Cricket: Central fail to chase 104

Central all-rounder Jason Trembath launches an appeal during his team's Williams Cup match against Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Photo/Stephen Parker

After bowling Mount Maunganui out for 103 runs, Central Cricket Club must have thought they were on target to claim a famous victory.

Unfortunately, that was not the case on Saturday.

Central Cricket Club were bowled all out for 55 runs at Smallbone Park, during their 50-over Williams Cup match against defending champions Mt Maunganui.

Central captain Jason Trembath said the team was very disappointed after losing the match.

"That is possibly the lowest score the Mount has ever got and we thought we had it in the bag," he said.

Trembath said the pitch was good and they should have gone on to win the match.

"[The Mount] did have Tony Goodin back, who is a contracted Northern Districts player, but there is no excuses," he said.

He said they put themselves under pressure early, losing a couple of wickets, and were on the back foot for the rest of the innings.

He said the team would simply have to move on from the defeat.

Trembath said there were some positives to take out of the match in terms of their bowling and fielding.

Not least of which will be the bowling figures of Central's Vaughan Blanchard, who took four wickets for seven runs off three overs.

Trembath said Blanchard came in to bowl when the Mount were about five down, breaking down their tail.

Meanwhile, Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets showed their class in defeating the Rotorua-based Bay of Plenty Indians at Boord Park.

Cadets took first use of the Boord Park wicket posting 280/9.

Cadets all-rounder James Birchall top-scored with an unbeaten 61, then removed three home-team batsmen for 15 runs, as they were dismissed for 128.

In other matches, Tauranga Boys' College were handsomely beaten by Eves Realty Greerton.

Greerton batsman Cameron Neal top scored with 196.

Greerton went on to make 394/5 before bowling Tauranga Boys' College all out for 182.

City Sports Bar Te Puke beat East Bay United (Whakatane).

Williams Cup results for Saturday January 18:

Mount Maunganui 103 (Michael Corbett 22; Vaughan Blanchard 4/7) defeated Central 55 (Alex Gooding 5/30, Tony Goodin 4/20)

Eves Realty Greerton 394/5 (Cam Neal 196, Shane Wineti 79, Tom MacRury 61) defeated Tauranga Boys College 182 (Gareth Wallace 52; Brett Hampton 4/44, Dan Spencer 2/25, Tommy Clout 2/44)

East Bay United 235 (Alex Yates 114, Tom Yates 48; Jeremy Bates 3/42, Mitch McCann 2/29, Richard Turner 2/63) lost to City Sports Bar Te Puke 236/4 (Tai Bridgeman-Raison 108, Josh Dwight 46, M McCann 33; Dean Butterworth 2/54)

Element IMF Cadets 280/9 (James Birchall 61no, J Shaw 45, Ben Christensen 42) defeated BOP Indians 128 (J Birchall 3/15)