Main Umpire: Dhiren Leg Umpire: Unknown Leg Umpire
Report:
BCC won the toss and put PCC into bat. PCC lost Bilal to the
very second ball of the match (caught behind). While Vishal had stemmed the flow
of runs with 2 consecutive maidens, Solomon & Murali worked to keep the run rate
flowing by milking Dan at the other end. The 2nd wicket added 40 runs by the
time Murali gave a regulation catch to Kiran. Ammar joined Solomon and took the
score to 63 when Solomon gave a straight forward catch to Vijay off Raju at
mid-off. Solomon was out for a well made 35. In came Irfan who started carefully
& stepped up the tempo with his fireworks. Ammar & Irfan added 33 in quick time
when Ammar was out to a very fine catch by Zohaib to a hard hit shotb. Kapil was
given out LBW to a ball that hit him high. In the meantime Irfan continued his
fine work scoring 49 (5x4's, 4x6s). He was out to another good catch, this time
by Dan right on the long-off boundary. Riaz & Zulfi ran a few quick runs & PCC
ended their innings at 166/7 in 30 ove!
rs. Vishal & Vijay bowled well for BCC.
Raj started bowling for PCC with 3 consective wides down the leg. The 4th
delivery enticed Vishal to miscue a shot & the ball landed straight into the
waiting hands of Bilal at mid-on. PCC had begun well. Vijay & Bhavesh were both
tested by new ball bowlers Raj & Irfan. Runs were coming in at a trickle with
PCC fielding very well. Vijay wasn't all that comfortable while at the crease.
His stay ended when he went for a second run. A clean pickup & throw from Raj to
the keeper had Vijay a fraction short of his crease. Raj bowled well taking a
wicket while giving away a miserly 6 runs in his 4 overs. Zulfi bhai was
introduced into the attack & had Venkat heaving at him only to find Sub. Sanjay
at the boundary. Bhavesh had held one end up while the run-rate was firmly in
control hovering around 4 per over. Nomaan & Bhavesh stroked well to score a few
boundaries. In the meantime Mahesh started finding his rhythm & had Nomaan sweep
to a ball only to find a edge pop-up which was t!
aken by Khadar stepping in from behind the stumps. Kiran's stay wasnt for long
when he was caught and bowled by Solomon. To make matters worse for BCC,
Bhavesh's patient innings came to an end when he holed up to Bill in deep
mid-off. BCC were in trouble. Raju played on while trying to hit a cross-batted
shot & Varun departed soon as he popped a catch to Irfan who ran from square-leg
to take a nice catch. Sandeep & Dan extended the innings for a while before
Sandeep gave a high catch to Solomon at cover.
Good overall performance by PCC with all-round contributions by everyone,
including Sanjay who was the 12th man. Its tough picking a man of match when
there is such a performance, but as we must pick one..it could as well be Irfan
for his captaincy, a quick-fire 49 from 25 balls & a catch. Solomon ran a close
second for the man of the match for his 35 & 2 wickets. Thanks to Dhiren for
umpiring.