History was made on Saturday as the Atlantics 7- a team composed from players in the Cricket NL women’s programme – played their first competitive match, taking on NSK in the Fall indoor league. The team made a respectable 55/5 from their 8 overs, with Nethmini Hapuarachchige top-scoring with 19. NSK won by 4 wickets with 3 overs to spare.
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In other matches, Royal Challengers beat PSA without losing a wicket. PSA made a good start, with 49 on the board without losing a wicket, but tight bowling from Manvir Mann (just one run from the 7th over) and Akash Singh restricted them to just 60. Royal Challengers knocked off the runs without losing a wicket, Gurpreet Monde taking full advantage of the rule modifications by making 24 from 16 balls without hitting a boundary.
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The Panthers marked their debut with a comfortable victory over the Lions, making 83/5, and bowling out the Lions for 56. Captain Jammu Mehtab led the way with 43* and two wickets.
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Tigers- Flames got off to a winning start, taking 6.1 overs to overtake Avalon CC’s total of 78/5. Manveer made 23 for Avalon CC, and Arif Rehman 35* for the Flames.
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The Avengers beat Sharks comfortably; Tarun made 33 as the Sharks made 78. Maanik Arora (36*) and Rahul Vashishtha (40*) took the Avengers to victory in just 4.4 overs.
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