Teams’ unbeaten records dashed

Two Western Bay cricket teams’ unbeaten records went at the weekend.

Mount Maunganui and Sher E Punjab Te Puke were both beaten by Baaj Sports’ sides in the Western Bay Cricket Association’s combined division one and two T20 competition. Rounds 5 and 6 were played at the weekend.

Sher E Punjab Te Puke posted a very competitive total in reaching 192 for the loss of eight wickets, against the Baaj Second XI. Eighty-four runs posted by Bivek Singh played a big part in the Sher E Punjab innings.

The Baaj reply was anchored by Bikram Singh who hammered 92 off just 40 balls. Navpreet Singh was also in good form in reaching 43 before being dismissed, with his side reaching their target with the third ball of the 16th over.

The Baaj Sports first team batted first against Mount Maunganui and posted 141/8. Vikas Tiwari was the best of the Baaj batters registering a neat half-century. Four wickets from Rajesh Kumar and Gurinder Singh returning 3/16, did the damage as Mount Maunganui were bowled out for 116.

Round Six saw Bay Blasters and Tauranga Boys’ College unable to be seperated. Bay Blasters reached 140/6, with Tauranga Boys stranded on 140 for the loss of eight wickets after their allotted 20 overs.

Bay of Plenty Women’s captain Tash Wakelin was in superb touch in Cadets Division Four encounter with Bay Blasters, in hitting a century. Bay Blasters set Cadets a solid target, when they were dismissed for 181 in their 40 over per side game. Wakelin opened her side’s reply in tandem with Bay of Plenty Women’s wicket keeper Amelia Harvey (23), and were in a solid position when Harvey was removed at 57/1. The Bay captain continued to defy the opposition bowlers and hit a neat century before being dismissed. Her 100 runs came from 87 balls and included 14 fours. Joshua Peterson-guy picked up the reigns after Wakelin was removed to post an unbeaten 34, with victory coming in the 26th over with Cadets having eight wickets in hand.

■ WBOPCA Results Division One and Two T20 — Round Five

United Indians 77/9 lost to Katikati 81/4 Sher E Punjab Te Puke 192/8 (Bivek Singh 84) lost to Baaj Sports2 — 196/5 (Bikram Singh 92, Navpreet Singh 43; Harpreet Singh Kang 3/24)

Cadets 164/7 (Jamie Coombe 50, Blake Pentecost 41; James Stratton 3/20, Nahir Parmar 3/32) defeated Tauranga Boys College 126/7 (Reuben Carter 43; Finn Dempsey 3/24)

Greerton141/5 (Louie Morris 64no) defeated Falcons 71 (Abhi Sood 38; Israel Turner 3-8)

Pa¯pa¯moa 134/4 (Ryan Balson 34) defeated Cadets2 — 129/7 Hawks185/9 (Bikram Sandhu 78; Mandeep Singh 3/32) defeated United Indians2 — 84 (Amrit Sandhu 5/24) Bay Blasters 117 (Derin Davis 31) lost to Te Puke 119/0 (Ryan Crossley 64no, Simon Eves 35no)

Baaj Sports 141/8 (Vikas Tiwari 50, Yogesh Yogi 32; Jonathon Brewis 4/25) defeated Mount Maunganui 116 (Logan Carr 36, Josh Parsons 34; Rajesh Kumar 4/22, Gurinder Singh 3/16)

Round Six

Baaj Sports2 -193/6 (Bikram Singh 75no, Jasvir Dhillon43, Mani Panjeta 31; Mathew Earl 3/28) defeated Katikati 151/8 (Colin Chase 33, Max Morton 32; Jashan Toderpuria 5/41) United Indians 93 (Manpreet Singh 35; Sukhpreet Singh 3-8) lost to Sher E Punjab Te Puke 94/3 (Karandeep Singh 39, Kala Singh 30no)

Baaj Sports 138/7 defeated Papamoa 111/8

Cadets2 — 118/8 (Jean Roux) lost to Mount Maunganui 122/8 (Ben Parlance 33no, Isaac Loye 4/20, Adam Manners 3/11)

Te Puke 143/6 (Simon Eves 43, Cameron Templer 32, Daniel Court 31no) lost to Cadets 145/5 (Blake Pentecost 42)

Falcons 118 (Ravinder Singh 40; Lokesh Gahlan 4/20) lost to Hawks 119/0 (Ajay Kumar 58no, Amandeep Singh 52no)

Greerton 171/7 (Patrick Davenport 68, Aiden Green 53; Vinod Sharma 3/34) lost to United Indians2 — 172/9 (Gurpreet Singh 55; Scott Drabble 3/25)

Bay Blasters 140/6 tied with Tauranga Boys College 140/8 (A Norman 38) Division Three

Tauranga Boys College White 221/8 lost to Tauranga Boys College Blue 223/6 — played 14 October

Aquinas College 155/7 (Rico Adsett 40) lost to Papamoa 156/5 (Tony Biesiek 89no)

Mount Maunganui2 190/9 (Cruz Clacher-macdonald 60) lost to Grasshoppers 191/2 (Bob Curran 74no, Ben Goodall 49no)

Albion 151/8 (Matt Summerville 35, Shane Espitalier 35; Carl Redshaw 3/18) defeated Mount Maunganui 120 (Harvie Sidhu 3/34)

Division Four

United Indians 243 (Narginder Singh 59; Dilbag Singh 3/39) defeated Baj Sports2 — 103 (Chandan Bhardwaj 3/9

Bay Blasters 181 (Sajin Ts 52; Shanan Miles 4/28, Oscar Robinson 4/35) lost to Cadets 183/2 (Tash Wakelin 100) Baaj Sports 205 (Arshdeep Setta 71; Cayne Dew 3/31, Kirean Wonnocott 3/33) defeated Greerton 120

Danphe 292/9 (Prajwol Karki 57) defeated Katikati 102 (Cameron Pooley 36no; Prajwol Karki 4/19, Ravinder Sharmal 4/36)