Punjab after being put to bat first were all out for 142 runs in 64.5 overs. Mumbai bowlers were spot on with their line and length coming up with timely breakthroughs. Young prodigy Musheer Khan was the pick of the bowlers coming up with 5/42 in 17.5 overs alongwith 8 maidens.
Mumbai team in reply scored 343/10 in 121.2 overs snatching a big 1st innings lead of 201 runs. Opener Swayam Waghmare scored a very solid 64 off 176 balls while Aditya Pawar at no.6 top scored with a brilliant 86 off 179 balls. The icing on the cake for Mumbai was their lower order where in Anurag Singh at no.9 scored 46 & Prince Badiani at no.10 scored 49 pushing Mumbai towards a big total.
With a 2nd innings trail of 201 runs, Punjab were all out for 151 runs thanks to a match winning spell by Musheer Khan who again came with a fifer taking 5/59 in 23 overs coupled with 7 maidens. Ayush Jethwa also bagged 5 wkts in the match as Mumbai became the winners of the Under-16 Vijay Merchant Trophy’19,
In captainship of Aayush Jethwa Mumbai emerged the Champions. Aayush overall scored 405 runs and took 18 wkts with 2 centuries and 1 half century under the coaching of Dinesh Lad sir. Mumbai’s batting has always been a strong point but in this season the bowlers including the likes of Musheer Khan (30 wkts in 4 matches), Prince Badiani, Zaid, Anurag, Arjun have all been effective as it has been a complete team performance throughout the tournament.
In the finals between Swadhyay Bhavan and Amulakh School, Swadhyay Bhavan batting first posted a total of 188/10 in 34.4 overs. Opener Rihaan Gala gave a good start scoring 41 runs while it was Yug Gala at the middle order top scoring with a brilliant 70 of 57 balls at no.4. Yug’s innings consisted of 9 boundaries as he steered his team towards a defendable total. From the bowlers, Aryan Jain with 4/18 was the pick of the lot.
Amulakh School in reply were all out for 152 runs in 31 overs with most of the batsman finding it difficult to convert their starts. The bowlers performed well with Dev Mehta and Saumya Khador bagging 2 wkts each. Swadhyay Bhavan won the match by 36 runs and with this they become the winners of the prestigious Inter School Tournament.
On the other hand, Yug Gala now has a total of 156 runs and 6 wkts in 3 games making him one player to look for in the coming seasons.
BRD CC after being put to bat first at Khar Gymkhana were all out for 97 runs in 28.5 overs. Medium Pacer Vijay Kumavat was the pick of the bowlers coming up with impressive bowling figures of 5/30 in 10 overs alongwith a maiden. Vijay was spot on with the ball as his tight bowling reaped rewards not only for himself but also for his team.
SKP Athletics in reply scored 152/10 in 30.5 overs where in youngster Arsh Krishnater top scored with 45 runs. BRD CC were 73/3 in 17 overs in the 2nd innings at the end of the game’s play where SKP Athletics won the game by 1st innings lead.
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In the match between Santosh Pathak Cricket Academy and Salgaonkar Sports Club Thane at the SPCA Ground, SPCA Girls team opting to bat first scored a decent total of 116/5 in 20 overs. All-rounder Juhi Rawat top scored for her team scoring a gritty 46 off 59 balls (5 fours) while the rest of the players batted around her.
Salgaonkar SC Thane Girls Team in reply were all out for 97 runs in 16.3 overs where in Juhi turned out to be pick of the bowler too coming up with bowling figures of 3/9 in 2.3 overs. The other bowlers also did a commendable job to steer SPCA Girls team towards a commanding win by 19 runs.
Juhi Rawat for her all-round performance was declared ‘man of the match’ while Akansha Chitnis from Salgaonkar SC was given the Best Performance award for her fighting cameo under pressure.
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.
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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.
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