Two Bay development team members have been in red-hot form in Baywide premier cricket this season. Te Puke batsman Stephen Crossan has blasted more than 500 runs in the three Baywide games this season and likes nothing better than to take aim at the boundary ropes.
Greerton leg-spinner James Boyd leads the way in the Williams Cup bowling stakes with 10 wickets and has the best bowling figures in the competition, of five wickets for 46 runs.
Another Bay of Plenty player to impress is Dominic Crombie. In the first Basil McBurney game of the season, against Hamilton, the Tauranga Boys' all-rounder top scored with an unbeaten 53 and then took a rare hat-trick in his tally of three wickets for 33 runs.
Northern Districts Development Competition 2017/18
Bay of Plenty Development v Northland in Whangarei, Sunday
Bay of Plenty Team
Matt Golding (captain), Fergus Lellman, Stephen Crossan, Blair McKenzie, Ben Pomare, Ruben Clinton, Dominic Crombie, Christian MacDonald, Cameron Riley, James Boyd, Iman Singh, Brody Gilroy. Coach: Russell Williams. Manager: Shaun Riley.
Basil McBurney Trophy points table (after three rounds)
Northland 4, Counties Manukau 4, Bay of Plenty 4, Waikato Valley 4, Hamilton 0.