Beaverton Tigers pull out a close win over intra-club rivals United

September 13, 2010 by OCL Webmaster

-- Chasing a moderately low target, Tigers survive a mini-collapse by building on a couple of steady partnerships  --

 Man of the Match: KIran Somashekhar Beaverton Tigers won by 3 wickets with 10 balls to spare

 Beaverton United (toss): 146/7 [30]

 Batting Highlights: Ashwin Ashok 37 (50b,3x4), Chetan Bhake 27 (37b,1x4) 

 Bowling Highlights: Chinmay Ashok 2/23 (4o), Vijay Sunderesan 2/34 (6o)

 Beaverton Tigers: 147/7 [28.2]

 Batting Highlights: Kiran Somashekar 25 (23b,2x4), Vijay Sunderesan 25 (31b,4x4), Varun Juneja 23 (30b), Naveed Iqbal 18 (27b, 1x4), 

 Bowling Highlights: Farooq Zakhel 2/18 (5o1m). Ashwin Ashok 2/26 (5o), Munish Sharma 2/28 (6o)

 Beaverton United vs Beaverton Tigers

 Match # 30-10

 Played at John Deere Field, Gresham, OR

 On Saturday, September 11^th, 2010

 Match Statistics

 Beaverton Tigers advance to 30-30 FINAL

 Wides Differential: United -17

 50+ runs Partnerships: United – 4^th Wkt, 66 runs in 60 balls, Chetan & Ashwin, 40/3 [12.4] to 106/4 [22.4]

 Batting Collapses: None

 Cardiac Factor: 10 – PALPITATING  [0 to 5 - THRILLING, 6 to 10 - PALPITATING, 10 TO 20 - EXCITING, 21 and above - BORING]

 Crucial Points in the match:

 (i) Unusually slow scoring rate by United in the beginning with 38 runs coming in first 11 overs; and 15 of these were due to wides bowled by Tigers.

 (ii) Sharp missed catch off Ashwin Ashok very early in his innings; Ashwin’s partnership with Chetan comprised 45% of United’s total.

 (iii) Kiran Somashekhar and Varun Juneja steadying Tigers’ innings after a mini-collapse when 3 quick wickets were lost within a space of 6 balls following a 49 runs opening partnership between Vijay Sunderesan and Naveed Iqbal.

 (iv) Skipper Vikrant Bansore and Chinmay Ashok holding their nerves to put on 17 unbeaten runs for the 8^th wicket at the end, in fading light. 

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