Cricket: Unsettled weather major contributor

The Rotorua-based Bay of Plenty Indians were dismissed for 81 runs against Mount Maunganui on Saturday. Pictured is Indians batsman Rohan Gosai in action at the weekend. Photo / Andrew Warner

Changeable weather in the Western Bay of Plenty and Rotorua on Saturday produced results in two Baywide Cup games while the other two were abandoned in the second innings.

With rain lurking around Boord Park in Rotorua, Carrus Mount Maunganui won the toss and asked BOP Indians to bat. Slow bowler Dale Swan grabbed a five wicket haul in BOP Indians short visit to the crease.

Northern Knights batsman Bharat Popli scored most of the Indians runs, as the home side were dismissed for just 81. Mount Maunganui wasted little time in chasing down the modest target to post a nine-wicket win. Mount skipper Peter Drysdale top scored with an unbeaten 44.

On the adjacent Boord two artificial wicket, the match-up between Rotorua Central and Eves Realty Greerton consisted of a single innings, before the match was abandoned because of rain. Greerton declared at 220 for 9, with Kent Hodder posting a half century.

Just a couple of balls into the Central reply, the heavens opened.

Meanwhile, Element IMF Cadets defeated City Sports Bar Te Puke at Gordon Spratt Reserve in Papamoa. Only 12km away at Nicholson Field, the Tauranga Boys' College match with Whakatane United failed to produce a result.

Te Puke batted first and were dismissed for 217 in the 53rd over. In reply, Joe Carter lead Cadets to a five-wicket victory, with an unbeaten 71 runs.

The Tauranga Boys' clash with Whakatane United came within four overs of producing a result.

Tauranga Boys' won the toss and elected to bat and were removed for 159.

With rain clouds lurking around the ground the Eastern Bay visitors fired up the run rate from the start of their innings to reach 89/3. But rain halted proceedings in the 16th over, with only four overs remaining to constitute a match.

Baywide Cup
BOP Indians 81 (B Popli 56no, D Swan 5/24) lost to Carrus Mount Maunganui 82/1 (P Drysdale 44no)
City Sports Bar Te Puke 217 (M McCann 66, J Dwight 36; JJ Boult 3/45, B Deeble 2/40, B Christensen 2/42) lost to Element IMF Cadets 218/5 (J Carter 71no, B Christensen 38, T Boorman 30, N Earl 26, C Norton 20no)
Tauranga Boys' College 159 (G Wallace 30, L Aldersley 24, T Renouf 22; D Brent 5/36, C Rampling 2/23) Whakatane United 89/3 after 16 overs (B Sharma 36no, J Barrett 22) when game abandoned due to rain.
Eves Realty Greerton 220/9 declared (K Hodder 50, C Williams 49, C Neal 48, S Wineti 30) Central 0/0 when game abandoned due to rain.