Bespectacled Shreyas Phapale played havoc with his spinners as he captured seven wickets for 24 runs to help MCC (Orange) thrash hosts Jwala Sports Foundation by 58 runs in the 6-team MCC Double-Leg Pro-40 league, organized by Jwala Sports Foundation at Oval Maidan here. The win helped “Orange” to jump to fourth position in the table, while for JSF today’s loss has dented their hopes as they slipped to fifth place in the table.
Batting first, “Orange” top batters did well to hit up 222 before they were all out with Suhail Ansari top-scoring with 57 off 60 balls. For hosts Atharva Nandgave captured five for 60. Chasing 223 to win, JSF struggled all the way before they were bowled out for 164. Prabhat Pandey was their top-scorer with 46.
Brief scores:
MCC Pro-40 Double-leg League: MCC (Orange) 222 all out (Suhail Ansari 57, Raj K. 35; Atharva Nandgave 5/60) bt JSF 164 all out (Prabhat Pandey 46; Shreyas Phapale 7/24) by 58 runs. Man-of-the-match: Shreyas Phapale.