CYCLONE beat LCCC to finish Group B winners in Veteran Cricket Tourney
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 11 2023:
CYCLONE capped Group B campaign in the 19th MVCA Veteran Cricket Tournament with a 38 run victory over LCCC for the fifth straight victory at Luker ground today.
The result also meant that CYCLONE qualified for the semi-final and will play Group A runners up KCC-Kongba for a place in the final on January 14 .
CYCLONE were skittled out for 105 runs in 23.3 overs after electing to bat first but successfully defended their total by restricting LCCC-Lilong Chajing to 72 in 21.4 overs for the fifth straight victory.
LCCC despite the loss finished group runners up courtesy three victories.
H Heramani (20), Nongdren (17) and Iqbal (14) were the notable batters for CYCLONE before they were bowled out for 105 runs as Ch Jiten of LCCC wreaked havoc with a four wicket haul (4/21) and Y Jillangamba picking up two wickets (2/21).In the chase, S Rakesh topscored with 29 runs and Th Tarun scored 12 but their efforts went in vain as other batters failed to stand up to their task as Ph Rohindro (3/5) and S Tiken (3/22) of CYCLONE starred with the ball.
YWC-L will play LCCC in the first semi-final match on January 13 .