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11/17/2020POSTED BY Johns Creek Cricket Association (JC Cricket) Admin |
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The long awaited JCCricket High School Fall Tournament got on the way on Sunday, November 15th at Shakerag Park in Johns Creek, Georgia after all players completed the tournament's Covid-19 protocols. The first match saw Chargers (students from Wheeler High School) winning comfortably over Whirlwinds (students from Walton High School) by 83 runs. Chargers won the toss and elected to bat. That decision proved to be the correct one as Chargers opening pair, Mohnish Mara and Varish Varakanta batted for 19.5 overs and put on a 141 run partnership. Varish was finally dismissed for a patient 38 off 57 balls leaving the more aggressive Mohnish at the non-striker's end, unbeatened on 77 from 63 balls. Mohnish innings included 6 fours and 3 sixes. Varish dismissal brought Chargers captain, Nasimul Labib to the wicket to try and get as many runs as possible from the final ball of the innings. He played the last ball of the innings nicely into the legside and rushed off for a sure two runs and then tried to convert it into three. A good return from the deep to the bowler's end, found him a couple feet short of the crease and therefore run-out. That meant Chargers had scored 143 for 2 wickets from their 20 overs. Whirlwinds turn at the crease saw a steady start by openers Advaith Kumar and Ishaan Immatty. They got to 31 by the 4th over but when Advaith was catch by Mohnish off the bowling of Varish Varakanta for a well played 23 off 18 balls (3 fours and 1 six), the wind was taken out of the Whirlwinds and wickets began to fall regularly. No one else got into double figures and they were eventually all out in the twelveth over for a disappointing score of 60 with extras at 13, the second highest contributor. The Chargers bowling attack was spearheaded by Varish Varakanta - 2 wickets for 12 runs from two overs, Misha Gupta- 3 wickets for 14 runs from 3 overs, Nikhil Kasaghatta - 3 wickets for 6 runs from 2.2 overs and Captain Nasimul Labib -1 wicket for 3 runs from his one over. The match was watched and enjoyed by all who came out to witness what is believed to be the first ever organized High School Cricket tournament in the entire state of Georgia. The organizers of the tournament, Johns Creek Cricket Association (JCCricket), were very impressed with the high standard of play and were encouraged and excited to see what the rest of the tournament would bring. They didn't have long to wait because after a 20 minute break, the second match brought Thunder Eagles (students from South Forsyth High School) against the local team, Titans (students from Northview High School). Go to league/documents and read Week-1 Recap document for additional information. |
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