Cricket: Five teams battle it out for semis

Geyser player Jono Collier bowling against Taupo Wanderers at Smallbone Park earlier this month. Photo / Ben Fraser

Five teams are still in the running to book a place in the semifinals of the Rotorua/Taupo senior reserve grade competition.

The reserve grade after-Christmas competition will heat up this weekend during the final round of regular season action.

Currently five teams are still in the hunt to make the semifinals - Eastern Pirates, Taupo Wanderers, Bay of Plenty Indians, Geyser 1 and Geyser Development.

The after-Christmas competition is the biggest prize in the reserve grade and all the top sides will be eyeing the trophy.

So far this season Taupo Wanderers have won the before-Christmas competition and the Rotorua-based BOP Indians have won the T20 competition.

The semifinals will be held on March 21, with the final scheduled for March 28.

The exact table is still being finalised.

•Draw: Geyser 1 v Geyser Development, Ray Boord Park 1; Eastern Pirates v Central, Smallbone Park; BOP Indians v Taupo Old Boys, Taupo; Taupo Wanderers bye.