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Yadavas Tigers, BLPL Mavecrics and Ceylon CC register comfortable wins
Though rain spoiled one of four games of the Advanced Offshore JCA League this weekend, defending champions Yadavas Chairos Tigers, the BLPL Mavecrics and Ceylon CC registered comfortable wins in the remaining three games
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Though rain spoiled one of four games of the Advanced Offshore JCA League this weekend, defending champions Yadavas Chairos Tigers, the BLPL Mavecrics and Ceylon CC registered comfortable wins in the remaining three games.
Menara CC elected to bat first against the Yadavas Chairos Tigers after a wet outfield had led to the game being shortened to a 30 overs affair.
The Tigers opening bowlers Gede Darma Arta and Fernando Banunaek made use of helpful conditions to have Menara struggling at 23 for three.
Spin in the form of Gamantika then compounded Menara’s woes as two more wickets fell and half its side was back in the shed with just 31 runs on the board.
Iruthayaraj and Faheem Butt tried to pull things back, but the Tigers kept up the pressure to bowl Menara out for just 93 runs. Agung Gunawan then controlled the chase very well along with Anjar Tadarus to take the Tigers home in just the 14th over and with nine wickets in hand.
Ceylon CC took on Rebels CC in the other 40 overs contest of the weekend and bright skies welcomed the players as Ceylon chose to bat first.
Ceylon’s openers started cautiously and were looking solid till the introduction of pace in the form of Sujeet Ramgir and Gaurav Tandon. Four wickets fell quickly and the Rebels were in with a chance of breaking through, especially as veteran Dihan Silva was still searching for timing.
The young Shubham Patni, however, batted well and Dihan rediscovered his magic as they put on a crucial 76-run stand. Isaac Thambi, Rajeev Kumar and Hashmatullah then helped accelerate as 80 runs came off the last 10 overs and this along with the help of 37 wides took Ceylon CC to a daunting score of 255 runs.
The Rebels’ chase did not start well as they lost their openers early. Geoff Perryman and Vivek Elankannan tried to rebuild the innings, but both fell after a brief 50-run partnership.
Hashmatullah then mixed his pace beautifully to prevent the middle order from achieving any acceleration, and in the end, despite some late-order hitting by Gaurav Tandon, the Rebels ended up 75 runs short.
This weekend also saw a beautifully manicured Gandhi Memorial International School cricket ground host its first two games of the season, both being T20 matches.
The BLPL Mavecrics elected to bat first and were off to a slow start as they reached 42 for one in the eight over. Keyur Moradia and Mitesh Dhingra then combined very well together for a 96 runs stand to take their team to a fighting total of 153 for three in their 20 overs.
The Rawamangun CC’s reply never got momentum as its batsman just could not force the pace against some very tight bowling, especially by Keyur Moradia and Padmakar Surve. Rohan Shirodkar played an anchoring knock of 50 but did not get much support from anyone else as Mitesh Dhingra picked up some wickets as well to round off a very good day.
The Yadavas Chairos Tigers chose to bat first in their T20 game against the Jakarta Barbarians and were making good progress at 55 for two when Eki Antaria changed the course of the innings with a lovely spell of four for just nine runs to have the Tigers in a lot of bother at 83 for seven.
The rain, however, descended and ruined the Barbarians’ hopes as no further play was possible and the game had to be called off.
