Abid’s ton helps NAS thrash Shindagha
dubai — Abid Chaudhury continued to torment the bowlers in the second edition of the Mammoths Cricket League with a cracking 144 to steer Nad Al Sheba to a comfortable win over Shindagha Mammoths at the Sevens ground.
The prolific batsman was in outstanding form in the first edition. He seems to have carried that form into the second edition as well. On Friday, coming in to bat at number 4 when his team was not doing too well, Abid took charge of the situation. And, although three of his teammates were back in the pavilion it did not seem to bother him nor did it curtail his stroke-making.
Sixes and fours flowed from his willow with ease making it look as if none of the bowlers could get him out.
When he did finally depart after scoring a match-winning 144 from only 75 balls, he had put his team into a sound position. After striking the ball for eight towering sixes and 14 boundaries it was evident that he had taken match away from Shindagha as NAS with 24 runs at the fag-end from Joshil Sukhani posted 223 for 6 in 25 overs.
If Abid frustrated Shindagha with the bat then Sukhani returned to haunt them with the ball. He removed both openers and two lower order batsmen to finish with figures of four for 27.
Harish Pai (40), Vinod Nair (23) and AK Satish (23) contributed in Shindagha’s losing cause.
In another match Zabeel Mammoths outplayed Jumeirah Mammoths by nine wickets. Put into bat, Jumeirah scored a decent 170 for 5 with Vijay Mehra (56) top scoring for his side while Biju Nair and Ambey Parwatkar helped themselves to 32 and 30 runs respectively.
But Vinay Tolani and Ranjeet Chavan made light work of the target by hitting half centuries. Ranjeet struck six fours and a six for his 58 from 50 balls while man of the match Vinay remained unbeaten on 70 from 54.
Brief scores
> Nad Al Sheba Mammoths bt Shindagha Mammoths by 77 runs NAS 223 for 6 in 25 overs (Abid Chaudhury 144, Joshil Sukhani 24 n.o.; Naveen Punjabi 3/42) Shindagha 146 all out in 22.1 overs (Harish Pai 40, AK Satish 23, Vinod Nair 23; Joshil Sukhani 4/27, Gaurav Rajkumar 2/20). Man of the match: Abid Chaudhury. > Zabeel Mammoths bt Jumeirah Mammoths by 9 wkts Jumeirah 170 for 5 in 25 overs (Vijay Mehra 56, Biju Nair 32, Ambey Parwatkar 30; Prashant Shetty 2/18) Zabeel 171 for 1 in 20.5 overs (Vinay Tolani 70 n.o., Ranjeet Chavan 58, Mohd Ibtisham 33 n.o.). Man of the match: Vinay Tolani. > Jumeirah Mammoths bt Nad Al Sheba by 44 runs Jumeirah 191 for 6 in 25 overs (Sameer Ali Khan 55, Ambey Parwatkar 29 n.o., Yuvraj Kurup 25, Biju Nair 23, Vijay Mehra 23) NAS 147 for 9 in 22.2 overs (Abid Chaudhury 71; Rajesh Thadani 3/35, Shadab Khan 3/22). Man of the match: Shadab Khan. > Zabeel Mammoths bt Sindagha Mammoths by 7 wkts Shindagha 87 all out in 19.3 overs (Ranjeet Chavan 2/26, Prashant Shetty 2/19, Shajil Balan 2/17, Vinay Tolani 2/10) Zabeel 91 for 3 in 14.3 overs (Mukund Srinivasan 30, Ranjeet Chavan 22 n.o.; Lucky Abbas 2/14). Man of the match: Ranjeet Chavan.