Revived Taupo Old Boys set to win Reserve grade

RESERVES: The Reserve Championship heats up in Rotorua and Taupo today. Pictured is Geyser Fossils batsman Chris Nairn. PHOTO/ANDREW WARNER A - 021113AW11

After resurfacing as a cricket club this season, Taupo Old Boys are leading the way in the Reserve Championship.

Taupo Old Boys are the only undefeated side in the Rotorua/Taupo competition and will face off against Geyser 1 today at Owen Delany Park.

The senior reserve grade after-Christmas competition, also known as the Reserve Championship, enters into round six of seven today.

Old Boys have recorded four wins and a bye in their opening five rounds and will look to keep that perfect run alive against Geyser 1.

Old Boys club member Pat O'Connor said it was great to see the club doing so well after re-joining the competition this season.

"Old Boys has been defunct since about 1997. Basically we thought we would get it going again this season and it has been bloody good," he said.

"At first we struggled for numbers but since Christmas we have had players coming out of our ears."

O'Connor said a lot of older cricket players in Taupo had returned to the game this year with Old Boys, which was good to see.

He said they were looking forward to the match against Geyser 1 today.

"We have played Geyser [Fossils] twice but we are yet to play Geyser 1, so we are really looking forward to it."

The seven-team competition enter into the semifinals in two weeks.

Geyser 1 are in danger of missing the semifinals if they don't produce some results in the remaining rounds.

In other games, the Bay of Plenty Indians play the Geyser Fossils at Boord Park and Taupo Wanderers play Central at Owen Delany Park.

The Indians will be high on confidence today after chasing down a huge target last weekend against Eastern Pirates.

Indians batsman Neeraj Kumar is their danger man. He scored 125 last weekend.

Reserve grade draw today (games start at 1pm):

Bay of Plenty Indians v Geyser Fossils, Ray Boord Park; Taupo Old Boys v Geyser 1, Kaimanawa Reserve; Taupo Wanderers v Central Reserves, Owen Delany Park; Eastern Pirates bye.