SENIOR WOMEN’S T 20 TOURNAMENT
11-15 JANUARY 2016
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS
PLATE GROUP
SEMI FINAL 1
MUMBAI 126-7-20
Sulakshana 55 (56), Jemimah 25(21)
Manali 13*(5)
Kanwar 4-21-3
beat HIMACHAL 100-9-20
Rana 14(10) Kanwar 27(27) S Kumari 20*(23)
Nancy 4-22-2
MUMBAI WON BY 26 RUNS
SEMI FINAL – 2
UPCA 123-6-20
Deepti 44 (49) Shashi 9(12) Bhavana 9 (11)
Shefali 11 (13) Aditi 13*(10) Malik 23 (16)
Saranya 3-18-2 Bhavana 4-25-2 beat ANDHRA 80-9-20 Anusha 29 (34)
Jhansi 20 (27) Saumya 4-13-4 Deepti. 4-13-2
UPCA WON BY 43 RUNS
Final will be played between upca and Mca on 15th Jan at 9 am.
Omtex Cup : Match between vardaan warriors vs terabyte
More than 700 hundreds runs were scored on Sunday at Payyade Sports Club in Kandivali it was a run feast and spectators who watched ..are a part of history of Youth cricket club ..
Put into bat first Terabyte Infosys put up a mammoth total of 365 runs in the stipulated 40 overs .Terabyte got off to a flyer with openers Kapil sota(54 runs of 49 balls ) & Rahul Khicha(68 runs of 39 balls ) scoring at 10 runs an over , followed by Jimit 54 runs of 51 balls .. KP 34 runs of 31 balls ….and back in form , Captain Mitesh Rawal scored a quick fire 83runs of 42balls and a equal contribution at the end from wicket keeper batsman Vimal 34 runs of 17 balls set up the massive score of 365 runs ..None of the bowlers from Vardaan Warriors could contain the flow of Runs as most bowlers gave away more than 50 runs in their than stipulated quota of 7 overs. ..
Chasing a nearly impossible target of 365 runs Warriors were 72 runs in 10 overs. Vishal Mervana who walked in at the crease at no 4 in the 10th over & scored 69 runs of 24 balls (3 fours and 8 sixes) had a lot in store for the spectators , he went Berserk after Off spinner Satyen who gave away 57 runs in his 2 overs .Satyen was smashed for 34 runs in the 11th over ( 6.6.6.4.6.6) & 23 runs in the 13th over (6.6.4.6.1.0) which set the momentum for the evening run chase .Warriors scored 106 runs in next 10 overs .The platform was all set for Man of the match & Captain Sameer Thakkar who came in to bat at no 7 and hammered the bowlers all over the park and scored 128 runs of 54 balls with l6 fours & 6 sixes as the Warriors galloped towards the target of 365 runs , scoring 189 runs in next 15 overs as they reached their target in 35 overs to complete a historic run chase at Payyade Sports Club .
Team Terabyte Infosys will have to improve their field their fielding if they wanna win their final league match against ECM logistics in 16th Jan 2016 as their ‘ELECTRIC ‘ fielders gave away not less 12 to 15 boundaries as ‘VARDAAN’ to the Warrior ….
Jinit Pasad led VPM Mulund school from the front against St Marys school in the knock out match in the Harris shield plate group.
Jinit is captain of VPM and opens the bowling for his school. Out of the 60 overs bowled by VPM school, majority of overs, 28 to be precise were bowled by captain Jinit. He bowled 13 maidens and gave away only 64 runs accounting for 7 wickets.
For St. Marys, Chinmay Pathade fought a lonely battle scoring 96 runs, missing a well deserved century by just 4 runs. His knock helped St. Marys post 175 all out. By the end of first day VPM were 70 for 3. Their hopes would be pinned on Deepesh Hemdev who is batting on 32.
The group A final of the Harris shield plate group witnessed a hattrick by Krish Shah of Cathedral School.
Krish Shah, a left arm spinner, not only took the hattrick but also took 6 wickets in total in his 11 overs giving away only 22 runs.
Krish’s heroics helped Cathedral wrap up Swadhyay innings in just 102 runs. Neel Anjaria top scored with 30 runs.
Raju More was in his elements in their team, Mahindra Tractor’s match against Marcura in the Milan T20 tournament.
Marcura would have ruined their decision to bowl first. They failed to take even a single wicket of Mahindra. Mahindra openers piled up the misery for Marcura as they accumulated 195 runs without giving away their wicket in 20 overs. Raju More was the aggressor of the two openers as he scored 102 runs off just 62 balls. He hit 15 fours and 2 sixes.
Marcura gave a good chase, thanks to Hardik who scored 60 off 45 balls. But once he was out Marcura were all out falling short by 53 runs.
In the Semifinal 2 of the Architects T20 Championship trophy, Hellbenders played against the SSA Strikers.
Confident of their chasing abilities, SSA Strikers chose to field first winning the toss. Hellbenders had a pretty good start hitting 50 in the seventh over. Once their openers Khatri (52) and Barpujari (23) were out and Hitesh Gujar was introduced in the bowling attack, Hellbenders lost their way. They regularly kept loosing wickets and could mange 133 for the loss of 9 wickets. Hitesh Gujar and Shedge both took 3 wickets a piece.
Hitesh Gujar is in excellent touch with the bat this season and it showed in Strikers chase. Hitesh scored brilliant unbeaten 79 in just 52 deliveries. Strikers achieved the target in just the 18th over. Aptly Hitesh was declared MoM.
Date – 9th Jan 2016 – P D FASHIONS VS LOHANA HOLIDAYS – Payyade Cricket Ground, Kandivali, Mumbai
‘Three out of Three’ Lohana Holidays Tops the Table with all round performance of Nishant Mahidhar. Lohana Qualifies for the semis beating P D fashions by 1 wicket.
Man of the match Nishant Mahidhar s all round performance takes Lohana holidays to top of the table and Qualifies for the semifinals spot in the on going Omtex cup .
Batting first after losing the toss P D fashions made a defendable total of 258 runs in 38.4 overs with good contributions from Kartik doshi 52 runs of 55 balls ,Maulik Doshi – 26 & Naynesh Shetty – 34 runs & Extras ’35 ‘ runs
Chasing 259 runs to win soon lohana holidays were 75/ 5 in 10 overs with few top batsman back in the pavilion . Partnerships are the key to win matches & that is what exactly Lohana Holidays did right , Match winning knocks by Deep thakkar 59 runs & 70 runs by Nishant Mahidhar and patient partnerships of 103 runs between them and 63 runs between Sachin parekh and Nishant set the road for victory for lohana holidays and they reached the target in 37.5overs and registered the 3rd consecutive victory & are unbeaten team in Omtex cup 2015- 2016 .However P D fashions gave away not less then 7 to 8 boundaries due to poor ground fielding and made the target that much easier.
Mumbai Woman showed great maturity in the all important quarterfinal game against Haryana.
Team Haryana posted a decent 109 for the loss of 6 wickets in their 20 overs batting first. Joshi scored a brilliant 51 while Khatri remained unbeaten on 31. For Mumbai, Fatima was the pick of the bowler picking up 3 wickets for just 7 runs in her 4 overs.
Mumbai’s chase was anchored around the 2 S, Mumbai captain Sunetra (41) and wicketkeeper batsman Sulakshana (47). They showed tremendous maturity while chasing the target and ensured Mumbai win with 5 wickets and 3 balls to spare.
Mumbai will be playing Himachal in the semifinal on Wednesday, 13th January.
Jigar Shah of the Highflyers is in the form of his life. After scoring scintillating 98 in the previous game (Click here for previous match scorecard) he continues his great form scoring a century against Pitchers. He was not out in the previous game and continued from where he left. His century was studded with 14 hits to the fence and one maximum.
His knocked helped Highflyers post 205 runs enabling a 30 run victory over Pitchers who relentlessly pursued the huge target but fell short by 30 runs.
When contacted by Cricketgraph, Jigar was very proud of his knock and dedicated his knock to his school coach Mahesh Raut of the Swami Vivekanand School. Unfortunately Mahesh Sir expired last week. He sure would have been proud of his student’s progress.
With back to back performances Jigar sure has put the Friend’s premier league on fire and a player to be watch out for all opponents.
