A quartet of Western Bay of Plenty cricket teams, will be counting down the days until they go into battle, to decide the WBOPCA Reserve and B Grade Championships at Blake Park.

Last weekend the post section contenders squared off in semifinal action. In the Reserve Grade, Greerton and Katikati emerged to battle out the Western Bay silverware, with top qualifier Mount Maunganui and the Sikh XI winning through to meet in the B Grade title decider.

Defending Reserve Grade titleholders R&A Sangha, batted first against Greerton, who had sneaked into the playoffs in the last qualifying round.

The top qualifiers were bowled out for 126, by a determined Greerton bowling attack, with GS Gargan the only Sangha XI batsmen to show any real defiance with 76 runs.

Matt Watt finished his regulation overs with four wickets.

Led by an unbeaten 41 from Ben Lind, Greerton booked their berth in the title fight with a four wicket victory. This was the second time in three weeks, that Greerton had eliminated the Sangha XI from title honours, after beating them in a McNaughton Trophy semifinal.

Katikati Reserves will be chasing their third piece of cricket silverware this season, after winning both the WBOPCA First Round Shield and the McNaughton Trophy, when they square off with the Pemberton Park based side.

Last Saturday they won a low scoring semifinal, defeating Cadets on their way to earning a place in the final.

Katikati batted first and were removed for 185 with Ben Warren top scoring with 72 runs. While Karl Bryant posted a solid 43 for Cadets, they were rolled for 104, with Matt Earl taking vital four wickets.

B Grade top qualifiers Mount Maunganui batted first against Grasshoppers and posted 198/7 in their 40 overs, with Stu Hedges posting his side's top score of 74 runs.

Reece Olsen did the damage with the ball returning 4/11, as Grasshoppers were bowled for 115.

The Te Puke region Singh XI defeated defending champions Wanderers to reach the final stanza against the Mount.

Wanderers batted first and were bowled out for 102, with Parambir Singh grabbing a five wicket bag, with Amrit Singh also in good touch with the ball taking three wickets.

The Te Puke side wasted little time in booking their finals berth, getting home with eight wickets to spare, Piara Brar top scored with a crisp 41 not out while Jasvir Singh posted a handy 33 runs.

Mount Maunganui B Grade team, backed up on Sunday when they played Katikati, in the WBOPCA Knockout Cup Final at Blake Park.

Katikati posted a modest looking 112, however they extinguished the Mount batting attack for 66, to claim the Western Bay trophy.

WBOPCA semifinal results – March 21

Reserve Grade

R&A Sangha 136 (GS Gagan 74, Matt Watt 4/16) lost to Greerton 137/6 (Ben Lind 42no, Joel Kurisi 33)

Katikati 185 (Ben Warren 72, Matt Earl 35) defeated Cadets 104 (Karl Bryant 43, Matt Earl 4/24)

B Grade

Mount Maunganui 198/7 (Stu Hedges 74) defeated Grasshoppers 115 (Reece Olson 4/11)

Wanderers 102 (Parambir Singh 5/21, Amrit Singh 3/25) lost to Singh XI 105/2 (Piara Brar 41no, Jasvir Singh 33)

WBOPCA B Grade Knockout Cup final – March 22

Katikati 112 (Braden Brewer 26, Bevan Wansbrought 5/31) defeated Mount Maunganui 66 (Blair Parlane 21, Simon Turnbull 3/23, Ryan Brown 2/3)

WBOPCA finals – March 28

Reserve Grade: Katikati v Greerton

B Grade: Mount Maunganui v Singh XI