Mitch McCann has had a sterling season to sit in third place with 227 runs; the talented all-rounder is on Bay of Plenty duty.
One of the real rivalries of Western Bay cricket will resume when Cadets square off against Mount Maunganui at the Tauranga Domain.
The Mount team would like nothing better than to take away Cadets' unbeaten Williams Cup record, and a Mount victory would move them into contention for a home semifinal.
While both are without Bay players, the two clubs have strong reserve-grade sides where they can go for replacements.
Williams Cup titleholders Eves Realty Greerton will still be smarting from their Twenty20 loss to Central and get the opportunity for revenge at Pemberton Park. Greerton batsman Cameron Neal sits in second place in the standings with 238 runs. However, Central have a strong bowling line-up, led by Bay representative bowlers Ben Blackett and Andrew Gibbs, who could trouble the Greerton batsmen.
East Bay United sit in fifth place on the standings and still have a theoretical chance of playing finals cricket. However, they need to beat BOP Indians tomorrow and post another victory in the last round to have any chance of making the top four.
Williams Cup draw, tomorrow: BOP Indians v East Bay United, Smallbone Park; Te Puke v Tauranga Boys' College, Te Puke Domain, Element IMF Cadets v Mount Maunganui, Tauranga Domain; Eves Realty Greerton v Central, Pemberton Park.
Williams Cup points: Te Puke 35, Cadets 33, Mount Maunganui 23, Greerton 23, East Bay United 17, Central 11, Tauranga Boys College 11, BOP Indians 4.
Williams Cup statistics, top three: Batting (Runs): 329 Mark Orchard (TBC), 238 Cameron Neal (Greerton), 227 Mitch McCann (Te Puke); Bowling (Wickets): 13 Joel Mathews (East Bay United), 12 Jeremy Bates (Te Puke), 11 Henry Conway (TBC).