Patna, March 17, 2009
Using the Moinul Haq Stadium pitch first has always been an advantage for the batting side, if you go by the past results. Luck favoured Bhagalpur as their captain called the coin correctly and opted to bat first. It was expected Bhagalpur would put up good score on the board against Samastipur in a semi-final match of the Bihar Cricket Association under-22 cricket tournament. But at the end Bhagalpur could manage to score 151 runs off 47.3 overs losing all the wickets.
In no way you can call it a defending total in a 50-over a-side-match. Ashfaque Khan of Samastipur did most of the damage claiming four wickets for 18 runs. Rohit took three wickets for 20 runs while Sanjeev captured two wickets for 48 runs. Rahul (30), Sanjeev Choudhary (27) and Sandeep (16) were the distinguished contributors for Bhagalpur.
In reply, Samastipur scored the required runs in37.3 overs for the loss of four wickets. Ashfaque Khan, who excelled with the ball, played a match-winning knock of 42 runs and remained unbeaten. Pradeep Kumar (29) and Santosh (15) did some useful contributions. With this win Samastpur entered the final.
For his outstanding performance, Ashfaque Khan of Samastipur was declared man of the match.
Brief scores:
Bhagalpur: 151 all out in 47.3 overs (Rahul-30, Sanjeev Choudhary-27 not out, Sandeep-20, Sachin-16, Ashfaque Khan-4/18, Ronit-3/20, Sanjeev-2/48).
Samastipur: 153 for four wickets in 37.3 overs (Ashfaque Khan-42 not out, Pradeep Kumar-29 not out, Santosh-15, Sandeep-1/28, Vasukinath-1/20).
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