With two completed rounds and one washed out the ND Development Basil McBurney Trophy is well and truly up for grabs with two rounds remaining.
Bay of Plenty enter tomorrow's game with Northland in Whangarei on equal points with Counties Manukau, Northland and Waikato Valley, with the Bay side posting a win and a loss in the first two matches.
"Our boys will be hungry for victory in the Far North after being beaten by Waikato Valley in our last completed competition match. We talked about the work necessary to win the competition after an extremely narrow loss to Hawkes Bay in a friendly encounter a couple of weeks ago," Bay of Plenty coach Russell Williams said.
"Our next two matches are must-win games and we will be travelling to Northland to do everything to make that happen. We are going to Whangarei with winning the competition firmly on our agenda."
Two Bay Development team members have been in red-hot form in Baywide premier cricket this season. Te Puke batsman Stephen Crossan has blasted over 500 runs in the three Baywide competitions this season. Greerton leg-spinner James Boyd leads the way in the Williams Cup bowling stakes with 10 wickets and has the best bowling figures in the competition of 5-46.
