Second-placed Element IMF Cadets with square off with current Williams Cup titleholders Te Puke at the Tauranga Domain. Both teams have several batsman who can blast their side to victory. Cadets captain Scott Steward and Ben Christensen have Bay of Plenty representative credentials, with Morton Freer another who likes to put bat to ball.
Tai Bridgeman-Raison, who is currently tied for the most Te Puke premier centuries with the (late) ADG Roberts, is on a mission to own the three-figure title outright. Bay of Plenty Development captain Stephen Crossan and Gooding also like to take aim at the boundary ropes.
Defending Baywide Cup champions Eves Realty Greerton will be chasing back-to-back wins in their match-up with Tauranga Boys' College on Blake Park three. Last Saturday Greerton climbed of the bottom of the standings to beat Te Puke and will be desperate to win against Tauranga Boys' to keep their 2016 title hopes alive.
Tauranga Boys' bowlers Josh Ormrod and Iman Singh have shown genuine form with the ball in the Baywide Cup and both picked up three-wicket bags against Central Indians in the opening game of the season.
BOPCA Baywide Cup draw, Saturday, 12pm start
Element IMF Cadets v New World Te Puke, Tauranga Domain; Bayleys Central Indians v Carrus Mount Maunganui, Smallbone Park; Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys' College v Eves Realty Greerton, Blake3.
Points Table; Carrus Mount Maunganui 64, Element IMF Cadets 57, Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys' College 37, New World Te Puke 25, Eves Realty Greerton 20,.Bayleys Central Indians 14.
Baywide Cup Leaderboard
Batting (Runs) 152 Ben Musgrave (Mount Maunganui), 111 Tim Clarke (Tauranga Boys' College), 100 Alex Gooding (Te Puke)
Bowling (Wickets) 8 Dale Swan (Mount Maunganui), 7 Nick Smith (Mount Maunganui), 7 Gurwinder Singh (Cadets)