No Surprises in Group A

The NPCA Bags and Balers 40 over knockout started last weekend with all of the results in Group A seeing the favourites for the match safely through to the Quarter finals.

At Ruaraka, Swamibapa A cruised to victory over their hosts thanks to a superb 4 wicket haul from James Ngoche and an unbeaten 69 from Nehemiah Odhiambo. They will now face SCLYL A who were puched all the way by the newly promoted Nairobi Nookers.

Swamibapa B defeated a youthful Nairobi Gymkhana will take on Kanbis B after their win over Premier Club.

Stray Lions A had a free ride through the first round due to their performance in this tournamnet last year and they will take on Sir Ali A who accounted for the Kongonis Development XI.

The final two places in the Quarter Finals will also be for teams that had byes in the first round and should be a one sided affair as Kanbis A travel to Nairobi Jafferys.

In the Plate event, Kongonis will be hosted by Nairobi Gymkhana in one quarter with the winner to face Premier in the semis, while the other semi will be between Ruaraka and Nairobi Nookers.

Full results below:

NPCA - BAGS AND BALERS LTD 40 OVERS KNOCK-OUT TOURNAMENT
GROUP A - ROUND 1
15th.Nov	TEAM	TEAM	VENUE	RESULTS
2009	Ruaraka	Swamibapa 'A'	Ruaraka	Swamibapa 'A'
	103 All Out	106 / 1 Wkt		won by 9 Wkts
	Ketan Vaghani - 31	Nehemiah O - 69*
	Manoj Ashani - 26	Shem Obada - 26
	James Ngoche - 4/10	Manoj Asani - 1/20
	Elijah Otieno - 3/23
	SCLYL ' A'	Nbi.Nookers	Pindolia Academy	SCLYL 'A' won
	231 / 8 Wkts	227 / 8 Wkts		by 2 Wkts
	Ashwin R - 86*	Amit - 86*
	Rahul N - 27	Kennedy O - 54
	Ebrahim - 3/42	Ravji V - 3/18
	Nilesh - 2/18	Suraj V - 2/30
	Nbi.Gymkhana	Swamibapa 'B'	Nbi.Gymkhana	Swamibapa 'B' won
	101 All Out	104 /4 Wkts		by 6 Wkts
	Karan Kaul - 34	Shashikant S - 46*
	Emmanuel B- 24	Ashish B - 16
	Prakash P - 3/10	Kirit T - 1/17
	Mitesh S - 3/17	Mahendra A - 1/22
	Premier	Kanbis 'B'	Premier	Kanbis 'B' won
	Kongonis Dev	Sir Ali 'A'	Nairobi Club	Sir Ali 'A' won