The Superkings beat the Thunderbolts in a thrilling cup-final on another superb sunny day at Torbay field. The Thunderbolts found batting hard on a pitch that had variable bounce and totalled 102 for 9 from their 20 overs. Nagesh as usual bowled well giving up just 10 runs in his four overs and Rakesh took three wickets in his final over to register figures of 4/18. Suriya and Kathir both batted well to help take the total into three figures.
A target of 103 didn’t seem enough given the strong performances by the Superkings this season, but some excellent spin bowling by Shameem and Kathir had them at 49/4 after 10 overs. Sentill was top-scorer of the match with 20, but wickets continued to fall. The match remanined in the balance until the last over, when number 10 bat Manveer struck a four over cover to win the match.
Kathir was named man-of the match but the Superkings took home the NLCA Cup, as well as the league trophy. Nagesh was named bowler of the tournament , K. Kulkarni top batsman and Kavish top player for his sensational batting and excellent bowling.
Scorecard follows:-
Thunderbolts vs Superkings
11 Sep, 2011
Match Format: Twenty20
Venue: Torbay
Toss won by Superkings; decided to Bowl first
Umpires: Dave Liverman / Ashwin Gupta /
Result: Superkings won by 2 wickets
Man of the match: Kathir
Thunderbolts Batting
*Kaivalya Kulkarni b Barath 9
Karimulla b Nagesh 1
Ajaaz ct Kavish b Sentill 2
Suriya ct Barath b Negi 14
Kathir c & b Negi 16
Shameem b Negi 6
Penchal run out Nagesh 3
Ranjit ct Thapan b Negi 0
Mirza not out 12
M Sharkley run out Thapan 2
Luftor Rahman not out 1
Extras (b 5, w 24, nb 2, lb 4, pen 0) 35
Total (9 wickets; 20 overs) 102
Fall of wickets
1-8(Karimulla,3), 2-11(Ajaaz,3.5), 3-42 Kulkarni,10.3), 4-54 (Suriya,14.4), 5-77 (Shameem,16.3), 6-84 (Kathir,16.5), 7-84 (Ranjit,17), 8-92 (Penchal,18.3), 9-94 (Sharkley,19.4)
Nagesh 4 1 10 1 (4w)
Kavish 3 0 19 0 (6w)
Sentill 4 0 21 1 (5w)
Negi 4 0 17 4 (8w)
Zain 1 0 7 0
Barath 3 0 12 1 (1w; 1nb)
Thapan 1 0 7 0 (1nb)
Superkings
Kavish st Suriya b Shameem 5
Saad b Penchal 5
Sentill ct Shameem b Kulkarni 20
*Rakesh Negi b Shameem 3
Zain ct Rahman b Ranjit 10
T Tapan b Kathir 1
Barath ct Kulkarni b Kathir 10
Rajenda run out 1
Alex not out 2
Manveer not out 5
Extras (b 5, w 31, nb 0, lb 3, pen 0) 39
Total (8 wickets; 19.2 overs) 103
Fall of wickets
1-16 (Kavish,3.3), 2-44 (Sentill,8.2), 3-48 (*Rakesh Negi,9.1), 4-49 (Tapan,13.4), 5-61 (Barath,14.2), 6-83 (Saad,15.3), 7-88 (Rajenda,17.2), 8-95 (Zain,18.4)
Bowling
Kulkarni 4 0 24 1 (11w)
Shameem 4 0 15 2
Kathir 4 0 7 2 (2w)
Penchal 4 0 18 1 (4w)
Mirza 1.2 0 19 0 (3w)
Ranjit 2 0 14 1 (7w)
