Poverty Bay men (in blue) took on Bay of Plenty Lakelands in a representative 40-over cricket game in Rotorua last weekend. Lakelands won by seven wickets.

A door has opened for Poverty Bay Cricket.

Poverty Bay fielded a men’s senior representative team for the first time in three years at Smallbone Park in Rotorua last Sunday.

The prospect of selection and competition for a PB side next season is one players and the cricket community will