Otūmoetai Cadets have claimed the Baywide Cup after a thrilling day of action at Blake Park.

Four teams contested the semi-final and final of the regional Twenty20 format pinnacle event, with Cadets' young star Tim Pringle leading them to success.

Pringle top scored for Cadets in both the semi-final win over Greerton and the final triumph over Te Puke, who had earlier shocked Mount Maunganui to reach the final two.

The day began with the winner of each pool playing the quarter final winners. This saw top of the table Mount Maunganui play Te Puke.

Te Puke won the toss and decided to put defending champs, Mount Maunganui into bat. They may have been regretting that decision as they conceded 18 runs off the first over, including two sixes and a four from opening batsman, Oli White.

Lacking support, the Marlins innings turned into the Oli White show as he sent the ball flying in all directions and contributed close to 55 per cent of the team's runs with 77 off 56 before he was finally dismissed in the 19th over. Contributions from Ben Musgrave (17) and Ben Pomare (15) helped their side get to a competitive total of 142.

Te Puke's innings got off to a cracking start with Devon Serrurier smashing a six off the second delivery, helping them to 10/0 after the first over. The next three overs however were not pleasant viewing as they went from 10/0 to 11/1 to 11/2 to 13/3.

A fourth wicket partnership of 69 runs between Iman Nahal and Denym Clarke helped calm things down and despite Dominic Crombies efforts with the ball (4/23) Nahal, Clarke and Bridgeman-Raison led their team to victory in the 19th over. Nahal top scoring with a standout 83 off 56 balls.

Bond & Co Mount Maunganui 142/8, 20 overs (Oli White 77, Ben Musgrave 17; Iman Nahal 3/13)
The Flying Mullet Te Puke 143/5 (Iman Nahal 83, Denym Clarke 27; Dominic Crombie 4/23)
Te Puke won by 5 wickets

Over on Blake Park 1, it was the Otumoetai Cadets who had an unbeaten record in this seasons Baywide Cup who faced, quarter final winners, Greerton.

Deciding to have a bat first up, Marcel Collett and Chris Mascall put on a solid 25 run opening stand for the Cadets before Collett was bowled by Israel Turner. This brought in Tim Pringle who scored a superb 65 off 48 balls, including thee fours and five sixes. Contributions from the middle order helped set Greerton a total of 150 to chase down.

Despite an entertaining 41 off 28 balls from Brett Hamilton, the Greerton innings never got going, restricted by the impressive dot balling of Cadets, and they fell 36 runs short of the winning total and setting up a Cadets vs Te Puke final.

Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets 150/7, 20 overs (Tim Pringle 65, Marcel Collett 18, Jono Boult 18; Tom MacRury 2/23)
Eves Realty Greerton 114/10, 19.5 overs (Brett Hampton 41, Tom MacRury 17, Lee Watkins 17; Mayura Galappaththi 3/32)
Cadets won by 36 runs

Baywide Cup T20 Final

Cadets had no hesitation in batting first in the final after winning the toss but got off to a horrid start, after Bibin Babu bowled opener Chris Mascall for a golden duck.

The in-form Tim Pringle was next in and didn't waste any time with a quick 34 off 23 balls including three sixes in his 30 minute stint at the crease, securing his place as the competition's top-scoring batsman.

However, only captain Andew Mascall and all-rounder Mayura Galappaththi also reached double digits, the Cadets were looking light on runs when they were bowled out in the 19th over for 115. Iman Nahal the stand out bowler for Te Puke with three wickets in his three overs.

Feeling the victory was within reach, the Te Puke openers started strong with two boundaries coming off the first over. As the innings went on, runs were harder to come by and by the 14th over Te Puke found themselves four down with 63 on the board.

Enter Tai Bridgman-Raison who, prior to the final, had raked up 363 runs so far in 2022, smashing 23 off 14 balls, including 20 off one over, which helped his team get within reach, needing 22 off the last two overs to claim victory.

Disciplined bowling from the Cadets, including Pringle's haul of two wickets for just seven runs which saw him also pick up the best bowler in the competition accolade, saw the challengers fall short by just four runs.

Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets 115/10, 19 overs (Tim Pringle 34, Andrew Mascall 25; Iman Nahal 3/13)
The Flying Mullet Te Puke 111/7, 20 overs (Tai Bridgman-Raison 23, Cameron Riley 18; Tim Pringle 2/7)
Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets won by 4 runs

Baywide Cup Individual Leader Board

Batting
1. Tim Pringle - Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets - 230 runs, 57.50 average, 149.35 strike rate, 65 highest score
2. Blair McKenzie - The Flying Mullet Te Puke - 221 runs, 44.20 average, 120.11 strike rate, 65 highest score
3. Brett Hampton - Eves Realty Greerton - 180 runs, 60 average, 181.82 strike rate, 86 highest score

Bowling
1. Tim Pringle - Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets - 14 wickets, 8.57 strike rate, 2.55 economy, 4/6 best bowling
2. Dale Swan - Bond & Co Mount Maunganui - 9 wickets, 5.78 average, 8.00 strike rate, 4.33 economy, 3/14 best bowling
3. Andrew Gibbs - Bayleys Central Indians - 9 wickets, 10.00 strike rate, 5.47 economy, 3/17 best bowling

Fielding
1. Ben Vyver - The Flying Mullet Te Puke - 9 catches
2. Iman Nahal - The Flying Mullet Te Puke - 5 catches, 1 run out
3. Taylor Douglas - Element IMF Otumoetai Cadets - 5 catches, 5 stumpings