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Sen
shines in Morang’s win
Post Report
BIRATNAGAR, March
31:Morang allrounder Mahesh Sen smashed unbeaten 61 runs and claimed four wickets to help
his team register 9-wicket win over Jhapa in the ongoing Regional Cricket Selection
tournament being held in local Saheed Stadium on Sunday.
Sen’s performance
shadowed little squatter Lakpa Lama’s brilliant half century as Morang comfortably
chased the 135 target posted by Jhapa when they won the toss and elected to bat first.
Besides Lama, youngster
Dipesh Pokhrel contributed 22 runs while wicketkeeper Manoj Katuwal chipped in 18 runs as
rest of Jhapa batsmen failed to stay long at the crease. Jhapa could only manage 134 runs
in 39 overs.
Morang bowlers
maintained good line and length to curb Jhapa batsmen. Promising cricketer Yunil Shrestha
clinched three wickets while leg spinner Rajkumar Pradhan bagged one.
Chasing a small target,
Morang comfortably reached the target in 20 overs. Opener Anish Aryal also smashed a
scintillating 53 runs and remained unbeaten.
At Jute Mill cricket
ground, Sarbajit Pandey picked up five wickets to guide Sunsari to a comfortable 8-wicket
victory over Saptari as the loser could only score 145 runs in 24 overs after electing to
bat first. Sailendra Khadka topscored with 28 runs and allrounder Mehaboob Alam made 23
runs for Saptari as rest of the batsmen failed to cope Sunsari bowler in general and
Pandey in particular. Ramesh Regmi and Indra Aryal scalped two wickets each. In their
run-chase, Sunsari’s star player Manjeet Shrestha scored unbeaten 67 runs with
support from Raju KC (35) to reach the target safely in 20 overs.
Meanwhile, the rest of
the matches of the tournament hang in limbo after the District Sports Development
Committee (DSDC) handed over the Saheed Stadium for Mela from coming Sunday. The DSDC has
provided the ground for the Mela organiser Relation Nepal on Rs 111,000 lease. "Lack
of quality ground in Biratnagar forced us to stop the tournament for the time being,"
said Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) member Narendra Shrestha to The Kathmandu Post.
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