A relatively unchanged Bay of Plenty Fergus Hickey Rosebowl team will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing loss to Northland when they face Counties Manukau at the Bay Oval this weekend.

Boosting the side's talent are the Northern Knights trio of Joe Carter, Bharat Popli and Tony Goodin once again available for Bay of Plenty selection.

There will be a steely determination in the Bay batting line-up for redemption after the loss to Northland. Openers Peter Drysdale and Tom MacRury put on an opening partnership of 133, with the Bay well poised at 251/4 to chase down the Northland total of 337.

However the last six Bay wickets fell for 36 runs to hand Northland the win.

In last week's Baywide club cricket, MacRury and wicket keeper Tim Clarke were both in impressive form.

Greerton's MacRury smashed the highest score of the Baywide season when he blasted 171, that included 11 sixes. Over at Blake Park, Tim Clarke was also on fire as he hammered 138 for Mount Maunganui.

But the form batsman of the Baywide season has been Rotorua Central all rounder Jason Trembath, who has earned a recall to the Bay First XI after a four season absence.

In the first two rounds of the Baywide T20 competition, the Central master blaster was on fire. First up against long time rivals City Sports Bar Te Puke, Trembath smashed 92 off just 58 balls and followed it up blasting 56 from no more than a dozen balls against BOP Indians.

The Bay bowling attack, will be led by Northern Knight's Tony Goodin who has taken over 150 wickets in the Bay uniform.

Donavan Deeble who made his Bay of Plenty senior men's debut against Northland finished the match with two wickets, while Brett Hampton is a match winner with both bat and ball.

Bay of Plenty Senior Men's Team v Counties Manukau at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui (Start Times – Sat 10.30am – Sun 10am)

Peter Drysdale (captain) Ben Musgrave, Tim Clarke, Tony Goodin (Mount Maunganui) Bharat Popli (BOP Indians – vice-captain) Jason Trembath, Andrew Gibbs (Rotorua Central) Mitch McCann (Te Puke) Joe Carter, Donovan Deeble (Cadets) Tom MacRury, Brett Hampton, Tommy Clout (Greerton) – one to be omitted.