Saturday August 28, 2004
Match# 04-105: Microsoft Reds beat Rainier by 9 wickets
At Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Rainier (toss): 135 all out in 36.2 overs
[Shehryar Butt 41, Mansoor Naqvi 28, Waqas Zafar 21, Shahz Afzal (MoM) 4/23, Maheshwar Jayaraman 2/23]
Microsoft Reds: 139 for 1 in 14.4 overs
[Nishad Mulye 56 rtdout, Sameer Bhangar 52*]
• Nishad Mulye and Sameer Bhangar put on 118 runs in 80 balls
• Shahz Afzal scored 14 runs in 4 balls with 2 sixes at the end of the match
• Rainier, playing one man short, collapsed from 108/4
• Microsoft Reds qualify for play-offs with this win and get a chance to defend the NWCL Championship
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Saturday August 28, 2004
Match# 04-106: Microsoft Blues beat Whatcom County by 97 runs
At Civic Stadium, Bellingham, WA
Microsoft Blues (toss): 297 for 8 in 40 overs
[Manish Prabhu 64, Sudhakar Sanakkayala 56, Nikhil Patel (MoM) 35, Ketan Patel 31, Vijay Beniwal 27, Jasjit Singh Bacchu 2/42, Sukhpreet Singh Khosa 2/53, Kamal 2/59]
Whatcom County: 200 all out in 34.6 overs
[Sukhjeet Singh 51, Sukhpreet Singh Khosa 46, Sukhjiwan Singh Bhachu 28, Nikhil Patel (MoM) 6/55]
• Due to ground reservation issues the game was started early (10:30) and one-side batting was employed; the game was completed in under 6 hrs (4:15) (Both sides cut down on drinks and lunch breaks to save more time)
• Shorter side boundaries and a quick outfield resulted in a lot more boundaries than normal
• A six by Ketan Patel went over the roof of the stands
• Both Sukhpreet Singh Khosa and Sukhjeet Singh hit some HUGE straight sixers (note: straight boundaries were regulation size)
• Career best bowling figures of 6/55 by Nikhil Patel
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Sunday August 29, 2004
Match# 04-107: WSU-P beat Indopak by 105 runs
At Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
WSU-P: 262 for 6 in 40 overs
[Anuj Shah (MoM) 67, Vaideeswaran Sivaswamy 41, Sandeep Chiniwar 38, Abhishek Penmetsa 36, Siddharth Gavandi 25, Ernest Bennett 3/39]
Indopak (toss): 157 all out 32.1 overs
[Venkat Vulisetti 36, Kamal Singh 22, Anuj Shah (MoM) 4/25, Sai Kishore 2/36, Hrishikesh Joshi 2/39]
• 71 runs partnership for the second wicket between Vaideeswaran Sivaswamy and Sandeep Chiniwar
• 72 runs partnership for the fourth wicket between Anuj Shah and Siddharth Gavandi
• 65 runs partnership in 32 balls for the fifth wicket between Abhishek Penmetsa and Anuj Shah
• Indopak recovered from 93 for 7 with a 32 runs partnership for the eighth wicket between Kamal Singh and Venkat Vulisetti
• This was WSU-P's first victory on Marymoor Park in the past four years
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Sunday August 29, 2004
Match# 04-108: King County beat Drugstore-A by 3 wickets
At Redmond Elementary School, Redmond, WA
Drugstore A (toss): 199 for 8 in 40 overs
[Anand Vaidyanathan 72*, Satish Venkatraman 43, Varinder Sahi 2/17, Faizan Janjua 2/31, Adnan Sheikh 2/46]
King County: 200 for 7 in 36.0 overs
[Laiq Muhammed (MoM) 48*, Varinder Sahi 37, Naeem Sohail 32*, Mehmood Khan 31, Satish Venkatraman 4/45, Kris Raman 2/33]
• Laiq Muhammed and Naeem Sohail put on a unbeaten, match-winning partnership of 45 runs for the 8th wicket after King County were in some trouble at 155/7
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Sunday August 29, 2004
Match# 04-109: Beaverton Tigers beat Redmond Colts by 3 runs
At Juel Community Park, Redmond, WA
Beaverton Tigers: 136 for 9 in 40 overs
[Bhadri Varadarajan (jMoM) 66*, Uday Malgundkar 27, Suresh Nair 2/32, Satish Ramachandran 2/12]
Redmond Colts (toss): 133 all out in 38.0 overs
[Suresh Nair 24, Mehul Dave 24, Ashok Balakrishnan (jMoM) 3/26, Varun Juneja 2/3, Uday Malgundkar 2/9]
• Redmond Colts were 131/6 and lost last 4 wickets for 2 runs
• Bhadri Varadarajan carried his bat through 40 overs; Quite a few batsmen have achieved this feat in the NWCL over the years, with Oliver Bangera, playing for WSU, being the first in 1996; but no one has yet `technically` carried his bat, i.e., through 10 wickets falling at the other end
• Uday Malgundkar, the league leader in bowling economy rate, gave 9 runs in his entire 8 over spell
• This is the Beaverton Tigers' first win in the Seattle Metro area, and only the second outside Portland Metro Area (vs Whatcom County earlier this season)
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Sunday August 29, 2004
Match# 04-110: Microsoft Crimsons beat Drugstore-B by 3 wickets
At Rose Hill High school, Kirkland, WA
Drugstore-B: 110 all out in 30.0 overs
[Ilyas Mohammad 27, Lakshmanan Venkitaraman 3/6, Rajesh Ganesan 2/15, Arun Nava 2/25]
Microsoft Crimsons: 112/7 in 25.1 overs
[Rama Durai (MoM) 19, Durga Sayana 4/29, Vijay Sankaran 2/24]
• Drugstore-B collapsed from 85/3
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Sunday August 22, 2004
Match# 04-111: Seattle-A beat Seattle-B by 135 runs
At Ron Regis Park, Renton, WA
Seattle-A (toss): 215 for 8 in 40 overs
[Faisal Awan (MoM) 52, Rakesh Joshi 42, Bhasker Mehta 32, Shimoga Srinath 2/26, Sanjay 2/22]
Seattle-B: 80 all out in 24.1 overs
[Bunty Sarai 32, AJ Handa 3/18, Raj Jaychandra 2/3, Khalid Hasan 2/15, Bilal Mirza 2/21]
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Sunday August 22, 2004
Match# 04-112: Beaverton Qlassix beat Central by 5 wickets
At David Martin Memorial Field, North Plains, OR
Central: 61 all out in 21.2 overs
[Lalli Kuram Singh 12, Srikanth Kambhatla 3/2, Mayur Jagtap 2/6, Mani Bhamipathi 2/18, Parth Pandey 2/21]
Beaverton Qlassix (toss): 64 for 5 in 18.0 overs 
[Srikanth Ragam (MoM) 33*, Lalli Kuram Singh 3/15]
• North Plains pitch was uncharacteristically fast and seamy with 10 of 15 batsman to be dismissed being bowled and 3 being caught behind
• Central collapsed from 22/0 to 39/6
• Srikanth Kambhatla took his 3 wickets in 7 balls
• Only two batsmen reach double figures, Srikanth Ragam and Lalli Kuram Singh
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