CYCLONE win by 5 wickets
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, February 09 2015:
CYCLONE defeated Model Club (A) by five wickets at the Twenty 20 Manipur Veteran Cricket Tournament on Monday.
Model Club (A) won the toss and elected to bat first.
Helped by significant knocks of 40 runs from 28 balls by Chaoba and 26 runs (19) by Cherish, Model Club put up a competitive score of 139 runs in the allotted 20 overs.
The other major contributors were Homeshwor and Rohindro who scored 15 runs each.
Rajesh did the most damage for CYCLONE with a rich haul of four wickets while Binoy and Abungcha snared two wickets each.
An unbeaten inning of 31 runs from 31 balls from Roben helped CYCLONE surpass the target with three balls to spare.
Thoithoi (24), Mobi (24) and Sachikumar (20) gave substantial contributions in the run chase.
Iqbal grabbed two of the five CYCLONE wickets that fell.
The man of the match award was given to Rajesh for his performance with the ball.
Tomorrow, Model Club (B) will clash with KSC.