WESTERN BAY CRICKET

Baaj Sports finished the Western Bay of Plenty Cricket Classic Builders Division One preliminary competition in style on Saturday, finishing top qualifier in the Division 1 title race, and locking the Don Warner Challenge Trophy away until next season.

Taking on Te Puke, the top-two contest was a one-sided affair, with Baaj Sports winning by 125 runs. Baaj Sports reached 220/9 with Varinder Sandhu top scoring with 96 not out. Te Puke were removed for 95.

Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford showed he had more than oratory skills with a century for Greerton against Falcons in Division 2. The Falcons batting line-up posted a substantial 303 for the loss of nine wickets. Rutherford belted 101 not out, and combined with Dave Kawan (84no) to post a 165-run partnership. The MP belted a four in the last over of the game to take his side to victory. ■ WBOPCA Results

Classic Builders Division 1

Baaj Sports 220/9 (Varinder Sandhu 96*, Vikas Tiwari 35, M. Sachith 3/41) defeated Te Puke 95 (Johnny Coulter 38*, Manvir Singh 3/17, Gurinder Singh 3/19, Yogesh Yogi 3/20) by 125 runs and retained the Don Warner Challenge Trophy.

Cadets 134 (Chris Mascall 47, Henry Conway 4/35) lost to Mount Maunganui 138/7 (Nick Smith 42*) by 3 wickets. Hawks 163 (Kuljit Singh 62, Gurbaj Singh 34, Jacob Morton 4/22, Braden Brewer 3/25) lost to Katikati 166/3 (Ben Warren 53*, Max Morton 45) by 7 wickets.

United Indians 203/8 (Manjot Singh 75, Mandeep Singh 44; Asa Banbury 3/44) lost to Papamoa 204/8 (Ryan Balsom 51, Razib Dutta 49; Prem Kumar 3/24).

Classic Builders Division 2

Falcons 303/9 (Harsh Badhan 79, Abhi Sood 36, David Street 3/51) lost to Greerton 305/7 (Tom Rutherford 101*, David Kawan 84*, Aidan Green 33, Louis Morris 30, Toby Hawes 30, Pardeep Kumar 3/40) by 3 wickets.

Tauranga Boys’ College 273/8 (Reuben Swanepoel 102, Jake Stott 36*, Flynn Waller 31) defeated Bay Blasters 137 (Sandeep Ambattu 41, Heston Roberton 3/13) by 136 runs.

Baaj Sports 248/6 (Aman Mahal 105, Mani Panjeta 35, Gurjant Singh 3/24, Swayam Kaul 3/48) defeated Sher E Punjab Te Puke 248/6 (Harpreet Singh Kang 70, Gurpreet Padda 56, Barnjit

Singh 39) by 3 runs.

United Indians 155 (Vinod Sharma 49, Will Morris 3/15) lost to Cadets 156/8 (Greg Veale 44*, Narinder Singh 3/26, Bhagwant Singh 3/36) by 2 wickets. Classic Builders Division 3

Papamoa 249/5 (Tony Biesiek 69, David Babbage 60) defeated Aquinas College 149 (Shem Banbury 35, Renato Di Emidio 5/45) by 100 runs.

TBC XI Blue 203 (Ben Mckinlay 72, Senuka Hewa Alankarage 37, Joseph Carter 3/14) lost to TBC White 204/9 (Joseph Carter 31, Matthew Guttormson 39, Kody Irwin 31*) by 1 wicket. Grasshoppers 132 (Ben Goodall 42, Oscar Tutt 4/13) lost to Mount Maunganui2 136/4 (Matt Tustin 52* Louis Robinson 34) by 6 wickets.

Albion 109 (Karl Friend 4/16) defeated Mount Maunganui 90 (Saad Shah 30,

Darryl Blunsdon 4/8, Rob Ermens 3/10) by 19 runs.

Classic Builders Division 4

Baaj Sports2 — 201 (Gurwinder Sandhu 56, Reham Sekhon 33, Naseeb Kumar 3/35) lost to United Indians 202/8 (Gurpreet Singh 77, Kamal Singh 38* Dilbag Singh 4/27) by 2 wickets.

Bay Blasters 170/9 (Prasad Joseph 40, Sahil Chahal 3/26) lost to Cadets 173/8 (Sahil Chahal 50, Ani Shaji 3/29) by 2 wickets.

Greerton 158 (Carter Fitzpatrick 39, Ben Rowland 37, Yash Gill 4/30, Sukhmanpreet Singh 4/34) lost to Baaj Sports 162/5 (Vishal Garg 43*, Jagroop Boparai 32) by 5 wickets.

Danphe CC 272/9 (Radhe Yadav 142, Angrej Singh 5/55) defeated Katikati 76 (Ravinder Singh 40, Prajwol Karki 3/10) by 196 runs.