July 29

A thumping win for the Knight Riders. After setting a target of 286,  they dismissed the opposition,  Moors Sports Club for just 76 runs in the 25th over. The Moors were destroyed by an early burst from Pakistani fast bowler Mohammed Irfan who generated genuine pace and bounce and took  2 wickets. He ended with 2 for 10 in his 5 overs. Fellow left arm seamer Akhlakh Ahmed also ended with excellent figures of 3 for 5 in his 4 overs. Keeper Sanju Samson  did a competent job behind the stumps and took 3 catches and a very smart stumping.

Earlier things did not look quite so rosy for KKR,  when they lost Sunny Singh and Chetan Sharma within the first 5 overs. Harpreet and Debabrara Das also went cheaply and at 73 for 4,  200 was looking difficult. Mandeep and Sanju did a great job of rebuilding the inings,  and when Mandeep finally departed,  for a well compiled 83 studded with 11 4’s,  KKR were looking much healthier at 167 for 5. The tail chipped in with decent contributions from Sourashish and Gaurav Jathar and a whirwind 39 of 20 balls from Irfan,  with three massive sixes.

We have a day of practice tomorrow,  a day off on Saturday,  and then 2 T20s against the Ragama Cricket Club on Sunday. The word is out,  and we expect Ragama to put out fairly strong sides for Sunday.