Issue 164, 19 August 2009
  
 
MPCL WEEKLY RESULTS
 
 

Middlesex Premier Cricket League

Report for 16 August 2009

Bharat Olympians continued their good form against West Harrow. Batting first, Bharat Olympians posted 218 in 40 overs with the main contribution coming from Vishal Vakani 63. West Harrow were restricted to 150 thanks largely to Depesh Patel taking 4-23. Duminda Abeytunga made76 in Sri Lankan Cavaliers 187 against Rajput Samaj than Udayakumara Kapugama took 4-22 as Rajput were all out for 99. Birju Mehta made 64 in Anson's total of 177-9 against Indiana, with Kaushik Doshi taking 4-16 for the latter. When Indiana batted Birju picked up 3-8 and with Neel Ghadhi's 2-8 they were all out for 90.

Kondor won the toss and elected to bat first against the in form Lankians who are striving to complete the league and cup double. Chances went begging as their opening batsmen put on 50 runs first 10 overs. Kondor were well placed for a big target as they were 124 for 1 in 25 overs. However it was soon over as Sankalpa Gunesakara (5-3) and Sujith Kumarasinghe (3-23) shared 8 wickets between them in the space of 10 overs as Kondor were all out for 136 in 35.4 overs. Lankians openers Sankalpa Gunesakara (71no) and Sanjeewa Wijetunga (54no) continued their good form by knocking off the target within 17 overs. Sankalpa's innings included 11 fours and a six whilst that of. Sanjeewa's inning included 11 fours.

In division 2, Kingsbury Construction won by a narrow 2 wickets margin in a closely fought low scoring match against United Sports to assure themselves promotion back to division 1. United Sports batted first and were all out for 137 off 37.3 overs with Gaurav Shiani (3-20) and Hasmukh Vekaria (3-32) being the main wicket takers; Kruthat Raval top scored with 31 for United. In reply, KCCC were reduced to 97 for 7 as Akshit Desai took3-29. Arvind Patel's unbeaten 25 along with some key partnerships with the tail, took Kingsbury to a narrow 2 wicket win with 3 balls to spare.

 

Neasden made 265-7 in 40 overs against bottom of the table Muktajivan. Rasik Varsani was the pick of the Muktajivan bowlers with 3-47. When Muktajivan batted, they tried to keep up with the required run rate of over 6 an over and paid the price they were bowled out for 174 in 28 overs. Welldon were bowled out for 93 against Dharmaj with Hemant Patel (3-13, Tapan Patel 3-32) and Prinay Patel (2-8) all playing key roles. Dharmaj knocked off the required runs in 22 overs with Mohit Patel (36) leading the way. Youth Wing defeated Shivam by 6 wickets with Anish Shah 4-27 and Jigar Patel Snr 54 providing the highlights which lifts Youth Wing to third place.

Sayona's Manoj Patel returned the best bowling figures of 6-9 this weekend against Rajput Samaj II in their 8 wicket victory. Amit Kumar's 4-28 and 43 were enough to give Young Puthoharis the edge over Lohana to ensure promotion. South Harrow's decision to bat first against DIU Community of Southall proved to right as they made 261 in 28.3 overs; Lakindu Warsala top scored with 59 for South Harrow, whilst Mahesh Quirticumar took 3-30 for DIU. South Harrow's Ali Khan took 5-50 as DIU were bowled out for 203 in 39 overs with Mahesh Quirticumar making 46. Baladia remain firmly in 2nd place following their win over Neasden II.

In the 2nd XI competition, DIU Daredevils became champions following their 164 run win over London Lions. DIU Daredevils made 281-9 in 40 overs as Mitesh Louchande (80), Hemal Ravindra (76) and Vimal Narendra 52no all played their role in posting a challenging target. When London Lions batted, Mitesh Louchande took 3-22 to assist in restricting London Lions to 117. United Sports II were bowled out for 107 by MTSSC. MTSSC's final game is against Jaguar where they need to win and preventing their opposition taking any points to gain promotion.

 
 

 
  RESULTS  
 
16th August 2009
Team
Score
Wickets
Overs
 Comments
Division 1
West Harrow
150
10
36
 Pinakeen Patel 29, Dilip Thakker 24no, Depesh Patel 4-23, Sunil Patel 2-10
Bharat Olympians
218
10
40
 Vishal Vakani 63, Parag Khanapurkar 37, Yajuvandar Mahida 3-44
Bharat Olympians won by 68 runs
Anson
177
9
40
 Birju Mehta 64, Amit Ghadhi 39, Kaushik Doshi 4-16
Indiana
90
10
28
 Kaushil Doshi 35, Birju Mehta 3-8, Neel Ghadhi 2-8
Anson won by 87 runs
Kondor
136
10
35.4
 Sankalpa Gunasekara 5-3, Sujith Kumarasinhe 3-23
Lankians
137
0
17
 Sankalpa Gunasekara 71no, Sanjeewa Wijetunga 54no,
Lankians won by 10 wickets
Sri Lankan Cavaliers
187
10
39.1
 Duminda Abeythunga 76, Udayakumara Kapugama 40, Bharat Damani 3-31
Rajput Samaj
99
10
26
 Dilip Jadeja 22, Bharat Damania 22, Udayakumara Kapugama 4-22, Sampath Prathapainghe 2-15
Sri Lankan Cavaliers won by 88 runs
Division 2
Neasden
265
7
40
 Amit Patel 77, Tanuj Kumar 36, Prasik Varsani 3-47
Muktajivan
174
10
28
 Pramod Khokhrai 52, Sanjay Patel 29, Paras Patel 5-34, Ashish Patel 2-28
Neasden won by 91 runs
Welldon
95
10
30
 Vrushant Patel 15, Hemant Patel 3-13, Tapan Patel 3-32
Dharmaj
98
7
22
 Mohit Patel 36, Dipen Amin 3-20, Sanjay Patel 2-7
Dharmaj won by 3 wickets
United Sports
137
10
37.3
 Kruthart Raval 31, Gaurav Shiani 3-20, Hasmukh Vekaria 3-32
Kingsbury Construction
139
8
39.3
 Arvind Patel 25, Suresh Gopal 18, Akshit Desai 3-29
Kingsbury Construction won by 2 wickets
Shivam
150
10
39.1
 Jignes Chunilal 43no, Anish Shah 4-27, Ramesh Patel 3-20
Youth Wing
154
4
36.2
 Jigar Patel Snr 54, Anish Shah 27no, Kalapi Magan 2-21
Youth Wing won by 6 wickets
Division 3
South Harrow
261
10
38.3
 Lakindu Wasala 59, Sunil Vadodaria 31, Mahesh Quirticumar 3-30
DIU
203
10
39
 Mahesh Quirticumar 48, Nitesh Vara 38, Ali Khan 5-39, Sandeep Singh 3-46
South Harrow won by 58 runs
Neasden II
176
10
35.1
 Jalu Patel 44, Mahendra Mepani 3-22, Vijay Kerai 3-37
Baladia
204
5
40
 Sanjay Savji 49, Vickin Laxmidas 44, Jaimin Shah 1-28
Baladia Youth Club won by 28 runs
Rajput Samaj II
122
10
29.1
 Bhupendrasinh Zala 25, Manoj Patel 6-9, Mohammad Akbarally 2-22
Sayona
124
2
21
 Bhavik Patel 30no, Jinesh Patel 27, Pranlal Divecha 2-39
Sayona won by 8 wickets
Young Puthoharis
198
10
38.1
 Sagar Shenoy 46, Amit Kumar 43, Jiten Savani 4-41
Lohana
162
10
38.2
 Jiten Savani 22, Amit Kumar 4-28, Sunny Singh 2-28
Young Puthoharis won by 36 runs
Division 1 - 2nd XI
MTSSC
108
3
23
 Asmi Ismail 37, Irshan Iqbal 29, Prakesh Katarapu 1-16
United Sports II
107
10
32
 Jawad Azar 26, Kumar Sadagopan 4-20, Irshad Ismail 2-25
MTSSC won by 7 wickets
London Lions 115 10 31 Asif Khan 19, Mitesh Lauchand 3-22, Hardik Jaendracumar 2-4
DIU Daredevils 282 9 10 Mitesh Lauchand 80, Hemal Ravindra 76, Vimal Narendra 52no, Saif Khan 4-32
DIU Daredevils won by 167 runs
 
 

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

 
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