Our first full recreational league game was a great success, featuring some good batting, big hitting, straight bowling, and an age range of 7 to 56. The Terra Novas prevailed by 21 runs, making 123 in their twenty overs, and the Shamrocks being bowled out for 101.
The Shamrocks won the toss and chose to bowl, and Karimulla took advantage of the opportunity to open the innings to make an accomplished 32, with three fours and a six. The Terra Novas had been in a bit of trouble with four wickets down, but Karimulla was well supported by Dave Liverman (12), and an excellent innings from Mark Russell (14) – hard to believe Mark had not played prior to this year. Subhav’s high flighted spin accounted for both Karimulla and Dave, but Suriya and Tapan batted out the overs.
The Shamrocks started slowly, with newcomer Damian Masterson showing that he had not forgotten to bowl on a length and straight, despite not playing for two decades. He accounted for three of the top four bats, with Jack getting some big off-spin also taking a wicket. Alex played a captain’s innings, hitting three big sixes in his 27, and the Shamrocks seemed in with a chance. Tapan showed his bowling skills with two wickets, including bowling the Summer League’s MVP, and Damian returned to take his fourth wicket, Karthik being brilliantly caught in the deep by Mark to finish the innings.
Everyone enjoyed the day, blessed by unseasonably warm September sun, and the opportunity to play cricket in a less competitive atmosphere. The Shamrock and Terra Nova teams of 120 years ago would have been pleased to see their team names back on the cricket field.
Scorecard follows.
Newfoundland 20-20 2nd division 2012
Terra Novas vs Shamrocks
RCAF Field, Torbay
23 September 2012Result: Terra Novas won by 22 runs
Toss: Shamrocks
Terra Novas innings
Karimulla c Kartik b Subhav 32
Jason Shaw c Ayaz b Rajender 0
Sid c Dias b Rahul 2
Damian Masterson b Ayaz 3
Mohan Selvamani b Rajender 20
*David Liverman c & b Subhav 12
Mark Russell b Karthik 14
+Suriya not out 13
Tapan b Ayaz 9
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 2, w 18) 23
Total (9 wickets, 20 overs) 123DNB: Luftor Rahman, Jack
FoW: ?
Bowling O M R W
Arvind 2 0 11 0
Chitran 4 0 10 0
Rajender 3 0 17 2
Sahil 1 0 7 0
Rahul 1 0 4 1
Ayaz 3 0 15 2
Karthik 3 0 18 1
Subhav 3 0 23 3Shamrocks innings
Sahil b Masterson 3
Chitran b Jack 4
Subhav lbw b Masterson 8
Rahul b Masterson 0
Rajender b Luftor Rahman 6
*+Alex Dias b Tapan 27
Ayaz b Karimulla 8
Kartik run out (Luftor Rahman) 0
*Rakesh Negi b Tapan 9
Arvind not out 1
Kartik c Russell b Masterson 9
Extras (?) 23
Total (all out, 16.2 overs) 101FoW:
Bowling O M R W
Luftor Rahman 4 1 13 1
Jack 3 0 15 1
Russell 1 0 5 0
Masterson 4 0 12 4
Mohan 1 0 7 0
Tapan 1.2 0 9 2
Karimulla 1 0 3 1
Liverman 1 0 2 0* Note: Karthik batted twice in the Shamrock innings, as they were playing with 10.
