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Kathmandu Friday April 20, 2001 Baishakh 07, 2058.
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Kathmandu thrash Chitwan
Post Report
KATHMANDU, April 19 - The tournament’s only
sensational century by man of the match, opener Paresh Lohani, helped Kathmandu to
overpower Chitwan by a huge margin of 224 runs in the first play of group C in the ongoing
17th Jay Trophy National cricket tournament held at University Cricket Ground Kirtipur,
today.
Winning the toss, Kathmandu elected to bat
first, but paceman Kush Gurung of Chitwan made an early breakthrough by ousting Buddhi Ram
Tamang when only 13 runs were added on the board. Kathmandu lost yet another wicket after
scoring 48 runs. Thanks to the tournament’s highest partnership of 140 runs between
Paresh Lohani and Sandeep Shrestha 43 off 73 balls including three boundaries, Kathmandu
managed to reached a comfortable total of 188 for three wickets before 40 overs. The slog
overs pinched too much to bear for Chitwan resulting in a very aggressive batting by
Birendra Shah, who lofted the ball over the boundary for four times and also hit two 4's
finishing with not out 54 off just 37 balls. Prafulla Baidhya also contributed 14 runs off
just 12 balls with a maiden boundary. The versatile Paresh Lohani upset all seven bowlers
of Chitwan with his shots at every corner of the ground, concluding his long inning of 126
runs off 134 balls which consisted nine perfectly timed boundaries before being run out.
None of the Chitwan bowlers looked impressive and couldn’t control the onslaught of
runs from Kathmandu who set a huge target of 304 runs in 47 overs by the loss of 5 wickets
including 49 extras.
Under severe pressure of chasing a massive
target of around seven runs per over, all-rounder Kush Gurung made a promising start by
chipping in 23 runs off 34 balls. Skipper Sudip Piya was the only batsman besides Kush who
touched double figures by managing 14 runs with two boundaries. Within 27.1 overs Chitwan
ended up with a mere 80 runs losing all wickets with the help of additional 23 extras. On
the bowling department of Kathmandu, captain Kiran Rana showed his class by offering just
11 runs with 3 maiden overs and claiming 5 wickets on the economy of 1.20 runs per over in
his 09.1 overs spell. Other bowlers, Kalam Ali 06-00-22-01, Rajesh Panta 04-00-20-02 and
Raju Basnet 07-00-21-02 bowled in tandem for Kathmandu. Kathmandu will take on Dhanusa at
Engineering College Ground, Pulchowk whereas Chitwan will try to nurse their wounds
playing against Parsa from group C at University Cricket Ground, Kirtipur, tomorrow.
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