodhi got into the 20s as Te Puke were removed for 156.
Te Puke Blue reached 200/8 in their allotted Classic Builders Division One match with Grasshoppers, before the Hoppers chased the target down with four wickets to spare. Bikram Sandhu was in solid form with the bat with an unbeaten 86 runs. Navtej Schal was the best Te Puke Blue bowler, capturing three wickets for 55 runs. ■
Results Classic Builders Grade Reserve
Pa¯ pa¯ moa Kings 291 (Amritpal Singh 92, Raminder Singh 50, Aman Mahal 47, Jasdeep Sidhu 30; Dave Tuck 5/43, Daniel Johnson 3/10) defeated Pa¯pa¯moa 144 (Brad Harding 32, Daniel Johnson 32: Rana
Virk 3/28, GS Billing 3/34) — Papamoa Kings retained the Don Warner Challenge Trophy Hawks 215/9 (Amrit Sandhu 47no, Ajay Kumar 36) defeated Te Puke 156 (Gagandeep Singh 43)
Classic Builders
One
Te Puke Blue 200/8 (Bikram Sandhu 86no) lost to
Division
Grasshoppers 201/6 (Bob Curran 41, Ben Goodall 39no, Craig Williamson 32; Navtej Schal 3/55)
Falcons 171/5 (Stu Farquhar 3/13) v Papaoma’s — no result due to rain
Classic Builders
Two
Te Puke Chandra Panjab the bye.