SPCC won MACC season opener by 135 runs. Amit Singh scored century
in his debut.
April 01, 2007
SPCC started
their season with a good marginal win over CICC. Muzaffer and Guru
batted exceptionally well and laid the platform and the quick
burst in the end by Harish(50 in 20 balls) took SPCC total tally
to massive 326 runs. Amit Singh scored a magnificent century (115*
runs) for SPCC and was declared Man of the Match.
Charlotte
International Cricket Club is the new comers to MACC league and
they are as passionate as any other team in the league to play
cricket. They are yet another healthy addition to MACC. Both teams
along with their debutant Captains arrived on time. Steady drizzle
in the morning and wet ground stopped from starting the game. As
both teams started talking about rescheduling the game for another
day, conditions improved and sun was out. By considering the time
lost and rain returning in the afternoon, both umpires proposed
to play game with 30 overs each. Both Captains agreed, Coin
flipped and went CICC’s way. Looking at ground and weather
conditons, CICC decided and put SPCC into bat.
SPCC were
confident after winning all three pre-season games. Swapan and
Muzaffer were sent to kick off SPCC innings. A little
misunderstanding in the third over cost Swapan his wicket.
Dangerous man Rahul also came back quickly, when Vishal trapped
him LBW. Muzaffer, who had very good pre-season games and was
looking well settled. He got applauded from crowd by playing some
beautiful shots.
Muzaffer scored
thirty ball 40 quick runs. More than half of his runs came from
boundaries. He lost his wicket when Rose took an excellent catch
at short covers. Roberts put his team on top when he clean bowled
Baseer. At the end 9 overs SPCC were 93 with the loss of 4 wickets
and in a state of concern But Amit along with Guru steered SPCC
innings and build up a partnership of 101 runs for the 5th
wicket.
Amit played
sensibly and relied mostly on singles and doubles. His 86 balls
century saw ball rolling over the boundary line 14 times. Guru
provided an excellent support from the other end and contributed
valuable 26 runs. After the departure of Guru, Harish came into
bat and started banging the ball everywhere. He scored whirlwind
66 runs of just 26 deliveries with four 4s and seven 6s. Both
batsmen entertained the crowd thoroughly and took SPCC final score
to 326 runs.
CICC started
their innings with Rose and Roberts. Rahul and Guru led the
bowling attack. Guru had Roberts bowled with beautiful delivery in
the 2nd over. Wilson joined Rose in the middle .. Both
started playing with out giving any room for errors and ready to
build the partnership. Muzaffer and Khurram too bowled their quota
but didn’t get any more wickets but was not giving away many runs
either. Wilson played some beautiful eye catching strokes and
scored 44 runs.
With every over,
the required run rate was going higher. A wild full swing by
Wilson against Baseer saw the ball passing between bat and pads
into the middle stump. Gustafson came to crease but he had a huge
task ahead of him. He recorded the very good half century of 69
runs in 50 balls with nine 4s and three 6s. Rose tried his best
but he departed after making 44 runs of 52 balls, caught by Anish
off the bowling of Muzaffer. In the end CICC’s total was 191 runs
with the loss of 3 wickets. It was a good batting performance from
CICC, considering they are playing their very first game in the
league.
Thanks to all
cricket lovers who came to the ground to support their teams. Many
thanks to Wajahat for keeping up with the scorebook and being a
wonderful photographer. SPCC would like to thank CICC for a good
game. Both teams will meet again next month at Reedy Creek CG.
Man of the
Match: Amit Singh - 115* runs off 86 balls with 16 fours and 3
sixes
