There will be plenty of cricket action in Rotorua this Saturday with the return of the Baywide Lone Star Twenty 20 (T20) competition for the first time this season.

The Baywide T20 competition was introduced last year, with the competition played whenever the Bay of Plenty representative team are in action, in two-day Fergus Hickey Rosebowl matches.

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Last season, Tauranga Boys College became the third premier team to annex Baywide cricket silverware, when they beat Rotorua Central in the final of the inaugural Lone Star T20 championship.

Batting first, Tauranga Boys posted a defendable target when they reached 163/5 at the end of their twenty overs. Tauranga Boys mentors Mark Orchard (47) and Charles Williams (39) anchored their side's innings, with Tom MacRury (29) also making a useful contribution. Ben Watkinson took three wickets for the Rotorua side.

The Central turn at bat, was punctuated by the coming and going of their batsmen to the crease, as they were dismissed for just 68.

Peter Wood was a shining beacon at one end, as his fellow team members came and went, with the Central skipper finishing with a gritty 42 to his name.

Tauranga Boys young bowlers were in rampant form with Henry Conway leading the way with four wickets.

Tom McRury finished with 3/33 while Tom Clout took two wickets at a cost of just 12 runs.

Two of the young heroes of Tauranga Boys T20 championship victory, in Tom MacRury and Henry Conway, will be in action on Saturday when Tauranga Boys started their title defence. Tauranga Boys, will square off against Baywide heavyweight Element IMF Cadets in their first encounter in the Sulphur City, before facing another stern challenge against Mount Maunganui in round two.

Rotorua Central, who can trace its origins back many decades, will relish playing their two T20 encounters on familiar territory at Smallbone and Boord parks.

Central meets Mount Maunganui in their early afternoon game, before backing up in a Rotorua derby with BOP Indians in round two.

The surprise package in this seasons T20 competition could be East Bay United.

The Eastern Bay side have made a grand start to the Baywide Cup winning their last two encounters.

Even without Tom Yates who is on Bay of Plenty representative duty, the side has a strong batting and bowling line-up that could trouble the other contenders.

Bay of Plenty Cricket Draws November 24 2012

Lone Star Baywide T20

Round One (12pm) Element IMF Cadets v Tauranga Boys College, Boord1; Te Puke v East Bay United, Boord2; Eves Realty Greerton v BOP Indians, Boord3; Mount Maunganui v Central, Smallbone Park.

Round Two (3.30pm) Central v Element IMF Cadets, Smallbone Park; BOP Indians v Te Puke, Boord1; East Bay United v Eves Realty Greerton; Boord2; Tauranga Boys College v Mount Maunganui, Boord3.