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Big wins for Calpe and Grammarians
TJF
The week-end Wiggins Shield action saw substantial victories for Calpe CC and Grammarians CC against PGCC and UKCCC respectively. Highlights of the action were an undefeated 96 from Karan Aswani of Calpe, a four wicket haul for Dheeraj Punjabi of Grammarians, and a fine century opening stand by Mark Bacarese and Kabir Mirpuri of the same club.
New boys find the going tough.
Calpe CC won the toss on Saturday, opted to bat first and opened their innings with Akhil Viz and Ross Harkins. The latter was soon leathering the ball to all corners of the ground but his partner lacked similar aggression, scoring a mere five runs off the first 38 balls that he faced. It was therefore thanks to Harkins’ 48 off 43 balls that Calpe were able to come in for the fifteen overs drinks break with 72 runs on the board. As so often happens, the drinks break was worth a couple of wickets as both openers fell to Phil Langley in the sixteenth over, and this brought David Young and Karan Aswani to the crease. These two put on 52 for the third wicket before the former was run out for 24. Robbie Skinner then joined Aswani and they remained undefeated as a further 98 runs accrued, thanks in the main to an aggressive knock of 96 by Aswani, scored off just 59 balls. Calpe CC were thus able to come in for the mid-innings interval with the impressive total of 224/3 off their allotted thirty overs. For PGCC, Langley returned figures of 2/26.
PGCC started disastrously, losing both openers with only 12 runs on the board. Gautam Prabhu and Anupam Sinha then took the total along to 40 before Skinner struck twice in quick succession to account for both of them. There was some hope for PGCC as Michael Jacobson came to the crease and hit 50 runs off 47 balls, but he received little support from the other end and once he holed out to mid-wicket the game as over as a contest. In the end, PGCC were dismissed for 163 in 29.3 overs. Calpe CC went home with 18 points to PGCC’s two. For Calpe CC, Aswani completed a fine afternoon’s work with figures of 3/14, Akhil Viz took 3/10 off two overs, and Skinner 2/35.
Grammarians CC in command.
Grammarians CC were in complete control of affairs in the Sunday match against UKCCC. The latter won the toss, chose to bat first and lost their first three batsmen with 37 runs on the board. David Jacobs and Steve Cary then put on 47 runs for the fourth wicket but the introduction of Dheeraj Punjabi into the attack changed the complexion of the game completely. He demolished the middle order as UKCCC slumped to 122/9 in their allotted thirty overs, Punjabi returning figures of 4/27 and Nicky Gordon taking 2/18 off his six overs.
Mark Bacarese and Kabir Mirpuri opened for Grammarians and were never in serious trouble as they proceeded to put on 102 runs in the opening nineteen overs. When Bacarese was bowled by Neeraj Punjabi for 43, Mohammed Usman kept Mirpuri company as UKCCC’s total was overhauled without further loss in the 22nd. over, Mirpuri ending undefeated on 47. Grammarians CC took 18 points from the game; UKCCC went home empty handed.
Wiggins Shield
League Table
Teams Played Won Lost Batting Points Bowling Points Points
1 Grammarians CC 2 2 0 7 10 37
2 Calpe CC 1 1 0 3 5 18
3 GCC 1 1 0 1 3 14
4 PGCC 2 0 2 1 2 3
5 UKCCC 2 0 2 1 1 2
Next Week.
Wiggins Shield action continues next week-end, as PGCC take on UKCCC on the Saturday and GCC face Calpe CC. Both matches are scheduled to commence at 11.30am.
Full Scorecard.
Calpe CC v PGCC
Innings of Calpe CC.
Harkins R lbw Langley 48
Viz A c Boler b Langley 17
Aswani K not out 96
Young D run out (Prabhu) 24
Skinner R not out 16
Armstrong D, Sadhwani V, Sadhwani K, Chappory J & Kainth V did not bat.
Extras 24 Total 224/3
Fall of wkts: 72/1; 74/2; 126/3.
PGCCC bowling.
O M W R Avr.
Kokku A 6 0 40 0 -
Langley P 6 1 26 2 13.00
Boler C 3 0 18 0 -
Sinha A 6 1 41 0 -
Shah H 2 0 17 0 -
Jacobson M 5 0 50 0 -
Sahu R 2 0 23 0 -
Innings of PGCC
Shah H c Chappory b Aswani 0
Jain N c Viz b Armstrong 8
Prabhu G c Aswani b Skinner 16
Sinha A lbw Skinner 15
Jacobson M c Aswani b Viz 50
Reddy M b Harkins 7
Langley P c Chappory b Viz 4
Sahu R not out 18
Kokku A c Aswani b Viz 5
Choudhary D c Chappory b Aswani 0
Boler C c Young b Aswani 1
Extras 39 Total 163
Fall of wkts: 9/1; 12/2; 40/3; 59/4; 116/5; 125/6; 129/7; 144/8; 144/9;
Calpe CC bowling.
O M R W Avr.
Aswani K 4.3 0 14 3 4.66
Armstrong D6 1 43 1 43.00
Skinner R 4 0 35 2 17.50
Harkins 6 0 28 1 28.00
Young D 4 0 13 0 -
Viz A 2 0 10 3 3.33
Sadhwani K 2 0 9 0 -
Sadhwani V 1 0 6 0 -
Umpires: R Lomax & A N Other
-TJF.
Full Scorecard.
Grammarians CC v UKCCC
Innings of UKCCC
Watkins C c Bacarese b Peliza 13
Harris G c Suarez b Gordon 10
Olivero K b Gordon 4
Jacobs D c Buzaglo b Punjabi 26
Cary S c Mirpuri b Punjabi 26
Taylor N c Mirpuri b Punjabi 13
Martin S b Punjabi 9
Shephard J run out 3
Ainsworth S run out 2
Cunningham G not out 6
Punjabi N not out 1
Extras 9 Total 122/9
Fall of wkts: 28/1; 28/2; 37/3; 80/4; 99/5; 103/6; 112/7; 113/8; 121/9
Grammarians CC bowling.
O M W R Avr.
Suarez S 2 0 21 0 -
Peliza K 6 0 13 1 13.00
Gordon N 6 1 18 2 6.00
Mirpuri K 5 0 30 0 -
Punjabi D 6 0 27 4 6.75
Kochhar R 4 1 9 0 -
Orfila A 1 0 4 0 -
Innings of Grammarians CC
Bacarese M b Punjabi 43
Mirpuri K not out 47
Usman M not out 11
Punjabi D, Buzaglo R, Gordon N, Kochhar R, Orfila A, Peliza K, Suarez S & Chandiramani S did not bat
Extras 22 Total 123/1
Fall of wkts: 16/1; 30/2; 33/3; 80/4; 117/5; 117/6.
UKCCC bowling.
O M R W Avr.
Ainsworth S 6 0 24 0 -
Watkins C 4.1 1 8 0 -
Martin S 4 0 32 0 -
Punjabi N 5 0 40 1 40.00
Harris G 2 0 15 0 -
Umpires: P Smith & J L Olivero.
-TJF.
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