Ceylon lost a thriller against GMIS CC, and WISCI extended its winning streak by defeating Indorama in the weekend matches of the Apple Coal JCA League 2010-11.
Ceylon lost by 4 runs to GMIS CC despite the heroics of Ceylon captain Dihan Silva, who remained unbeaten on 153 in Cibubur, East Jakarta. Electing to bat first, GMIS CC amassed 268/5 in 35 overs based on Nitesh Pansare’s maiden century (102 runs) and Nicholas Manuel’s 82 runs.
In reply, Ceylon, lead by Dihan who has a reputation for winning matches single handedly, came precariously close to scripting one of the most memorable run chases in JCA league history. Ceylon fell short by just 4 runs, ending at 264/6 in 35 overs. Gaurav Kapoor made 41 runs.
In a match at Karawaci in Tangerang, Banten, WISCI were declared winners on better run rate, when rain stopped play after 20 overs. Electing to bat, Indorama posted 179/8, after struggling at 36/4 in 12 overs. Arjun Chouhan’s 56 and Vinod Verghese’s unbeaten 35 runs provided respectability to Indorama’s score. Kailas Raina took 2 wickets for 17 runs.
Sensing rain the match was curtailed with WISCI ahead of the required run rate of 5.14 and 123/1 in 20 overs. Steve Callaghan scored the most with 62 runs and had an opening partnership of 97 with Paul Griffith.
WISCI top the league with 60 points and have won all 5 matches.—JP
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