No game is more crucial in the race for the wire in the BOP Cup than the match-up at Blake Park today between Platinum Pacific Reclad Mount Maunganui and Element IMF Cadets.

The BOP Cup is a round robin competition, where the team that finishes in first place, based upon the highest average points, will lift aloft the trophy in triumph.

There have been few more intense Baywide cricket rivalries in Baywide Premier cricket than the one between the two teams, who are separated by the Tauranga Harbour Bridge.

There is plenty at stake at Blake Park as the last game the two Baywide heavyweights took part in finished being resolved by the rulebook.

The Williams Cup semi-final finished, with the two sides being unable to be separated, in a rain-affected match.

An extra edge will be given to the game with one of the participants losing their BOP Cup unbeaten record.

Third placed Eves Realty Greerton will be keen to improve their standing when they play Tauranga Boys' College, at Pemberton Park. With a number of former Boys' College players in the Greerton ranks there is likely to be plenty of banter on the field of play.

Former Tauranga Boys' all rounder Brett Hampton has had a grand season for Greerton with two centuries and a six wicket bag. However, Tauranga Boys' has an equally adept all rounder in team mentor Mark Orchard, who has 21 wickets and a century to his name.

Ultimate Motor Group Te Puke and BOP Indians, which are separated by less than a decimal point on the points table, will meet at Smallbone Park in Rotorua. While BOP Indians have the home advantage, Te Puke has been on a roll in recent games, losing just one of their last six encounters.

East Bay United, which has lost its last two matches by a solitary run will want to get back on a winning track against Dawson Insurance Eastern Pirates in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.

However, Eastern Pirates, which are the Rotorua one-day champions, have shown that they are capable of posting big totals with the bat, and have a several top class bowlers in their ranks.

ITCo Central and Rotorua Boys' High will fight out a local Rotorua derby at Boord Park, with Central favoured to take out the match-up.

BOP Cup Draw 19 February 2011

Platinum Pacific Reclad Mount Maunganui v Element IMF Cadets, Blake1; East Bay United v Dawson Insurance Eastern Pirates, Rex Morepeth Park; BOP Indians v Ultimate Motor Group Te Puke, Smallbone Park; Eves Realty Greerton v Tauranga Boys' College, Pemberton Park; iTCo Central v Rotorua BHS, Boord Park.

Points Table (points average)

Cadets 20, Mount Maunganui 20, Greerton 15.0, BOP Indians 14.3, Te Puke 14.0, Eastern Pirates 11.5, Central 11.0, Tauranga Boys' College 11.0, East Bay United 4.0, Rotorua BHS 2.3.