Cricket: Geyser City off to cracking start

Rotorua's Geyser City Cricket Club have won their first game of the season in the Western Bay reserve grade.

Geyser, who made the shift to the Western Bay competition this season, defeated Whakatane United on Saturday. The Rotorua team blasted 242 and then bowled the Eastern Bay side out for 156 to claim a solid victory.

Meanwhile, Greerton have leapt to the top of the WBOPCA reserve grade standings after beating the Sikh XI in a high scoring encounter on Saturday.

The Greerton 2nd XI batted first at Pemberton Park and posted a solid target, 228, for the loss of eight wickets. The hosts then bowled their opponents out for 172, to take a 56-run win.

- Western Bay reserve grade results on Saturday:

Greerton 228/8 (Richie Earl 37, Darren Heimann 37, Jason Wilson 33) defeated Sikh XI 174 (Gurpreet Singh 3-22, Dion McCall 3-24)

Cadets 126 (Nathan Byrnes 4-38) lost to Mount Maunganui 127/1 (Mark Divehall 64no, Joel Thomson 45no)

Katikati 207 (Colin Chase 121; Ruben Fitzgerald 4-50) defeated Aquinas College 87 (Fergus Lellman 37; Jamie Payton 5-14)

Geyser City 242 (Sam Dunn 47no, Jimmy Coutts 45, Manny Kumar 33; Alex Yates 3-8) defeated Whakatane United 156 (Alex Yates 73)

Tauranga Boys' College defeated Te Puke by default

Sangha XI the bye

Points (provisional): Greerton 60, Sikh Sports 58, Mount Maunganui 57, Cadets 52, TBC 52, Geyser City 42, Sangha XI 37, Te Puke 36, Katikati 31, Aquinas 28, Whakatane United 18.