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Redmond Chargers use complete team effort to beat Star
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Match# 10-47-III: Redmond Chargers won by 3 wickets
Tukwilla Cricket Field, Tukwilla, WA
Toss won by Star and elected to bat
Star: 226 for 10 in 39.4 overs
Batting highlights: Mubarak Ali 82 [56], Ginda Singh 53 [81], Muhammad Ejaz 37* [32]
Bowling highlights: Pravin Deshmukh 3/41, Goutham Reddy 2/18
Redmond Chargers: 229 for 7 in 38.2 overs
Batting highlights: Anurag Katre 45 [63], Roger Harper 38 [43], Soumya Sanyal 36 [66]
Bowling highlights: Muhammad Ejaz 3/37, Mubarak Ali 1/43
Man of the match: Soumya from Redmond Chargers
Other notables
• Star won the toss, decided to bat and they were in early trouble losing their first 5.wickets with only 35 runs on the board. A 49-run partnership between Ginda and Amarjit brought Star back to 84 before Amarjit was out.
• Ginda fell soon after with the score at 112/7 and it looked like Star would be hard pressed to get to 150.
• Mubarak and Ejaz came together and took the attack to the Redmond Chargers bowlers, putting on a 104-run partnership in only 64 balls and taking Star past the 200 mark.
• The partnership was marked by clean hitting (7x6 and 4x4) by Mubarak. After he fell the innings quickly ended, but Star had regained the momentum.
• Needing to score at almost 6 runs an over, Redmond started cautiously. The opening pair of Roger and Soumya put on 22 runs in 5.2 overs before Roger had to retire hurt after being hit on the elbow.
• Soumya kept his nerve and had important partnerships with Raghu, Rahul and Anurag to keep Redmond in the game.
• When Soumya fell with the score at 133, Redmond still needed 94 runs in 14.4 overs and Star seemed to have the edge.
• After another wicket fell, Roger came back in and joined Anurag in a 43-run partnership in just 31 balls that tipped the game back towards Redmond.
• 2 quick wickets later, however, Redmond was at 193 for 7, with 5.3 overs remaining.An unbeaten 36-run partnership between Nilesh and Pravin took Redmond to the win with 10 balls left.
• For his steady batting that built the platform for a successful run chase, Soumya was named Man-of-the-Match.


Microsoft Greens win a thriller against Lake Washington Eagles
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Match# 10-38-I: Microsoft Greens won by 2 wickets
Redmond Jr. High School, Redmond, WA
Toss won by Lake Washington Eagles and elected to bat
Lake Washington Eagles: 144 for 10 in 40 overs
Batting highlights: Shital Mehta 31(38), Chintan Mehta 26(28), Ketan Patel 26 (48)
Bowling highlights: Puneet Soti 3/18, Rajesh Ganesan 2/27
Microsoft Greens: 145 for 8 in 34.1 overs
Batting highlights: Rajesh Ganesan 25*(38), Puneet Soti 27(56), Anupam Shrivastava 22(48)
Bowling highlights: Sanjay Rama 3/23, Ketan Patel 2/28
Man of the match: Rajesh Ganesan from Microsoft Greens
Other notables
• Eagles started cautiously on an overcast day. They were pegged back by 5 early wickets (33/5 in 12 overs).
• Eagles consolidated with partnerships worth 43, 0, 3, 48 & 17 for the remaining wickets. Shital played a great innings under pressure. Eagles were bowled out on the last ball of the innings.
• Greens started with flare but paid the price with a flurry of wickets. They were reeling at 47/4 in 11.1 overs.
• Puneet and Anupam steadied the ship with a 55 run partnership. Greens lost both of them in a span of 2 overs. 106/6 in 26 overs.
• Rajesh Ganesan then anchored the chase beautifully unflustered with another 2 wickets going down in the end stages. Rajesh’s unconquered innings and all round performance earned him the man of the match.


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