The Bay of Plenty Cricket selectors have made two changes to the team that started the Fergus Hickey season with success at the annual ND one-day tournament in Taupo.

Northern Knights all-rounder Cory Anderson has been brought into the team and will play his first game for Bay of Plenty in the two-day fixture against Northland at the Bay Oval over this weekend.

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Anderson who moved to the Western Bay during the winter off-season, give the Bay a number of different options with both bat and ball.

Eastern Bay's Alex Yates returns to the first eleven after several seasons' absence on the back of an impressive performance for the Bay of Plenty Development side last weekend.

The dashing top order batsman combined with Julian Danby to put on a second wicket partnership of 204, with Yates blasting his way to 105.

New Bay of Plenty senior men's team coach Ben Williams can be well pleased with his charges performance at the annual ND tournament.

Successfully defending moderate totals against Northland and Counties Manukau and a one run loss to Hamilton courtesy of the Duckworth Lewis system got the Bay side away to good start in their Fergus Hickey Rosebowl defence.

The Counties Manukau encounter in Taupo brought up Bay of Plenty skipper Jono Boult's 50th game for the province.

Such has been the impact that Boult has made since his Bay debut in the 2003-04 season - is that the all-rounder sits in the top ten all-time list of games, runs and wickets for Bay of Plenty since the Bays first game in 1932.

Bay of Plenty Fergus Hickey Team to play Northland November 24-25 at the Bay Oval

Jono Boult (captain) Joe Carter, Peter Drysdale, Bharat Popli, Scott Stewart, Alex Yates, Cory Anderson, Tim Clarke, Brett Hampton, Tony Goodin, Sean Davey, Tommy Clout.

Bay of Plenty Fergus Hickey 2012/13 Results

Round Three (13 November)

Counties Manukau 132 (Jono Boult 6/30) lost to Bay of Plenty 134/5 (Bharat Popli 30no, Tim Clarke 29no, J Boult 27)

Round Two (12 November)

Bay of Plenty 178 (Bharat Popli 49, Scott Steward 41, Joe Carter 29) lost to Hamilton 151/5 (Tony Goodin 2/25, Tommy Clout 2/27)

Round One 11 November)

Bay of Plenty 165 (Joe Carter 21, Bharat Popli 20, Tim Clarke 20) defeated Northland 131(Jono Boult 3/14, Tony Goodin 3/26)