Summaries from July 31 / August 01, 2004

Cougar-tamer Keshav Puttaswamy leads Microsoft Blues to a 115 run victory over WSU-P

Saturday July 31, 2004
Match# 04-75: Microsoft Blues beat WSU-P by 115 runs
At Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Microsoft Blues: 295 for 8 in 40 overs
[Keshav Puttawamy (MoM) 100, Siva Nagalingam 56, Vijay Beniwal 52, Nikhil Patel 34, Sankar Jayaram 2/45, Hrishikesh Joshi 2/48]
WSU-P: 180 all out in 35.3 Overs
[Vikas Singh 34, Sandeep Chiniwar 33, Abhishek Penmetsa 27, Nikhil Patel 4/40, Keshav Puttaswamy (MoM) 2/25]
• Keshav Puttaswamy’s century came in 85 balls
• 3rd wicket partnership of 78 runs in 72 balls between Keshav Puttaswamy and Vijay Beniwal
• 5th wicket partnership of 88 runs in 57 balls between Siva Nagalingam and Keshav Puttaswamy
• Radhakrishnan (WSU-P) batted with an injured finger to allow WSU-P to reach 180 before retiring hurt
• This was Keshav Puttaswamy’s second consecutive century against WSU-P; his 144 last season against WSU-P is the league all time record for highest individual score
• Microsoft Blues is the only team to cross 200 against WSU-P this season  
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Lake Washington beat Rainier by 4 wickets
Saturday July 31, 2004
Match# 04-76: Lake Washington beat Rainier by 4 wickets
At Ron Regis Park, Renton, WA
Rainier: 169 for 9 in 40 overs
[Yasir Alvi 48, Hammad Butt 32, Rutwick Bhatt (MoM) 4/28, Shital Mehta 2/35, Viraj Desai 2/40]
Lake Washington (toss): 170 for 6 in 38.2 overs
[Rutwick Bhatt (MoM) 40*, Viraj Desai 27, Ashish Chokshi 22, Ather Haleem 2/32, Shehryar Butt 2/15]
• Lake Washington lost 3 wickets from 96/2 to 96/5 and eventually fell to 128/6
• Rutwick Bhatt 40* (MoM) and Vipul Hingne 14* put 42 run unbeaten partnership for 7th wicket in 5 overs
• Rutwick Bhatt had all round performance taking 4 wickets and playing match winning 40* innings
• 86 run 2nd wicket partnership between Yasir Alvi and Hammad Butt
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Microsoft Reds beat Microsoft Crimsons by 45 runs
Sunday August 01, 2004
Match# 04-77: Microsoft Reds beat Microsoft Crimsons by 45 runs
At Marymoor Park, Redmond, WA
Microsoft Reds: 270 for 5 in 40 overs
[Rajesh Dadhia (MoM) 101, Bhargava Vadapalli 93]
Microsoft Crimsons (toss): 225 all out in 36.3 overs
[Aseem Datar 49, Rajesh Ganesan 34, Rama Durai 34, Ivan Joseph 29, Bhargava Vadapalli 2/19, Sanjay Rama 2/26]
• 129 run partnership between Rajesh Dadhia and Bhargava Vadapalli in 99 balls
• Microsoft Reds recovered from 87/3 to score 270/5
• Bhargava Vadapalli scored a majestic 93 in 85 balls with 13 boundaries
• Rajesh Dadhia 101 in 70 balls with 5 sixes and 6 fours
• Splendid fielding by Naveen Kumar to get rid of Ivan (run out) and an awesome catch to dismiss Rajesh Ganesan
• Aseem Datar scored a fighting 50 off 45 balls taking the Crimsons from 137/5 to 225 
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Drugstore-B beat Redmond Colts by 64 runs
Sunday August 01, 2004
Match# 04-78: Drugstore-B beat Redmond Colts by 64 runs
At Rose Hill High School, Kirkland, WA
Drugstore-B: 150 all out in 31.3 overs
[Venkatesh Sethuraman 36, Ilyas Mohammad 35, Nischal Pathania 28, Mehul Dave (MoM) 6/14]
Redmond Colts (toss): 86 all out in 24.4 overs
[Kishore Karlapudi 30, Sanjeev Khanna 4/19, Shamit Patel 3/21, Ilyas Mohammad 2/13]
• Mehul Dave was involved in 8 dismissals: 6 wickets, 1 catch and 1 run out
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Seattle-A beat Central by 8 wickets
Sunday August 01, 2004
Match# 04-79: Seattle-A beat Central by 8 wickets
At Martha Lake School, Lynnwood, WA
Central (toss): 122 all out in 36.4 overs
[Maxwell Lal 15, Rakesh Joshi 2/13, A J Handa 2/15, Khalid Hasan 2/30, Raj Jayachander 2/35]
Seattle-A: 124 for 2 in 23.4 overs
[Ranjan Bhagat (MoM) 52, Naval Ramdeen 32]
Central collapsed from 96/5
The "Central Wall", Amjad Khalil, had one of the lowest strike rate innings this season scoring 10 runs in 90 balls
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Indopak beat Whatcom County by 2 wickets
Sunday August 01, 2004
Match# 04-80: Indopak beat Whatcom County by 2 wickets
At Bellingham Civic Stadium, Bellingham, WA
Whatcom County: 212 all out in 34.5 overs
[Sukhjeet Singh 66, Gurpreet Bassi 41, Tirath Bassi 29, Sunil Koneru (MoM) 3/24, Venkat Vulisetti 2/34, Kamal Singh 2/38]
IndoPak (toss): 213/7 in 37.0 overs
[Sunil Koneru (MoM) 89, Venkat Vulisetti 37, Parminder Khaira 20*, Sukhjiwan Bachu 2/42, Kamal Bachu 2/48]
• 74 run 4th wicket partnership between Tirath Bassi and Sukhjeet Singh in 9.3 overs
• Sukhjeet Singh 50 in 36 balls
• After a steady start (206/6), Whatcom lost their last 4 wickets for 6 runs in 2.4 overs
• IndoPak recovered from 51/4 to 152/5, thanks to a 101 run partnership between Sunil Koneru and Venkat Vulisetti
• Rajesh Kumar returned (after going to the hospital to get stitches to his chin) to put on 23 runs in an unbeaten partnership with Parminder Khaira to take IndoPak to victory
• IndoPak played with 10 players including 1 player from Whatcom County
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Beaverton Tigers Vs Seattle-B
Sunday August 01, 2004
Match# 04-81: Beaverton Tigers Vs Seattle-B
At David Martin Memorial Field, North Plains, OR
[No Result: Game conceded by Seattle-B]
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