The Te Puke and Cadets cricket teams continued their unbeaten start to the Williams Cup yesterday, albeit in contrasting circumstances.

Te Puke and Cadets teams continue their unbeaten start to the Williams Cup cricket tournament.

Led by a sparkling century from Jeremy Bates, Te Puke posted a sterling target when they reached 268/5, against the Bay of Plenty Indians at Smallbone Park in Rotorua.

The Te Puke all-rounder took control as he smashed an unbeaten 124, with Josh Dwight chipping in with a handy 38.

The day belonged to Bates who grabbed four wickets for 41 runs, with Josh Dwight returning 2/27, as the BOP Indians were removed for 172.

Jitesh Sima top scored with 39 for the home side.

At the Tauranga domain, Element IMF Cadets made hard work of grabbing the win points on offer.

Former Bay representative stalwart Campbell Wilson, returned to form with a bang as he took six wickets, as East Bay United were rolled for just 81.

Richie Nillesen gave his team some respectability with his side's top score of 30.

However, the Eastern Bay bowlers made a good attempt to defend their modest total, dismissing seven Cadets batsmen before the home side clinched the victory.

Nick Earl was a rock at one end for Cadets posting a gritty 35, as his side eked out their third successive win in the Baywide competition.

Defending Williams Cup titleholders Eves Realty Greerton, got their Williams Cup campaign back on track with what turned out to be a reasonably comfortable victory over Tauranga Boys' College.

The Tauranga students batted first and reached 218/6. Team mentor Mark Orchard was in top form posting a solid 86 with Keaton Taylor and Ben Musgrave both getting to the forties.

Tommy Clout was the best of the Greerton bowling attack returning 3/43.

An opening 60 odd run partnership, between Suhkdeep Sidhu (44) and Kent Hodder (22) put Greerton in good shape.

Solid contributions from Cameron Neal (47) and Elliot Timoti (33) continued the momentum as the home side got home with five wickets to spare.

The encounter between Mount Maunganui and Central, was over in midafternoon, after the Mount bowlers dismissed the Rotorua visitors for 103.

Ben Guild grabbed the last three Central wickets from just four balls, then went on top score with 51 runs, as Mount Maunganui posted a nine wicket win.

Williams Cup Results are:

Central 103 (Ben Blackett 28; Ben Guild 3/14, Daniel Hill 2/30, Mike Jones 2/33) lost to Mount Maunganui 104/1 (B Guild 51, Mark Divehall 39)

East Bay United 81 (Richie Nilleson 30; Campbell Wilson 6/22, Vivian Kingma 3/17) lost to Cadets 82/7 (Nick Earl 35; Joel Mathews 3/19, M Carter 3/21)

Tauranga Boys' College 218/6 (Mark Orchard 86, Keaton Taylor 42, Ben Musgrave 40, Tommy Clout 3/43) lost to Greerton 220/5 (Cameron Neal 47, Suhkdeep Sidhu 44, Elliot Timoti 33, Kent Hodder 22; K Taylor 2/28, Tom Wakelin 2/51)

Te Puke 268/5 (Jeremy Bates 134no, Josh Dwight 38, Tai Bridgeman-Raison 21; M Chhagan 2/35, Prashant Dhanjee 2/47) defeated BOP Indians 172 (Jitesh Sima 39, Jayvant Dhanjee 25; J Bates 4/41, J Dwight 2/27)

Williams Cup Points Table:

Cadets 18, Te Puke 18, Greerton 12, Mount Maunganui 12, East Bay United 6, Central 6, Tauranga Boys College 0, BOP Indians 0,