Sunil Half-Century helps Akshar B to victory

Sunday saw the fifth match of the Akshar League in Nakuru delayed due to the long awaited arrival of the rains. Saturday night brought a heavy downpour to Nakuru, making the scheduled ten O'Clock start impossible for the clash between Akshar B and Diamond Team. After spreading almost 8 sacks of sawdust in the inner circle and allowing the outfield to dry, the game commenced at 11 a.m.

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Diamond Team won the toss and decided to bat, a decision they initially were to regret. Ramesh, making a comeback to play for Akshar B after 4 years, was spot on in line and length, and together with Ravi had diamond team reeling at 8 down for only 83. Minesh and Jignesh made a spirited fight back with a partnership of 73 runs, which helped the team reach a very respectable total of 156 runs.

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In reply, Akshar B made a bad start by losing two wickets for 18 runs. A superb 94 run partnership between Sunil, who made the first Half-Century of the tournament, and Hiren then brought Akshar B in reach of victory.
The match nearly turned again in the last few overs as Vimal of Diamond struck 4 times in his last two to give Diamond a sniff of victory.
Rakesh and Shailesh however kept their wickets intact and were able to see Akshar B home to win by 3 wickets.

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Scorecard:
Diamond won the toss and elected to bat.

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Diamonds Innings:
Indravadan..................Ct Hiren............Ramesh........21
Bakul............................Ct Sunil.............Ramesh........00
Kakul............................Ct Jaimin..........Ramesh........15
Raju..............................Ct & B...............Ravi...............05
Amit.............................LBW..................Ravi...............00
Kiran Singh.................Ct Shailesh........Hiren............06
Minesh.........................Bowled...............Kalpesh........36
Ghanshyam..................Ct & B................Raju.............04
Jignesh.........................Ct Rakesh..........Raju.............28
Jiggar...........................Not Out...................................00
Extras............................................................................36
Total for 9 wickets......................................................156
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Akshar B Innings:
Ravi.............................Bowled.................Kiran...........02
Viral............................Ct & B..................Kiran..........04
Hiren..........................Ct Ghanshyam.....Vimal.........29
Sunil...........................Bowled..................Vimal.........57
Kalpesh......................Bowled...................Vimal.........03
Raju...........................Bowled...............Indravadan....19
Rakesh.......................Not Out.....................................06
Jaimin.......................Bowled..................Vimal...........04
Shailesh.....................Not Out.....................................04
Vipul..........................Did not bat
Ramesh......................Did not bat
Extras...........................................................................29
Total for 7 wickets.......................................................157

Points:

Diamond Team: 3 Batting, 2 Bowling. Total: 7

Akshar B: 3 Batting, 3 Bowling, 12 Win. Total: 18