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Kathmandu Wednesday January 02, 2002 Paush 18, 2058.
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East West enter final
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Jan 1 :Host East West Overseas
Couriers, spurred on by their Indian imports stormed into the final of the East West BDM
Open cricket tournament following a 196-run win over the Dharan Cricket Club (DCC) on
Tuesday.
Batting first after the toss, the hosts put
up a mammoth score of 339 runs for six wickets in the allotted 35 overs.
Rupesh Alwaniya was the chief scorer of the
innings with an explosive century to his name. He remained unbeaten on 100 runs, managing
10 runs in the last two balls of the innings. He belted the Dharan bowlers all round the
Tundikhel as he finished the match with five sixes and six fours in his 58-ball stay at
the wicket. His last six coming off the last ball of the innings as he completed his
century.
Vishal Rajdan (57), Sonu Vaidya (50) and
Birendra Shah (67) scored quick runs to help their team post a 300-plus total. Shah, in
particular, dominated the bowlers scoring five sixes and three fours as he lasted for 37
balls.
Dharan bowlers were at the receiving end
throughout the match as the fielders hardly helped their cause dropping as many as a dozen
catches. Two catches were dropped in the first over of the match itself.
DCC, requiring almost 10 runs an over, hardly
were in contention once the East West innings was over. The whole team was bundled out in
28.2 overs for 143 runs.
Kiran Agrawal showed why he is regarded as
one of the most consistent Nepali batsmen scoring 47 runs. His innings was the only saving
grace in otherwise lacklustre Dharan innings.
For the hosts, Bikash Sharma took three
wickets as Sumit Nagwar and Sonu Vaidya took two wickets each.
Alwaniya was chosen as man of the match for
his batting on the day.
The fourth quarter-final match of the tournament
between Mahavir Cricket club and Marylebone Cricket Club of Bhairahawa, which was called
off due to pitch digging incident on Monday, will take place on Wednesday at the Tribhuvan
University Cricket Ground.
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