LI Lions’ Kunaal Kapoor All-round Performance Sent Seven Star Packing

Commonwealth Cricket League
Tri-City vs TUCC at Waterbury CT
Match won by Tri-City
Batting first, Tri-City were staked to a 219 run total on the strength of 49 runs from skipper John Persaud, 42 from Fizel “G” Husain, and 33 from Ray “the Assassin” Cecil.
TUCC were all out for 169 in 32 overs.  Top scorers were Verun with 42, Chanderpaul with 26, and Raj with 22.
Bowling highlights for TUCC were Punter’s remarkable 3/14 performance and Kishan’s 2/14.
For Tri-City’s bowlers, Fizel Husain led the way with an excellent 3/18, followed by Ray Cecil’s 3/29 haul.  Ashok Addikopula chipped in with 2/21, and Mike Persaud added a stingy 2/7.

Kunaal Kapoor of LI Lions struck 60 and returned with the ball to take 4 for 20 against Seven Star.

Statics vs National at VCP
Match won by Statics
Batting first, Statics scored 281/8 in 35 overs.  Top scorer was Muhammad Umar with 89, Atiq and Aziz, both with 34.
National replied with 149/7 in their 35 overs.
Statics won convincingly by 132 runs.

Pasban vs Strikers at Whitestone 1
Match tied!!  However, per CCL rules, Strikers get the win for having a better aggregate run rate.
Batting first, Paban scored 127 all out.  Top scorer was Mubashar Razzaque with 65.
Strikers fought back with 127 runs of their own, with Mohsin leading the way with 60 runs himself.
Bowling highlights for Strikers; Farooq with 4 wickets.
For Pasban, Hamad took 4 wickets, while Mubashar added two of his own to the collection.
A tie is an unusual occurrence, but after consulting the league rules, it was determined that Strikers would be declared the winner by virtue of having the better aggregate run rate

Pak Punjab vs Pak America at VCP
Match won by Pak Punjab
Batting first, Pak Punjab were 132 all out in 33.2 overs.  Top scorer was Usman Iftikhar with 24.
Pak America managed a respectable 126/9 (Pak America traveled one short). Top scorer for Pak America was Assad Hussain with 30.
Bowling highlights for Pak Punjab include Waqas Ali who went 3/31, and Adnan Ilahi who finished on 3/43.
For Pak America’s bowlers, Asif Raza was the class of the bunch, taking four wickets and only giving up 4 runs!
Wahab Munir and Amir Mustiq chipped in with 2/15 and 2/16 spells, respectively.

Wahab Munir had two for 15. Photo by Shiek Mohamed

NY Fighters vs. Melbourne
Match won by NY Fighters
Batting first, Melbourne staked their way to 134 runs in 26 overs. Top scorer was Sonu with 47 runs.
NY Fighters fought back to overtake Melbourne in the final over to secure the 4 wicket victory. They were led by the batting tandem of Nabeel with 36 and Sonu with 30.
Bowling highlights for NY Fighters include Ali with 4 wickets and Bilal with two.

LI Lions vs Seven Star
Match won by LI Lions
Batting first LI Lions scored 176/all out in 27 overs.  Top scorers were Captain Kunaal Kapoor with 62, and Abhishek and Maneesh who added 25 runs each.
Seven Star clawed their way to within 7 runs, but couldn’t finish, ending on 169/all out in 29 overs.
Bowling highlights for Seven Star include Mohsin and Ritchie who both bagged 3 wickets each.
For the LI Lions, Kunaal Kapoor was the true class of the bunch, taking 4 wickets for just 20 runs.  In fact, it was Kapoor who took three wickets for just one run with Seven Star needing 9 runs off 12 deliveries with 3 wickets in hand, thus sealing the win!
Ashish and Abhishek also contributed, taking two wickets each.

Divison 2
Demolition CC vc Khyber CC at Kissena (30 overs)
Demolition won the toss and batted
Demolition CC: 155/10 in 27 overs
Khyber CC: 86/10 in 23 overs
Demolition CC beat Khyber CC by 69 runs.

Patel 11 vs BKR
Patel 11 won by 73 runs
Batting first Patel 11 made 163-6  (25 overs)
BKR replied with 90 all out( 24.3)

Gladiators  VS  Spring Valley
Spring Valley  Batting first made 171-9 (30 overs)
Gladiators was bowled out for 55

Bear’s Youths vs Pak Stallions
Pak Stallions won by 1 wicket
Batting first Bear’s youth posted 130-9 in 25 overs
J. Heywood 48,Sahadeo Singh 3-14 (5 overs)
Pak Stallion made 131-9 (24 overs)
T. Farooq hit an unbeaten 63, Ravi Bheir 3-33(5 overs)

Pak Pride vs NYPD
PakPride won by 132 runs
Batting first Pak Pride made 190 and bowled out NYPD for a mere 58

Mumbai Xpress vs  NY Finest
Mumbai Xpress won by 67 runs
Mumbai Xpress batting first made 147 all out
NY Finest could only muster 80 in reply

Packers   vs East Coast Limo
ECL won by 87 runs
ECL batting first made 159(25 overs)
Packers made 72 in replied.

Bachan vs Yakasari
Yakasari won by 4 runs
Batting first Yakasari made 148
and bowl out Bachan for 144

Islanderz vs Kings 11
Islanderz won by 19 runs
Islanderz batting first made 163(30 overs)
Kings 11 in reply made 144.

Rosedale Royal vs Bronx All Star
Royals won by 6 wickets
Bronx All Star batting first made  62,Neil 4-12
Royals replied  with 63-4 in 13 overs

NY Storm vs Vipers
NY Storm won by 2 wickets
Batting first Vipers made 151 all out(26 overs)
NY Storm replied with 152-8 (24 overs)

NY Pioneer  vs  Pak Leopards
NY Pioneer won by  6 wickets
Pak Leopardsbatting first made 132 allout,Zuakuran 44, Jug 4-21
NY Pioneer made 133-4, Kali 41

NY Pioneer vs Scorpions
Scorpions  won by 33 runs
Scorpions made 203-8 (30 overs) Sattar 36, Jagiah 33 n.o.
NY Pioneer 171 all out(30) Josh 46.

NYCCC vs Juggernauts At VCP. (25overs) game 1
Juggernauts won the toss and bated.
Juggernauts 91/10 in 25
NYCCC 92/3, in 21 overs
NYCCC won by 7 wickets with 24 balls remaining.

NYCCC vs Elite cc at VCP (30 overs) game 2
Elite cc won the toss and bated.
Elite cc 161/10 in 26 overs.
NYCCC 162/2 in 24 overs.
NYCCC won by 8 wickets with 36 balls remaining.

Punjabi warriors cc vs Desi Lions cc (25 overs)
Punjabi warriors won the toss and chose to field.
DlCC 141/10 in 24.4 overs.
PWCC 145/7 in 23.4 overs.
PWCC won by 3 wickets with 8 balls remaining.

Friends XI vs Rangers (30 overs)
Friends XI batted.
Friends 247/9 in 30 overs
Rangers 218/10 in 29 overs
Friends XI beat rangers by 29 runs.

Punjabi Lions vs Legends cc (30 overs)
Legends won the toss and batted.
Legends: 104/10 in 27.1 overs
Lions: 105/7 in 19.2 overs
Punjabi Lions won by 3 wickets with 64 balls remaining.