Tailender Ayaz Khan batted with aplomb to ratlle up an unbeaten 61 (7×4, 1×6) as MCC (Black), after a disastrous start, defeated defending champions MCC (Red) by three wickets in the 40-overs MCC Pro-Under-14 Talent Search cricket league tie, co-hosted by Jwala Sports Foundation at Oval Maidan here today. This was “Black” s second win in the league.
Ayaz Khan
Opting to bat after winning the toss, the former champions after a sedate start, saw their middle order failing to capitalize and were bowled out 150 in 31.5 overs. But ‘Red” hit back as they had top ‘Black’ batsmen back in the hut for 46 runs before tailender Ayaz and Sahil Jadhav rallied to inch closer to their target. It was a misunderstanding between the two that resulted in Sahil getting run out. However, Ayaz took his team past the target without any further loss.
In the other tie played on adjacent plot, Sanjeevani CA kept in the hunt for the top honours with an another impressive win, beating Real CA by 3 wickets with Sourish Despande playing a pivotal role, both with bat and ball.
Brief scores:
MCC (Red) 150 all out (Suhail Ansari 38, Rishabh Kumar 24; Ismail Kazi n.o. 24; Chetan Wagh 3/13, Zaid Khan 3/24, Vivek Tiwari 2/4) lost to MCC (Black) 151/7 (Ayaz Khan n.o. 61, Sahil Jadhav 36; Vaibhav Singh 3/35) by 3 wickets. Man-of-the-match: Vaibhav Singh .
Real CA 191/9 off 40 overs (Lokesh Mistry 68, Agneya Aadi 38, Mann Bhaushali 26; Sourish Desphande 3/29, Jal Tolia 2/31, Anish Tambe 2/34)) lost to Sanjeevani CA 193/7 off 39.3 overs (Sourish Deshpande 49, Antharva Dhond 37, Harshwardhan Baumukh 31; Mann Bhanushali 3/26, Lokesh Mistry 2/37) by 3 wkts.
Man-of-the-match : Sourish Deshspande.