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Safe Skills won by 1 wicket
Caledonian Conquerors won the toss and chose to bat first
Caledonian Conquerors: 183 for 5 in 16 overs
Nadeem Mohammed 50 Not out
Fazal Mohammed 42
Zulfiqar Mohammed 26
Kashif Malik 26
Ibrar 4-0-44-1 Ummer 4-0-42-1
Safe Skills: 187 for 6 in 15.5 overs
Asaalam 55
Arslan 23
Harroon 48 Not Out
Fazal 4 0 41 1 Khurrum 4 0 28 1 Omar 1.5 0 11 -1
Safe Skills Conquer Caledonians! Last year's league Runners-up Safe Skills
were always going to provide the 1st stern test of the 2011 campaign for the
Cally's.
A gripping exciting game was enjoyed by both sides, who played a highly
charged game & high scoring game on the generous boundaries of Pitch 1.
Cally's started brightly and the Mohammed brothers carried on thier good
form with Nad unbeaten on 50 and Faz chipping in with 42. 183 at the half
way mark looked like a healthy defendable total.
Safe Skills demonstrated why they finished second in last years campaign as
they showed thier intent by smashing 18 off the first over. Game ON !! With
57 on the board inside 4 overs, Cally's seemed to have run out steam &
ideas, as Safe Skills smashed all the Cally's bowlers out of the park!
Cally's normally reliable fielders were feeling generous by dropping Safe
Skills top scorer Assalam no less than 3 times ! Cally's were as poor and as
abject in the field as they could be. Misfields,dropped catches,
disorganised chaos was the only way to describe Cally's in the field. Safe
skills rallied and sniffed a cup run in the making.
Although they only Won by 1 wicket, Sake skills were the better side on the
day and deserved the victory. With 1 required for victory off the last over
Cally's tried to snatch a tie but a maiden wicket was a big ask for Omar,
even if there was a tailender at the other end, as Safe Skills Ummer hit the
penultimate delivery for 4 to see the Safe Skills boys home. A great game of
cricket .
Good Luck to Safe skills for the rest of the cup campaign and Fielding
Practice for Cally's !!
Submitted by Saj Rehman of Caledonian Conquerors
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