Defending âCupâ champion APC United was too hot to handle, as it thrashed the WPP Wizards by 8 wickets to lift the âCupâ for the third straight year
efending 'Cup' champion APC United was too hot to handle, as it thrashed the WPP Wizards by 8 wickets to lift the 'Cup' for the third straight year. Meanwhile in the 'Plate' finals, Menara comfortably beat the Jakarta Barbarians by 4 wickets to lift the 'Plate' on Sunday in Cibubur, East Jakarta.
Captain William Noronha's decision to bowl first on a partly cloudy day seemed to backfire as WPP openers blasted 31 runs in the first 2 overs. From there on it was a downhill journey for WPP, which was bundled out for a paltry 91 runs in 18 overs. Aman picked up 4 wickets while man of the match JP le Riche and Rajeev took 2 wickets each.
Naidu top scored with 21 runs. APC completed the formalities in 14 overs losing just 2 wickets, with run machine Viraj Bhamar scoring an unbeaten 65 runs. 'We just thought that WPP would expect us to bat first, so we wanted to surprise them. But above all, God has been just too kind', remarked the modest victorious captain Willy, after the match.
In the 'Plate' finals, the Menara bowlers lead by Harsih Tiwari Mamaji's 2 wickets for 12 runs and Mohit Ji Keswani and Gaurav's 2 wickets each helped restrict the Barbarians to 120 runs. Ben Burgess top scored with 28 runs.
Menara was 58/5 in 10 overs and it was anyone's game from there on. But man of the match Sushant Gambhir hit a quick-fire unbeaten 31 runs off 14 balls and Guarav Tiwari (24 not out) ensured Menara's victory in 15 overs. Ben, Kunal and Scott Masson took 2 wickets each.
'We will now take a Lebaran break for 3 weeks before we start the League for 2014-15 on 10th August' informed JCA president Randy Reckerman.
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