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Greetings! Cricket Lovers
The
Baker Tilly cup and plate finals were played on 28th August at Bessborough
CC, Headstone Lane. Embassy and Sri Lankians contested their first competition
final. Sri Lankians Cavaliers batted first, however none of the batsman
were able to put in substantial contributions. Saleem Raja was the pick
of the Embassy bowlers as he picked up 3-38. SLC finished on 181-9 in
their 45 overs as they regularly lost wickets.
Embassy
got off to a disastrous start as they were reduced to13-3. Sanjeev Korala
(2-22), Kaushalya Weeraratne (3-31) and Suminda Balage (3-13) with the
support of some excellent fielding and catching put Sri Lankian Cavaliers
quickly worked their way through the Embassy middle order, leaving them
100-8 in the 25th over. Amir Ahmed (30no) and Abu Bakker (28) put on 67
runs in a useful partnership as they reached the 42nd over needing 15
runs off he last 18 balls. Abu Bakker tried to hit Suminda Balage for
a six however he was caught by Nabeel Shah at deep mid-on boundary. Numan
wrapped up the Sri Lankian Cavaliers win as Embassy were bowled out for
168 in 43.1 overs. Kaushalya Weeraratne was named as the man of the match.
The
5th plate final was played between twice winners Stanmore Jaffrey's and
Capital. Stanmore Jaffrey's elected to bat first after winning the toss.
Parneet Sethi ripped the heart out of the Stanmore Jaffrey's top order
as they struggled to 4-14. Parneet extracted movement from the wicket
which played into his hands as some of the Stanmore Jaffrey's batsman
showed poor shot selection and over confidence. Parneet finished with
6-42 as Stanmore were dismissed for mere 92 in 21 overs.
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Capital struggled earlier on in their innings; however Paresh Patel steadied their reply allowing them to comfortably reach their target to cause the biggest plate final upset. Craig Saunders put the icing on a fine Capital victory with a six to take then past the Stanmore Jaffrey's total for the loss of only 4 wickets. Balwant N. Patel of Baker Tilly presented Capital's jubilant skipper Varneet Shukla of the cup. Parneet Sethi was named as the man of the match. |
BAKER TILLY CUP & PLATE 2006
The draw for the 2006 competition was made by Kris Perera and Imran Haider.
1. Sai v Neasden
2. Youth Wing v Lankians
3. Sayona v Dharmaj
4. Regency v Suraj
5. Kondor v West Harrow
6. Capital v Embassy
7. Express v Littleton
8. Stanmore Jaffrey's v Lohana
9. QCS London v Anson
10. North London Drifters v Kingsbury Construction
11. Rajput Samaj v Muktajivan
12. Welldon v Centurions
13. New Club v Magenta Security
14. EKTA v Ramgharia
15. Young Puthoharis v United Sports
16. Sri Lankian Cavaliers v Bharat Olympians
