1st Plate Cricket Tournament : Model Club trounce CRAU by 55 runs
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 01 2014 :
A magical spell of 5 wickets from Chinglen helped Model Club to restrict CRAU at 90 runs to come out the runaway winners by 55 runs in the 1st Plate Cricket Toumament being held at Luwangpokpa Cricket Statium, Luwangshangbam today.
On winning the toss, Model Club elected to bat and manage to put 145 runs on the score board thanks to some fine batting from its frontline batsmen.
Viking led the way for Model Club, scoring 34 runs from 55 balls followed by Nongdren with 26 runs off 52 balls and Shaikhomba who came up with a knock of 14 runs off 17 balls.
The bowlers of CRAU did well in restricting Model Club, with Uttam and John picking up Hirerwickets each while Bode chipped in with two wickets.
The fine bowling however went up in smoke as Chinglen came up with a magical spell to scalp five wickets.
Bimol with 26 runs off 56 balls and Amitkumar with 11 runs off 19 balls were the only notable contributors as Chinglen wreak havoc with the ball, to destroy the batting line up of CRAU and restrict
them 90 runs for the loss of 9 wicket in 35 overs Keeping a tight line and length and finding the right spot, Chinglen ran through the batting of CRAU sending them back to the pavilion at regular interval.
Iboyaima and Superjit were among the wicket takers for Model Club with one wicket each.
For picking up five wickets Chinglen was adjudged the man of the match.