Fall League - October 23rd - Cricket Newfoundland and Labrador

After today’s matches, PSA have claimed a place in the final, and will face the winner of the Avengers v Royal Smashers semi final.

There were some excellent performances on display as well as some exciting finishes.

In the final matches of group play, Hunain led the Royal Smashers to a conclusive victory over the Black Cats, run out off the last ball of the innings for 71, then taking 4 wickets for just 7 runs, ensuring the Smashers advanced on run rate. The Royal Challengers beat PSA off the very last ball of the match in a real thriller, thanks to 24* from Ali Raza following his 2 wickets with the ball. The Challengers however lost out on a quarter final place on run rate. The Avengers – Avalon CC match was a one man show, as the Avengers Rahul Vashisht smashed an unbeaten 118 out of 130 (118 out of 121 runs off the bat) with 15 sixes. He followed this up with a wicket, a catch and two run outs for a man of the match performance.

This set up the quarter finals; unfortunately a mix up over times meant the Superstars defaulted their match, allowing the BD Tigers to advance to the semi finals. The Cornered Tigers struggled against tight bowling from Asim and Hunain (between them 5 overs for 14 runs), and Hunain made an unbeaten 42 as they raced to victory. PSA dismissed MUNRiders for 39 in the third quarter final, and lost only 2 wickets in knocking off the runs. In the final quarter final, Nick Baxter bowled his 3 overs for 8 runs as NSK were restricted to 66. Rahul Vashishta’s 57 from 26 balls led the Avengers to an easy win.

The PSA-BD Tigers semi was a thriller, with PSA successfully defending a modest total of 54. Needing 15 off the last over and 3 off the last ball, the Tigers fell 2 runs short.

Match 1: Royal Smashers 107/1 in 8 overs beat Black Cats 11 all out on 5 overs. Man of the Match – Hunain (71, and 4/7)- Scorecard
Match 2: PSA 57/2 in 6 overs lost to Royal Challengers 58/4 in 8 overs by 1 wicket. MoM – Ali Raza – Scorecard
Match 3: Avengers 130/0 in 8 overs beat Avalon CC, 60/4 in 8 overs by 70 runs, MoM Rahul Vashisht – Scorecard

Final round Robin standings:

Group B
	Played	Won	Lost	Runs for	Overs	Runs against	Overs	Net Run Rate	Points
Royal Smashers	2	1	1	26	8	29	3	4.68	2
BD Tigers	2	1	1	74	11	76	13.33	1.03	2
Black Cats	2	1	1	61	13.33	152	16	-4.92	2

Group C
PSA	2	1	1	112	12.83	112	16	1.73	2
NSK	2	1	1	141	16	110	12.83	0.24	2
Royal Challengers	2	1	1	113	16	144	16	-1.94	2

Group D
Avengers	2	2	0	184	16	108	16	4.75	4
MunRiders	2	1	1	153	16	129	16	1.50	2
Avalon CC	2	0	2	135	16	235	16	-6.25	0