Our 2 day teams are in good positions on day 1 of their respective games. Our 1 day teams win 3 and lose one in a good weekend for the Tigers, plus we have another 2 five wicket hauls.
4th Grade bowled Perth Tamil out for just 131 and are 2/71 at stumps. Bowling first our bowlers dominated early but a fight back from the tail got them to 131. MT Saleem taking 3/30, Jaspreet Chhabra 2/27 and Vijay Kumar 2/24. We batted for 21 overs ending on 2/71 MT Saleem making 39 and Gurjeet Singh 31. In a great position to win next week.
6th Grade were on fire with the ball vs Jandakot as they skittled them for just 42. Steve Hall taking 4/20, Guri Singh 3/5 and Kulbir Singh 3/14. We then batted for 28 overs finishing the day on 4/91, Steve Hall making 38 and Shamez Rashid 26. In a great spot to push for an outright victory next week.
7th Grade did an amazing job rolling Phoenix for just 85 with 8 fielders. Nagarjuna Karnam taking back to back 5 fors with an amazing 6/25 along with Vikram Dendi 3/16 in 44 overs. Batting for 19 overs we got to stumps at 2/53 with Captain Dinakar Narasani making 37, we are all set for victory next week.
ODA lost vs Riverton/Rostrata. Bowling first we struggled for wickets as they compiled 7/209. Siva Ankam taking 2/19. In the chase no one got really going as we were bowled out for 133, Ajaykumar making 24 and Satish Mosuganti 26. We really need some wins soon.
ODB continued their winning ways with a big chase vs Maddington. Bowling first Maddington posted a large score of 6/193, Jouhar Khan taking 3/44 and Asish Thomas 2/38. In the chase we had many contributors as we ended on 6/194 after 35.2 overs, Muhammed Nazer top scoring with 53, Captain Nithin Radhakrishna with a quickfire 38no, Rahul Nair 29 and Yesudas Kuriakose 23. We stay undefeated for the season.
ODD also chased down a score to win vs Armadale. Bowling first the opposition posted 5/166, Safil Sharif taking 2/31. The chase looked in trouble at 6/100 but great batting from the tail putting on the winning runs as we ended on 9/179, with Captain Jobin Thomas finishing on 30no and a handy 26 from Melvin Thomas. The win keeps us in second place.
ODE won vs Cockburn. Batting first we started great with inform Missaka Wickramasinghe smashing 42 and Captain, Mohamed Zainudeen making 27 but we fell away and only posted 141 with 10 players. Our bowlers came to the rescue bowling Cockburn out for just 68 with no batsman passing 9 runs. Yasas Gunasekara in fine form taking 5/13 and Nuwan Liyanaarachchi chiming in with 3/23. We stay 2nd on the ladder.
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