Amutombi Memorial Veteran Cricket Championship Model Club-A, CYCLONE advance with easy wins
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 01 2016:
Model Club-A and CYCLONE advanced with convincing victories in the ongoing 1st State Level Aribam Amutombi Sharma Memorial Veteran Cricket Championship, organised by the Model Club, Chingamakha, today at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium, Luwangshangbam.
In the first match today, Model Club-A, Chingamakha registered an easy 7-wicket win against DSU, Kwakeithel.
Opting to bat first, Model Club-A set a huge 231 runs target for their opponent with three wickets remaining in the allotted 30 overs.
Highest scorer of the match Mujibur slammed 90 runs off 74 balls while Tomba also went impressive as he hit 67 runs off 43 balls.
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Sunil Kumar (22-17) and Suresh (11-12) were the other notable scorers for Model Club-A.DSU bowlers Jotin scalped three wickets while Gyaneshor pulled two and Himat grabbed a wicket.
Batting second, DSU went down fighting at 133 runs in 28.3 over with all men down.
Kumarjit scored 62 runs off 71 balls while Devan (17) and Devdutta (15) were the other main scorers of DSU.
Mujibur, Suresh, Homeshor and Samu claimed two wickets each for Model Club-A.The man of the match title went to Mujibur of Model Club-A.In another match today, CYCLONE, Thangmeiband defeated CHAMP, Khagempali by 8 wickets.
Winning the toss, CHAMP went to bat first and struck 109 runs in the allotted 30 overs.
Tejbanta (29), Ibobi (25), Rajiv (18) and Ninghor (12) were the main scorers for CHAMP.
A fine bowling spell from Tiken saw him taking four wickets while Binoy also took three wickets.
CYCLONE's Arun and Rajesh also grabbed two and a wicket respectively.
Batting second, CYCLONE easily chased the target by striking 112 runs in 23.3 over with eight wickets in hand.
Unbeaten Rajesh and Shashikumar struck 36 and 23 runs respectively while Thoithoi and Ajit contributed 15 and 17 runs respectively.
Gopal and Ninghor took a wicket each for CHAMP.
Tiken of CYCLONE clinched the man of the match title.
In the first semifinal match, CYCLONE will clash with NAPSA while Model Club-A will play with CHAMP in the second semifinal match on March 3 .