Issue 163, 13 August 2009
  
 
MPCL WEEKLY RESULTS
 
 

Middlesex Premier Cricket League

Report for 9 August 2009

Lankians won the toss and elected to bat first against Rajput Samaj. Sankalpa Gunasekera (69) & Sanjeewa Wijetunga (28) continued with their good form by adding first wicket partnership of 80 in 20 overs. It was difficult to bat on a turning wicket when spinners were introduced which prevented a Lankian's drive to up the tempo. Lankians lost 7 wickets in the last 7 overs while trying to get as much as runs on a very difficult wicket as they reach 174 losing 9 wickets; Nilam Mohammed made 32.

Lankians opening bowlers started superbly with lots of variations which made scoring difficult. Nilam Mohammed (3-14) and Sanjeewa Wijetunga (3-9) ensured that by 12th over of Rajput innings their top six batsmen were back in the pavilion with the score on 23 for 6. Spinners were introduced to mop up the tail as current champions Rajput were bowled out in the 25th over for 43 runs.

Bharat Olympians have gone top of division 1 following their 25 run win over Anson. Parag Khanapurkar 75 and Gautam Patel 61 helped Bharat Olympians post 225-4 in 40 overs and than a team effort ensured Anson were restricted to 200. Sri Lankan Cavaliers condemned Kondor to relegation to as the former won by 9 wickets: Duminda Abeytunga provided the highlight of their victory with 68no. Indiana were comfortable winners against West Harrow and now have a 32 points difference over the latter.

In Division 2, top of table clash between Kingsbury Construction and Neasden resulted in a narrow 4 run win by Neasden. Neasden batted first and scored 198 for 8 off 40 overs with Murthy Kapil 63 and Amit Patel 49 making most significant contributions; Hasmukh Vekaria took 3-27. Kingsbury Construction reply was measured with Prakash Nardani scoring 49 and Dharmesh Mepani 40; however wickets fell at crucial times and KCCC fell short by 4 runs finishing with 194 for 9 of 40 overs.

 

An opening partnership of 100 runs in 20 overs between Ramya Upadhyay and Dipen Shah set Welldon on their way against Muktajivan. However a mini collapse where Welldon lost 5 wickets for only 15 runs brought Muktajivan back into the game only for Bhanvesh Agnan and Anit Patel to take the score to 200. Muktajivan were never in the hunt after Sanjay Patel blew away their top order leaving Muktajivan on 25 for 5 after 8 overs. Vrushant spun a web around the Muktajivan tail taking 5 wickets in as many overs. Sumit Agarawal made 84 for United Sports, however this wasn't enough as they lost to Shivam by 5 wickets. An all round performance from Prinay Patel of 49 and 6-27 for Dharmaj was enough to give them victory over Youth Wing.

South Harrow's Ali Khan took 4-44 as they dismissed top of the table Young Puthoharis for 96 and romped to 97-2 with Imran Jamadar 45no and Chaminda Kuruppu 24 no. DIU community of Southall posted 206-7 against Lohana thanks largely to Shiva Vara making 77 and than restricted them to 162. DIU's victory gives them some hope of avoiding relegation. Rajput Samaj II's veteran opener Sharad Desai returned to form by making 51against Baladia in their total of 156; Vijay Kerai of Baladia put in the match winning performance of 6-23 to maintain Baladia's drive for promotion. Suresh Jesani 61no ensured Baladia reached their target with 3 wickets to spare.

In the 2nd XI competition, Jaguar moved within 2 points of assuring promotion for next season. Jaguar's Pratik Acharya 186 and Varun Rawal 50 ripped into the London Lions bowling as they posted 331-7 in 40 overs; the Lion's batting was no match as they were dismissed for 143.

 
 

 
  RESULTS  
 
9th August 2009
Team
Score
Wickets
Overs
 Comments
Division 1
Kondor
104
10
22.3
 Tirath Shukla 34, Chinthaka Ranabahu 4-16, Nabil Shah 3-36
Sri Lankan Cavaliers
105
1
19.2
 Duminda Abeythunga 67no, Sampath Prathapasinghe 26, Kausik Pindoria 1-16
Sri Lankan Cavaliers won by 9 wickets
Rajput Samaj
43
10
25.1
 Jesal Rathod 9, Nilam Mohammed 3-14, Sanjeewa Wijethuga 3-9
Lankians
174
9
40
 Sankalpa Gunasekera 69, Nilam Mohammed 32, Bharat Patel 4-30
Lankians won by 131 runs
Bharat Olympians
225
4
40
 Parag Khanapurkar 75, Gautam Patel 61, Birju Mehta 2-42
Anson
200
10
39
 Neel Gandhi 38, Hitesh Goswami 28, Yogesh Prabhu 3-41
Bharat Olympians won by 25 runs
Indiana
177
10
37
 Hardik Savani 37, Kaushik Doshi 23, Dilip Thakker 4-25
West Harrow
93
10
31.2
 Shail Patel 30no, Krunal Savani 3-13, Darshan Depala 3-25
Indiana won by 84 runs
Division 2
Kingsbury Construction
194
9
40
 Prakash Nardani 49, Dharmesh Mepani 40, Mohan Ragapathy 2-22
Neasden
198
8
40
 Murthy Kapil 63, Amit Patel 49, Hasmukh Vekaria 3-27
Neasden won by 4 runs
Muktajivan
96
10
20.5
 Ramya Upadhyay 49, Dipen Shah 44, Rasik Varsani 3-47
Welldon
200
9
40
 Anand Bothra 24, Vrushant Patel 5-28, Sanjay Patel 4-23
Welldon won by 104 runs
United Sports
194
8
40
 Sumit Agarawal 84, Bhavesh Patel 35, Dharmesh Cantilal 3-25
Shivam
195
5
37
 Jaspal Balu 41, Dharmendra Vaja 30, Akshit Desai 2-28
Shivam won by 5 wickets
Youth Wing
204
10
39.4
 Ramesh Patel 49, Aval Patel 39, Prinay Patel 6-27
Dharmaj
236
10
39.5
 Prinay Patel 47, Mayur Patel 31, Bakulesh Rawal 3-35
Dharmaj won by 32 runs
Division 3
Sayona
162
4
25.4
 Ashish Patel 47no, Tejal Patel 47, Jaimin Shsh 2-28
Neasden II
158
10
34.1
 Jaimin Shah 33, Samir Patel 3-50, Tejal Patel 2-5
Sayona won by 6 wickets
Lohana
162
10
35
 Vikash Savani 56, Dharmesh Vaja 3-26, Nitash Mohanlal 2-16
DIU
206
7
40
 Shiva Vara 77, Manoj Maugi 36, Harshul Patel 2-23
DIU won by 48 runs
Young Puthoharis
96
10
24.3
 Khushwinder Gill 37, Ali Khan 4-44, Sunil Vadodaria 2-11
South Harrow
97
2
14.5
 Imran Jamadar 45no, Chaminda Kuruppu 24 no, Amit Kumar 1-21
South Harrow won by 8 wickets
Baladia
159
7
33
 Suresh Jesani 61no, Jiten Jesani 19, Pranlal Divecha 3-32
Rajput Samaj II
156
10
30.2
 Sharad Desai 51, Davendrasinh Rathod 29, Vijay Kerai 6-23, Paresh Nanji 2-18
Baladia won by 3 wickets
Division 1 - 2nd XI
Jaguar
331
7
40
 Pratik Acharya 186, Varun Rawal 50, Mohit Patel 36, Naved Siddiqi 3-40
London Lions
143
10
30
 Mateen Choudhary 42, Ateeq Ahmed 35, Rikhil Patel 3-44, Jignesh Jani 2-8
Jaguar won by 188 runs
 
 

 
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  FIXTURES  
 
16 August 2009
Division 1
West Harrow
v
 Bharat Olympians
Anson
v
 Indiana
Kondor
v
 Lankians
Sri Lankan Cavaliers
v
 Rajput Samaj
Division 2
Neasden
v
 Muktajivan
Welldon
v
 Dharmaj
United Sports
v
 Kingsbury Construction
Shivam
v
 Youth Wing
Division 3
South Harrow
v
 DIU
Neasden II
v
 Baladia Youth Club
Rajput Samaj II
v
 Sayona
Young Puthoharis
v
 Lohana
2nd XI Division
MTSSC
v
 United Sports II
London Lions
v
 DIU Daredevils
 
 

 
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