MNCA U-19 Men's One Day Trophy : CYCLONE thump NCA by 7 wickets for second Group A victory
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, May 02 2023:
CYCLONE, Thangmeiband notched up an emphatic 7 wicket victory of NCA, Ningthoukhong today in a Group A match of the ongoing 1st MNCA Men's U-19 One Day Trophy at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium.
After winning the toss and elected to field first, CYCLONE bowlers produced a sublime performance to bowl out NCA for 68 runs within 16.5 overs and successfully chased down the target in 17 overs for the loss of three wickets.
NCA suffered early jolt losing both the openers on 2-ball ducks within 1.2 overs with Ronak Chaudhary bowling out Khwairakpam Vedananda in the second delivery of the first over and Donny removing Manisagar exactly 6-deliveries later.
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N Sidarth tried his best to ease the pressure but saw his partners fell cheaply in quick succession with Ronak claiming two more wickets before he was trapped lbw for 40 runs for the 9th wicket in the third delivery of the 16th over by Thomsan who had removed the Huirem Sanathoi and Luhikumar in the third and fourth deliveries of the 13th over.
Thomsan also bowled out Laishram Abinash to end NCA innings two balls later and returned with the best bowling figures of 4/18 in 2.5 overs.
Ronak Chaudhary (3/14) and Donny (2/15) also shared five wickets in between them to pace up the NCA batting implode.
In reply, CYCLONE lost Aditya Das (5) and Aribam Arnold (18) before Thomsan (25) and Aditya Prasad (17) forged an unbeaten third wicket stand to steer the team to winning 72 .
Shinoj Kh and Ganguly Laishram of NCA picked a wicket each in this innings.
Thomsan Moirangthem of CYCLONE who enjoyed a four wicket haul and topscored with 25 runs in the chase was eventually adjudged man of the match.
Tomorrow's matches
BLUE HAWK vs PTCC at Luwangpokpa Cricket Stadium
RULE vs TRAU at Model Hr Sec and Oriental College Ground
AL-AMeen vs PCC at Public Ground Khangabok Cherapur.