NSCA Twenty-20 Semi-Finals

The Semi finals of the NSCA Twenty-20 tournament was completed on the 11th. Nov. The first game was between NS Patriots and MMU of Malacca. MMU won the toss and elected to bat first. But the tight bowling and fielding of NS Patriots restricted MMU to a total of 86 runs in their 20 overs. Kandahar 17, Ridzuan 17 and Emmerson 15 not out were the main scorers, while Jeevan with 4 for 10 and Yeshodh with 2 for 21 were the main wicket takers. Jeevan in particular was lethal with his spinners.
Patriots easily passed the score in 8 overs with a total of 89 for the loss of 2 wickets. The main contributers were Suresh 19, Fendi 18 and Gobi on 34 not out. NS Patroits won by 8 wickets.
In the second game NS Club played Damansara CC. Damansara batted first and chalked up a score of 127 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their 20 overs. They got off to a bad start but some aggressive batting by Amir 24 runs and Ariff 40 runs gave them a decent total to defend. For NS Club Atif bowled well to take 2 wickets for 13 runs. NS Club threw caution to the wind and paid the price for it. They could only manage 77 runs. Thavanesan 17 and Clarence 18 were the main run getters. Arshad was the most damaging bowler for DCC with 5 for 14. Salim took 3 wickets for 15 runs. DCC won comfortably by 3 wickets and 50 runs.
The finals will be played this Sunday 18th. at 10 am on the KTJ field Mantin, between NS Patriots and DCC.
Teams will be contesting the R.S.Pillay Trophy.

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