Sunday Championship ─ Match Report (27th, 28th March 2016)
Sunday, 27^th March 2016

Sunday Championship

USRC/MCC took the honours in a closely fought match over Headwin Tritons SLCC on Easter Sunday at Mission Road.

SLCC won the toss and elected to bowl first. Their bowlers exploited the overcast conditions to grab two early wickets. Iftikhar Ahmed brought up his half-century but he fell shortly afterwards for 52 as USRC/MCC slipped to 4/99. Balal Mohammad stroked a fine 108 in the middle order but he received scant support from the remaining batsmen and USRC/MCC innings closed at 225 after 50 overs. Asad Rasheed was the pick of the SLCC bowlers with figures of 3/36 from his ten overs.

The SLCC reply got off to a strong start and they were sitting pretty at 1/102 after Khizar Hayat hit 54. Three quick wickets set them back at 4/118 but Asad Rasheed’s 42 got the SLCC total up to 6/200. However, the return of Haseeb Amjad to the bowling attack spelled the end for SLCC and their innings was wrapped up for 213.

At Mission Road: USRC/MCC 225 from 50 overs beat Headwin Tritons SLCC 213 from 45.3 overs by 12 runs.

Monday, 28^th March 2016

Sunday Championship

KCC Infidels got the better of DLSWCC Knights in a Sunday Championship match played on Easter Monday.

Infidels chose to bat first after winning the toss but they lost their first wicket with only one run on the board. Harsh Jogani (39) and Ankur Vishita (58) combined in a 104-run second wicket partnership for Infidels but both batsmen perished within the space of five runs. Simondeep Singh (33) and Ehsan Nawaz (35) bolstered the Infidels’ score to 218 while Ibrahim Mohammed picked up 3/44 for the Knights.

Ibrahim (35) got the Knights’ reply away to a solid start but from 0/46, they slipped to 5/76 with Najeeb Amar grabbing four wickets. Sarfaraz Khan added 30 in sixth wicket partnership worth 49 runs but the Knights’ resistance folded once Khan was dismissed and they were eventually all out of 157. Najeeb picked up two more wickets to finish with the fine figures of 6/13 from nine overs.

At Mission Road: KCC Infidels 218 from 48.3 overs beat DLSWCC Knights 157 from 50 overs by 61 runs.