A highly competitive game between two evenly matched teams is the scenario likely to play out in the 2018 Williams Cup final at the Bay Oval from 11am today.Eves Realty Greerton and Element IMF Cadets will fight out the Baywide premier cricket prize, first contested in the 1932-33 season.
Greerton have led the standings since the opening round in late January, brushing aside all six challenges in qualifying play. Cadets, who sat at the bottom of the standings after the first four weeks of competition, have diced with sudden-death cricket to contest the title decider.
Last weekend, Greerton defeated Bayleys Central Indians in the major semifinal, to move directly to the Williams Cup final stanza. Cadets qualified in fourth and dispatched Carrus Mount Maunganui last Saturday, before eliminating Central Indians in Sunday's preliminary final in Rotorua.
Both sides will be at full strength with ND all-rounder Brett Hampton returning to the Greerton ranks as his side chases their fourth Williams Cup title.
Two other key Greerton players are opening batsman Tom MacRury and pace bowler Tommy Clout who have both worn the Bay of Plenty representative uniform this season.
