KRP XI after being put to bat first at Oval Maidan posted a total of 143/6 dec in 20.4 overs where in Visharad Pagare (43) and Jayesh Patil (38) were the highest scorers. Kerala Windsor team in reply were cleaned up for mere 29 runs in what turned out to be the lowest total of this season in Kanga League’19.
The bowler who inflicted maximum damage was all-rounder Padmanabhan Mudaliar who came up with unbelievable bowling figures of 5/5 in 7 overs. Medium Pacer Padmanabhan on his way also achieved the record of conceding least runs to reach a fifer in Kanga League’19 across all divisions. Nitin Surve with 4/23 was equally impressive.
After receiving a follow on, Kerala Windsor scored 111/10 in 2nd innings where in Nitin Surve came up with an excellent spell of 6/55 in 10.5 overs. Nitin’s overall bowling figures in the match turned out to be an impressive 10/78 while KRP XI won the match on 1st innings lead.
Maskati CC after being put to bat first at Shivaji Park, Dadar posted a total of 186/9 in 31.5 overs. Opener Vakar Shaikh top scored with 42 runs while Atharva Dakway and Samarth Kokate bagged 3 wkts each.
Defending 187, Shivaji Park Youngsters were reduced to just 89 runs all out thanks to some fantastic bowling by Nabijaan and Ganesh Alwe. Ganesh came up with 4/39 in 11 overs while Nabijaan Ansari took 4/13 in 3.5 overs which also included a brilliant hat trick which cleaned up the lower middle order. Recieving a follow on, Shivaji Park Youngsters were 90/5 at the end of the game’s play where in Ganesh once again proved too heavy for the opposition as he came up with a match haul of 5/28 with overall bowling figures of 9/67 in the match,
Maskati CC eventually won the match on the basis of 1st innings lead thanks to some good bowling combination used by them in Nabijaan and Ganesh who troubled the batsman with their spin bowling.
Mumbai, 16th December 2019 : MIG Cricket Club emerge champions winning the the Eagle Thane Strikers sponsored 72nd Police Invitation Shield Cricket Tournament 2019.
The final played between MIG Cricket Club and defending champions Parkophene Cricketers finished in a draw at the end of the third day of their 3-day final at the Police Gymkhana ground, Marine Drive on Monday. MIG Cricketer were declared winners on the basis of their slender 17-runs first innings lead. However, the match witnessed some stunning performances especially from Jay Bista who once again showed his class scoring a supremely sublime knock of 196 runs in 243 balls.
Batting first Parkophene Cricketers scored 358 for 8 wickets in the stipulated 90 overs of the first innings. MIG Cricket Club rode on Gaurav Jathar’s unbeaten century knock of 153* to amass a total of 375 for 6 wickets in 90 overs and grab a 17-run first innings lead. Gaurav in his previous outing also scored a fantastic hundred in Times Shield signalling a return of his ominous form.
Parkophene in the second innings scored 173 for 8 wickets before declaring their innings and setting MIG CC a target of 156 in 40 overs in their second essay. MIG managed to score only 141 runs for the loss 7 wickets in 31 overs when play was called off for the day.
Brief Scores: Parkophene Cricketers – 1st innings: 358 for 8 wickets, in 90 overs (Jay Bista 196 (243 balls, 21×4, 3×6), Anshul Gupta 69, Sagar Mishra 37; Ankush Jaiswal 2 for 66, Nikhil Date-2 for 112, Vinit Dhulap 2 for 115) & 2nd innings: 173 for 8 wickets declared, in 32 overs (Anshul Gupta 55, Prayag Bhatti 45; Nikhil Date 3 for 81, Vinit Dhulap 3 for 41, Harsh Tanna 2 for 51) Vs
MIG Cricket Club – 1st innings: 375 for 6 wickets, in 90 overs (Gaurav Jathar 153 not out (228 balls, 19×4), Kevin D’Almeida 71, Swapnil Salvi 48, Sheesh Shetty 37; Pardeep Sahu 2 for 90, Deepak Shetty 2 for 64) & 2nd innings: 141 for 7 wickets, 31 overs (Sumit Ghadigaonkar 39, Kevin D’Almeida 28; Pradeep Sahu 3 for 67, Sagar Mishra 3 for 49).
Result: Match draw. MIG Cricket Club declared winners on basis of first innings lead.
Individual awards – Best Batsman of the tournament: Kaushik Chikhlikar, MCA Colts – 355 runs.
Best bowler of the Tourament: Pradeep Sahu (Parkophene Cricketers) – 17 wickets).
Player of the Tournament: Sagar Mishra (Parkophene Cricketers) -20 wickets & 161 runs
In the match between Parsee Cyclists and BRD CC at the Oval Maidan, Parsee Cyclists batting first posted a big total of 318/9 in 71 overs. A score of 300+ in kanga games is usually unheard of and especially during the 1st half of the season where a score of even 150+ or 200 is considered to be a good total. With top order batsman like Shahen Mistry (48 off 44) and Tanmay Buram (38 off 67) giving a decent start to the innings, it was Rustom coming at no.5 taking advantage of the positive momentum as he completely dismantled the opposition bowlers en-route his swashbuckling 129 off 103 balls laced with 21 boundaries.
Rustom on his way also became the 1st Parsi Cricketer to hit a century this year in Kanga across all divisions. Infact, it is after many years a Parsi player has scored a hundred in Kanga league.
BRD CC got only 4 overs to bat before the end of the game’s play where the match ended in a draw.
The very genesis of Kanga was founded and named after Hormasji Kanga in 1948 which turned out to be one of biggest and one of its kind tournament in India but with the years passing by, the number of parsi players participating & performing in Kanga got drastically reduced, hence it’s good to see a Parsi coming up with such a skillful performance.
Jolly Friend Sports Matunga 1 premier league : The match between ALPMSK ( Alphaspec MSK ) and ALLSTR ( All stars ) was played at Zorastrian cricket ground, Matunga on 14th December. ALTSTR won the toss and elected to bat first. The pitch was a belter to bat on. The match was organized by Jolly friends club.
ALTSTR started off in a many-hued manner with an 83 run opening partnership. Openers Amit singh ( 59 off 21 ), Ambarish ( 40 off 20 ) and Sushil kamble ( 54 off 18 ) propelled their team’s score to a mammoth 234 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets. ALPMSK’s bowlers were taken to the cleaners except Israr qureshi and Rohan virkar who took 7 wickets together.
ALPMSK couldn’t chase down the target but star of the match was Paresh who scored a charismatic inning of 114 runs off 62 balls with 7 boundaries 10 huge sixes. He scored the huge chunk of the total score of the team. Except him all other batman scored low scores and the team scored 198 runs in 20 overs losing 8 wickets. For ALTSTR Amit singh picked up 3 wickets.
Result – ALL Stars won the match by 36 runs.
Click here for Alphaspec MSK VS ALL Star Match scorecard ….
Played between Ours CC & Star CC at the Azad Maidan, Star CC opting to bowl first restricted Ours CC to 111 all out in 22.3 overs. Jatin Gharat at the middle scored a fighting knock of 45 in an otherwise dismal batting show. Medium pacer Sachin Nag from Star CC was the pick of the bowlers with 44/47 in 8 overs.
Ours CC however used their trump card in youngster Durvesh Pitale who came up with the best bowling figures of Kanga League’19 across all divisions. Durwesh took 9/28 in 12 overs not only defending his team’s low total successfully but on his way he also became the 1st bowler to take a 9 wkt haul this season.
Star CC were all out for 101 runs where in as many as 5 ducks were registered in their innings thanks to a excellent spell of bowling by Durwesh Pitale who steered his team Ours CC to a win on 1st innings lead.
JNS Jaguars faced Fazlani United in the challenger round of the My Child My Anchor 19-20 on December 15th. The game was played at RCF Cricket Ground , Chembur.
The wicket was slow and damp and both captain’s where looking to have a bowl first. It was Fazlani United who won the toss and elected to bowl first.
Put into bat, the JNS Jaguars managed a competitive 144/8 at the end of 20 overs on a tricky wicket. The star with the bat for the JNS Jaguars was Ashish Siroya. He came in to bat with his side in trouble at 67-6 in the 12th over but steadied the ship to help Jaguars reach a good score. Siroya , the right handed batsman, scored a blistering 39 runs of just 17 balls with 2 fours and 4 huge sixes ! For Fazlani United , Parikh took 2/23.
Having to chase 145 runs to win , the Fazlani United innings ended at 98/6 at end of 20 overs. The bowlers of the Jaguars bowled in right areas and were rewarded. Jairaj Bisht was the star with the bowl. Bisht , the right arm pacer, took 3/11 from his 4 overs , which included a maiden ! For Fazlani United , Patel was the top scorer with 26 runs.
JNS Jaguars won by 46 runs and remained unbeaten with 4 wins out of 4. Ashish Siroya was the Man of the Match
Click here for JNS Jaguars VS Fazlani United match full scorecard …..
Souvenir CC after being put to bat first at Oval Maidan were all out for 98 runs in 38.3 overs. Experienced medium pacer Ramchandra Pol came up with a stunning haul of 5/32 in 12.3 overs while he was nicely supported by Jayshal Wadiyal who took 4/35 in 17 overs. While Pol has been a experienced club cricketer since years, jayshal has also been quite a revelation this season where he has picked up wickets every time the ball has been given to him. Jayshal this season already has 2 fifers including best bowling figures of 6/11 in 8 matches this season where he has 35 wkts to his name.
On the other hand, Mazgaon CC scored 168/6 in 1st innings with opener Ajay Kadam top scoring with 44 off 56 balls. Mazgaon CC won the match on 1st innings lead while also become the champions of F Division Kanga League with 25 points in 8 games.
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Highest Run Scorers-
Vedprakash Jaiswal-344 runs in 8 innings @49.14
Ninad Borkar-281 runs in 10 innings @28.10
Pratik Patil-256 runs in 8 innings @32.56
Highest Wicket-Takers
Amol Patil- 39 wkts in 15 innings
Yogesh Dicholkar- 38 wkts in 9 innings
Digvijay Singh-36 wkts in 9 innings
Played between Souvenir SC and Sunrise SC at the Oval Maidan, Souvenir CC batting first were bundled out for 109 runs and the bowler in contention was Rajeev Kamath who made life difficult for the batsman. Rajeev came up with excellent bowling figures of 6/35 in 9 overs derailing Souvenir CC to a low total.
Sunrise SC in reply surpassed the 1st innings trail declaring their innings at 112/9 on the back of opener Nikhil Shetty’s 44 off 53 balls winning the match on 1st innings lead.
T20 Masters cup (YELLOW) – The semi final match between EDIFICE CONSULTANTS PVT LTD and AVENUE SUPERMARTS LTD was conducted at Vengsarkar academy ground, Mohul on 14th December. Avenue su permarts won the toss and elected to field first. ONEWORLD OF SPORTS organized the match.
Edifice consultants got off to a fantastic start with opener Sumeet Vengilat scoring 49 runs off 45 balls. With the aegis of inputs from few batsmen, they managed to fathom a score of 133 runs in 20 overs losing 9 wickets. For Avenue supermarts, Vaibhav and Viru picked up couple of wickets each.
Avenue supermarts didn’t get the desired start and they were positioned at 18-2 in 2.1 overs. Against the run of play, Diwakar Vaidya and Sanket Surve steadied the ship and took the team to the threshold of the win. Diwakar scored 65 off 50 runs and Sanket remained not out scoring 42 off 36 balls. They chased the targets in 16 overs losing 3 wickets.
Result – Avenue supermarts won by 7 wickets.
Click here for Edifice Consultants VS Avenue Supermarts Match full scorecard ….