Bay of Plenty Cricket are awaiting confirmation that the Bay of Plenty senior representatives have annexed the Brian Dunning Trophy for the current season after taking a bonus point from the big win over Poverty Bay at the Bay Oval yesterday.

The Brian Dunning Trophy is the prize at stake in the ND One Day competition that is played within the framework of the Fergus Hickey Rosebowl each season.

While Bay of Plenty were trailing Northland by a solitary point entering the last round of competition - the bonus point that the Bay took from their victory against Poverty Bay tied the two sides, with Bay of Plenty's victory over Northland giving the Bay the Brian Dunning prize for the 2012/13 season.

In other representative cricket, the Bay of Plenty Women's team returned home from Gisborne with a reasonably close run defeat in their scorebook.

Poverty Bay batted first and mustered 184/4 in their allotted overs, with a feature of the innings being the three run outs by the Bay of Plenty fielders.

In reply Bay of Plenty reached 162/8, which handed the home side the win points on offer. Anna Henson top scored with 35, while Emily Lord (31) and Tia Robinson (25) made useful contributions in the Bays total.

ND Women's Competition Result 3 February 2013

Poverty Bay 184/4 defeated Bay of Plenty 162/8 (Anna Henson 35, Emily Lord 31, Tia Robinson 25)

Brian Dunning Results - 2013

Round One – 11 November 2012at@ Taupo

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

Round Two – 12 November 2012 at Taupo

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 Three – 13 November 2012 at Taupo

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

Round Four – 13 January 2013 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Bay of Plenty 297/7 (Bharat Popli 126no, Peter Drysdale 42, Scott Steward 25, Tim Clark 24) defeated Waikato Valley 152/7 (D Swan 2/20, C Thomas 2/46)

Round Five – 3 February 2013 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui

Bay of Plenty 316/2 (Brett Hampton 90no, Joe Carter 90, Peter Drysdale 89, Tim Clarke 30no) defeated Poverty Bay 213/8 (M McCann 2/19)