Run scoring provided hard on the weekend with long grass cutting down on boundaries. The Thunderboltz had a successful weekend with three wins.
On Saturday the Thunderboltz (119/8) beat the Superkings (63 all out), thanks to MoM Kathir’s 4/14. They also beat the NL Champions, KK making 59* as they posted 115, and the Champions making 92.

On Sunday in the first game, the Nl Champions (129/4) beat the Superkings (83 all out), with Abbas Haider man of the match for his 35 runs, two catches and two direct hit run outs.
In the second game, the Thunderbolts defended a modest total of 86/9 to win by 11 runs. Pawan was man of the match for his economical bowling, featuring a double wicket maiden at the death. A detailed scorecard is available for this match. Full cards of other matches follow:-


Newfoundland 20-20 League 2012
Thunderboltz vs NL Champions
RCAF Field, Torbay
25 August 2012

Result: Thunderboltz won by 14 runs

Toss:
Umpires:

Thunderboltz innings
Kaivallya Kulkarni not out 59
Kranthi Kumar run out 13
Waqas Ali b Talha 10
*K Chenthilnathan c & b Kagai 0
Shameem Islam run out 4
Pawan c ? b Shakeel 2
Saravana Kumar run out 0
Extras (b 2, lb 1, nb 3, w 19) 25
Total (6 wickets, 20 overs) 115

DNB: Nitin, Eldho Paul, Kangai, ?

FoW: ?

Bowling O M R W
Ali Dawood 4 0 16 0
Phani 4 0 12 0
Talha 4 0 27 2
Shakeel 4 0 34 1
Golam Moula 4 0 24 0

NL Champions innings
*Golam Moula b Pawan 15
Abbas Haider c ? b Nithin 22
+Gurman Khurana lbw b Nithin 4
Talha Riaz b Shameem Islam 0
Suresh Phani c ? b Nithin 0
Mradul b Paul 0
Ali Dawood b Paul 10
Shakeel run out 6
Luftor Rahman not out 3
Rasal not out 3
Extras (b 4, nb 1, w 22) 27
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 92

FoW: ?

DNB: Anuj

Bowling O M R W
Pawan 4 1 15 1
Chenthilnathan 1 0 8 0
Kangai 1 0 9 0
Kulkarni 2 0 13 0
Nitin 4 0 13 3
Shameem Islam 4 0 15 1
Paul 3 0 16 2
S Kumar 1 0 8 0

*** Nitin performed the hat-trick in his third over.

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Newfoundland 20-20 League 2012
Thunderboltz vs St. John’s Superkings
RCAF Field, Torbay
25 August 2012

Result: Thunderboltz won by 54 runs

Toss:

Umpires:

MoM: Kathir Chenthilnathan

Thunderboltz innings
Waqas Ali c ? b Srivastava 3
K Chenthilnathan b Srivastava 3
*Kaivallya Kulkarni c Dias b Selvamani 8
Kangai b Srivastava 2
Alpesh Patel lbw b Negi 23
Kranthi Kumar run out 35
Shameem Islam b Negi 3
Eldho Paul b Srivastava 0
Saravana Kumar not out 1
Extras (b 10, lb 5, nb 4, w 14) 33
Total (8 wickets, 20 overs) 119

DNB:

FoW: ?

Bowling O M R W
Negi 4 0 24 2
Srivastava 4 0 18 4
Selvamani 4 0 16 1
Dongare 2 0 10 0
Aditya 1 0 6 0
Waqas Ali 3 0 17 0
Manveer 2 0 15 0

St. John’s Superkings innings
Kavish Srivastava run out 23
*Rakesh Negi b Paul 1
Asim Kamran c Chenthilnathan b Kulkarni 2
Senthill Selvamani c Kulkarni b Paul 1
Waqas Ali lbw b Chenthilnathan 16
Prateek Dongare lbw b Chenthilnathan 0
Manveer b Chenthilnathan 0
+Alex Dias b Chenthilnathan 5
Mradul b Pawan 4
Aditya b Pawan 0
Mark Russell not out 0
Extras (b 2, nb 1, w 3) 6
Total (all out, 16 overs) 65

FoW: ?

Bowling O M R W
Kulkarni 4 0 20 1
Paul 1 0 16 2
Chenthilnathan 3.5 0 14 4
Nithin 2 0 11 0
Shameem Islam 1 0 8 0
Pawan 3 0 9 2

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Newfoundland 20-20 League 2012
NL Champions vs St. John’s Superkings
RCAF Field, Torbay
26 August 2012

Result: NL Champions won by 36 runs

Toss: NL Champions

Umpires: K Chenthilnathan

MoM

NL Champions innings
*Golam Moula c Selvamani b Negi 39
Luftor Rahman run out (Selvamani) 17
+Gurman Khurana c Saad b Negi 1
Abbas Haider run out (Saad) 35
Ayaz Ghani run out (Saad) 7
Ali Dawood not out 1
Extras (b 9, lb 2, nb 1, w 17) 29
Total (5 wickets, 20 overs) 129

DNB: Shaifan Ahmed, Neelav Dhawan, Suresh Phani, Shakeel

FoW: 1-66, 2-69, 3-89, 4-113, 5-129

Bowling O M R W
Selvamani 4 0 19 0
Srivastava 4 0 15 0
Dongare 4 0 34 0
Negi 4 1 11 2
Manveer 1 0 4 0
Aditya 3 0 17 0

St. John’s Superkings innings
Kavish Srivastava c Gurman Khurana b Ali Dawood 12
+Saad Jhangir c Golam Moula b Ali Dawood 5
*Rakesh Negi lbw b Shaifan Ahmed 9
Senthill Selvamani b Golam Moula 18
Asim Kamran c Abbas Haider b Ayaz Ghani 8
? not out 17
Prateek Dongare c Gurman Khurana b Ayaz Ghan1 0
Mark Russell c Abbas Haider b Ali Dawood 0
Aditya run out (Abbas Haider) 0
Manveer run out (Abbas Haider) 0
Jack b Phani 1
Extras (b 1, nb 1, w 11) 14
Total (all out, 19.2 overs) 83

FoW: 1-17, 2-19, 3-44, 4-51, 5-75, 6-77, 7-77, 8-79, 9-81, 10-83

Bowling O M R W
Dhawan 4 0 26 0
Dawood 2 0 12 3
Golam Moula 3 0 13 1
Shaifan Ahmed 4 0 8 1
Phani 2.2 0 14 1
Ayaz Ghani 2 0 8 2

*** MoM: Abbas Haider (35 runs, 2 catches, 2 direct hit run outs)