11th Manipur Veteran Cricket Championship : NAPSA overcome Model Club to enter final
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 06 2014:
Banking on a finely compiled 44 runs off 66 balls NAPSA outscored Model Club by 31 runs to enter the final of the 11th Manipur Veteran Cricket Championship today.
On winning the toss, NAPSA opted to bat and with some contributions from Gautam who top scored with 44 runs off 66 balls, followed by Ratankumar with a breezy 21 off 25 balls, Keshorjit 14 off 19 balls and Mahesh 12 off 19 balls managed to put up a score of 140 runs for 7 wickets in the allotted 30 overs.
For Model Club, Homeshor and Chaoba led the way grabbing two wickets each while Premkumar and Th Iboyaima chipped in with one wicket apiece.
Put in to bat, Model Club could manage only 109 runs thanks to some fine bowling by Roni and Gautam who took three wickets each followed by Bhogen who scalped two wickets with Puthiba and Ratan chipping in with one wicket each.
For Model Club, Th Iboyaima top scored with 33 runs off 53 balls, followed by Chaoba 16 runs off 16 balls, Ng Iboyaima 11 runs off 19 balls and Homeshor 11 runs off 19 balls.
For his all round show of 44 runs and three wickets, Gautam bagged the man of the match award.
NAPSA will meet Cyclone in the final on February 11 .