Penang T20 Cricket League 2015 Summary Report

Penang T20 Cricket League 2015

Post Tournament Report 

(May to August 2015)

The PCA T20 Cricket League was organized by Penang Cricket Association. It commenced in May and culminated in August 2015. The month of Ramadan caused the delay in this league. The matches were played between five teams, namely Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang Sports Club (PSC), India Pakistan Lovers Cricket Club (IPLCC), Penang Sports Development Team (PSDT)and Australain Defence Force (ADF). These matches were played on the USM and PSC cricket grounds. The teams were managed by their respective captains Muhammad Talha (USM), Shahul Hameed (PSC), Nadeem (IPLCC), Martin (ADF) and Vinay (PSDT). All the teams played one match each other and the final of the league was played between the top two teams. Eleven matches were played and one was washed out due to rain in this league. All the matches in this tournament were played on the weekends due to the unavailability of players and grounds.

A full range of cricketing ability was on show at the tournament from all the cricketers to the keenest total novice, with players of every ability able to soak up the atmosphere and give it their best out in the middle. The inaugural match of this league was played between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and India Pakistan Lovers Cricket Club (IPLCC) at USM cricket ground. The match was won by the USM cricket team. During the whole tournament, a number of people came to the ground to witness the true spirit of the game. They enjoyed the whole tournament under the outstanding weather conditions. 

The final match was the real crunch and nail-biting game played between USM and PSC. USM set a total of 93 on the board in 20 overs. Since from the word go PSC had been the hot favorite for that tournament, but USM could reach the victory stand by the margin of only 4 runs. The final match exhibited good cricket from both the teams with trophy falling into the lap of the USM cricket team. Mr Noor Hayat was the umpire throughout the tournament. Final ceremony was held at the end of the final match in which President of the Penang Cricket Association had given medals to both teams and trophy to the winners. Indeed, it was a successful tournament for Penang Cricket Association and an entertaining event for its participants.

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USM snatches victory from jaws of defeat

PSC Vs USM Match Summary 

(9th August 2015)

The final match of the Penang T20 Cricket League was played between Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and Penang Sports Club (PSC) on August 9, 2015 on the PSC Cricket ground. The coin was thrown in the air at 9:00am and the match was started after 15 minutes of the toss. Penang Sports Club (PSC) elected to field first after winning the toss. The weather was very much cricket friendly. This was the second time when both teams were playing each other in this league as previously USM had defeated PSC.

Najam and Junaid started the match, but Najam gave his wicket in the very first over of the innings. He was clean bowled by Lovely without opening his account. Ubaid came in and started crafting a partnership with Junaid. Ubaid hit two boundaries in the over of Arjun. They continued their aggression and perfectly utilized the first mandatory power play. They both played well and scored 15 runs each. Kashif and Irfan Shah tried their best in the middle overs of the innings to put a handsome total on the scoreboard. In the end, USM managed to put 92 runs on the scoreboard and lost 6 wickets. Lovely and Arjun took 2 wickets each.  

In reply, PSC openers could not provide solid start and lost their first wicket cheaply. USM kept on picking the wickets, even as PSC batsmen kept themselves within touching distance of the required run-rate. After fall of two wickets, Yasir and Lovely tried to come out from the pressure of USM pacers and started developing a good partnership for PSC. At that time USM took back their strength, but Shahul came in and hit beautiful shots and tried to drag back the match.  He set 25 runs. Junaid came on the strike with great energy and he sent two batsmen back to the pavilions and did great bowling by.  His over was a turning point of the match. This low scoring match turned into a thriller as in the last over PSC required 13 runs. PSC could not chase down the total and USM snatched the victory from the jaws of defeat. They won this final match by 4 runs.

                                                                                                

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