Saturday saw Rahul Vashistha hit the highest innings in Newfoundland cricket history, 162* in just 61 balls, with 10 fours and 14 sixes. He put on 91 with Rahul Roy (27), and then 190 with Maanik Arora, as the Avengers totalled 283/ 1 from their 20 overs- also a record. Rahul’s innings ball by ball was:-
6 1 . 6 . 1 1 2 4 1 2 1 4 6 6 1 1 1 2 . 1 1 1 6 6 1 2 4 6 2 4 1 . 2 . 1 1 1 . 2 6 4 4 2 2 1 1 6 4 6 4 4 . 1 6 1 6 6 6
The NL Tigers lost 2 wickets in Jass Bajwa’s first over, and were never close, despite a battling 79* from M Zilani, Bajwa took 3/16 as the Tigers finished on 128/8.
Scorecard
The other game saw the Eagles beat the Royal Challengers by 26 runs. The Eagles made 123/8, with Raheel Zaman top-scoring with 34. Osama Saeed ran through the Royal Challengers middle order, taking 5/18.
Scorecard
Both Rahul and Osama’s performances earned them places on our honours board.
