The big Bay of Plenty Cup round two showdown will take place at the Tauranga Domain on Saturday as Element IMF Cadets host Eves Realty Greerton.
Both sides have won multiple Bay of Plenty club cricket silverware since the dawn of the new millennium, and the two weekend contestants will be eager to continue their winning start to the season.
Last weekend, Cadets' New Zealand Under-19 representative Fergus Lellman was in sublime touch with the bat belting 93 runs, which included five big blows over the boundary ropes. Another Cadets batsman to make a statement with his willow weapon, was newly minted skipper Andrew Mascall who finished with a half century to his name.
Greerton also have plenty of firepower in their ranks. Taylor Bettlelheim top scored with 57 runs against Generation Homes Lake Taupō last week and also took four wickets for good measure. Nick Hendrie, who travels from Poverty Bay each weekend, is a batsman of rare ability becoming the first to post a century in each of the three Baywide competitions last season.
Flying Mullet Te Puke make their Bay of Plenty Cup entrance, after sitting out the bye last weekend, when they square off with Bayleys Central Indians at the Te Puke Domain.