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Omaha Chargers beat Lincoln Cricket Club by 8 wickets

27 Jul 2014

Omaha Chargers won the toss and elected to field first against Lincoln Cricket Club. Nipu and Gowtham started for LCC but they could not get going. Srikar and Alok swung the ball and kept the batsman in check. Hiren and Deepak continued to test the Lincoln Batsman and got rid of the openers. LCC were reeling at 33/3 at the end of 11th over. Vivek took the attach to Chargers and scored some quick runs but lacked support from other end. Chargers captain brought himself and took 3 wickets in an over including the prize wicket of Vivek who made a well crafted 48. At the end LCC were restricted for 128. Sandeep and Yashveen took 3 wickets each.

Omaha Chargers started off pretty well but lost their Captain Sandeep who tried to hit over the top but beaten by the pace of Gowtham. In came Dhana and kept the scoreboard ticking. When everything was going good he hunted for a wide delivery and was caught behind. Chargers were 39/2 by the end of 7th over. Yashveen joined Lenin and both batsman put on a partnership of 92 runs for the 3rd wicket to make sure that their team reach the target in 20th over without losing another wicket. Lenin made 44 runs and Yashveen made 29 runs.

Both teams played the game in good spirit.