1st Plate Cricket Tournament : Model Club drub WCA by 7 wickets
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 23 2014 :
In a low scoring match Model Club drubbed WCA by 7 wickets in the 1st Plate Cricket Tournament today.
On winning the toss, WCA opted to bat and this proved to be a strategic error as the bowlers of Model Club took advantage of the early morning dew to keep the ball low and consistently beat the batsmen of WCA.
Tejkumar of Model Club led the way by scalping three wickets while Mangi also chipped in with 3 wickets.
Iboyaima and Chinglen were among the wicket takers with one wicket each in their kitty.
With some incisive bowling, Model Club were able to tie down the batsmen of WCA, never giving them the chance to go in for the big hits.
With only Bronson with 17 runs off 40 overs and Das 11 runs off 35 balls putting up a semblance of a fight, the WCA innings folded up at 58 runs in 24.3 overs.
Set a very modest target of 59 runs, the batsmen of Model Club had little difficulty in reaching the target with Chinglen leading the way with a finely composed 29 runs off 41 balls and carried his bat through the match.
Chinglen was ably assisted by Tejkumar who scored a swashbuckling 19 runs off 13 balls.
For WCA, Prasanta scalped two wickets and Nanao one wicket.
Model Club reached the target of 59 runs for the loss of 3 wickets in 12.2 overs.
For his three wickets haul as well as a knock of 19 runs off only 13 balls, Tejkumar of Model Club bagged the man of the match award.