Day 1 Penang vs Pahang Match Summary
(14th March 2015)
It was 9 in the morning and Penang captain Darvin won the toss and elected to bat first with a good outfield.
Penang opening batsmen of Vinay Singh and Harinderjit Singh started off brilliantly with a 1st wicket partnership of 41 runs in 12.3 overs before the former was caught behind after playing an attempted cut shot and got the bottom edge of the bat.
Penang star batsman Keithan Goonasagaran came in next to the crease and started bludgeoning the ball to all parts of the ground. He easily outscored his partner Harinderjit Singh during their partnership of a whopping 313 runs, which is also a Penang state record.
Penang were again on the verge of posting a huge 1st innings total with the scoreboard showing 354-2 after 58.5 overs. The Penangites suffered a mini collapse after the wicket of Harinderjit Singh when they lost 4 quick wickets in the space of 20 runs as they were trying to get quick runs before the declaration. The others who contributed were Darvin (4), Kavin Kumar (7), Varun Nadesh (13) and Bazeegh Zaka (8).
Penang declared at the 66th over with a formidable 1st innings score of 391 runs for the fall of 6 wickets.
The peak of the Pahang bowlers was Chandresan with 3 for 80, Fuzainee 2-87, and Syukur picking up a wicket.
Pahang’s had a chase up their sleeves and got off the worst possible start when they were reduced to 6-3 in 6.1 overs. At stumps on day 1 Pahang were 76-7 in 25 overs with only Imran Yaqoob providing some resistance with a half century.
Day 2 Penang vs Pahang Match Summary
(15th March 2015)
Pahang resumed the innings and leading the charged continuing where he left off yesterday was Imran Yaqoob who played sensibly yet destructively.
Scoring without fear while wickets was tumbling the other side, Imran took the responsibility to keep going and try to reduce the deficit of Penang’s colossal target.
It was too much of a task as wickets kept on tumbling on the other side and eventually Pahang were bundled out for a 1st innings score of 118 by Imran scoring 78 not out.
Penang enforced the follow on and Pahang was put in to bat for the second time in the match. Pahang’s horrid time with the bat continued in the second innings as well when Bazeegh Zaka quickly found a breakthrough and the score was 4-1 in 3.5 overs.
One down batsman Amdan scored a rapid fire 33 and forged a partnership of 39 in 34 balls for the second wicket with Syakir.
Imran and Syakir were looking at ease and started to get a partnership going as they were playing the spinners and pacers with comfort. Penang captain Darvin had a hunch and brought on Harvindran Rajendran. It proved to be a masterful decision against the run of play when Harvindran captured the prized scalp of Imran.
Left arm express Kavintheran Kumar made quick work of the batting line up with an exemplary performance of fast bowling with the ball and also not forgetting Bazeegh Zaka with another great performance. Both of them were responsible in finishing the longish Pahang batting tail.
In the end, Pahang were all out for a paltry 172 runs in 42 overs.
The peak of the bowlers for Penang were Bazeegh Zaka 4-32, Kavintheran Kumar 3-25 while Keithan and Harvindran Rajendran picked up a wicket each.
The star performers with the bat in this match are Keithan for his 195, and Harinderjit Singh for his 120 runs where else Kavintheran was the stand out performer with the ball by taking 8 wickets in the match.
Final Results:
Penang beat Pahang by an inning and 101 runs
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