Central Indians fall to first Williams Cup defeat

Central Indians' player Andrew Gibbs is bowled by a ball just clipping his bail against Greerton at Smallbone Park on the weekend. PHOTO/BEN FRASER

Bayleys Central Indians have fallen to their first defeat in the BOPCA Williams Cup.

The Rotorua side, who batted first, lost by five wickets against Eves Realty Greerton at home yesterday in the 50-over game.

Central Indians were dismissed for 175 - the top score from batsman Stephen Nicholls with 64 runs whilst bowler Dan Spencer took four wickets for Greerton.

In the second innings Bay of Plenty batsman Tom MacRury blasted Greerton to victory as he smacked 76 off just 53 balls and Josh Healy-Ormrod contributed a solid 33 runs.

The result leaves Central Indians in joint third in the table with their opposition after the local side won their opening fixture against defending champions New World Te Puke by 31 runs, away last weekend.

Meanwhile Carrus Mount Maunganui and Element IMF Cadets, remain the only unbeaten teams in the BOPCA Williams Cup after the opening two rounds of the competition.

Cadets beat Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College by five wickets at Blake Park on Saturday.

Tauranga batted first, with Yorkshire County batsman Alex Lees hitting an impressive 51, before being bowled by Cadets' skipper Scott Steward. Sean Wakelin also contributed 22 runs as his side were removed for 188. Scott Steward was the best of the Cadets bowling attack taking four wickets for 22 runs.

In the second innings Ben Christensen dug deep to steer his side to victory with an unbeaten 73. Cadet's Donavan Deeble posted 40 runs and Daniel Maathuis was there to witness the victory on 39 not out. Sean Wakelin and Craig Baldry took two wickets a piece for Tauranga Boys.

Elsewhere Mount Maunganui wasted little time dispatching current Williams Cup title holders New World Te Puke, at the Te Puke Domain.

The home side were removed for just 109, with Northern Knights attack bowler Tony Goodin taking three wickets for Mount Maunganui. The Mount side then cruised to victory in the second innings without losing a wicket. Brenton Thompson the top batsman hitting an undefeated 65 and Nick Smith was 41 not out.

BOPCA Baywide premier competition results

Williams Cup - round two:

Bayleys Central Indians 175 (Stephen Nicholls 64, Ryan Neves 42; Dan Spencer 4/23, Shane Wineti 3/34) lost to Eves Realty Greerton 176/5 (Tom MacRury 76, Josh Healy-Ormrod 33; Juan Nieuwoudt 2/18, Himesh Gosai 2/41).

New World Te Puke 109 (Daniel Price 49; Tony Goodin 3/17, Peter Drysdale 2/9, Dale Swan 2/14) lost to Carrus Mount Maunganui 111/0 (Brenton Thompson 65no, Nick Smith 41no).

Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College 188 (Alex Lees 51, Sean Wakelin 22; Scott Steward 4/22, Kamal Bains 2/16, James Birchall 2/29) lost to Cadets 189/5 (Ben Christensen 73no, Donovan Deeble 40, Daniel Maathuis 39no; Sean Wakelin 2/26, Craig Baldry 2/29) .

Points table (provisional): Carrus Mount Maunganui 12, Element IMF Cadets 12, Bayleys Central Indians 6, Eves Realty Greerton 6, Cooney Lees Morgan Tauranga Boys College 0, New World Te Puke 0.