Bay of Plenty enter their last Northern Districts Fergus Hickey Rosebowl game of the season planning to finish their representative season with a flourish.
They square off with Waikato Valley at the Tauranga Domain this weekend.
Head coach Charles Williams said, "We are looking to have a positive finish to our season. The boys have been consistently training well and have gone into each game full of confidence, which makes it frustrating that we failed to retain the Hawke Cup and despatch Hamilton."
There are two changes in the team, which lost the first innings points to Hamilton two weeks ago. Stephen Crossan replaces Bharat Popli, who is on Northern Districts duty, and Brett Hampton returns to the team.
"Stephen Crossan finally gets his opportunity to open the batting and should bring some much needed energy to the batting line-up, coupled with the return of Brett Hampton. He should be confident after a very successful ND one-day campaign and will not only bring experience, but also his all-round abilities with bat and ball.
