ICC World Cricket League Division 4: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Usa-c759 set up 9-wicket win over Cayman Island
A disciplined bowling performance well complimented by unbeaten half centuries from Sushil Nadkarni and Steve Massiah bagged United States of America its second successive victory in the ICC World Cricket League Division against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Cayman-Islands-c2867 at Centro Sportivo Dozza, Navile on Tuesday. Cayman Island’s respectable but gettable 50 overs total of 181 for 9 was easily chased by America with the loss of just one wicket with more than 20 overs to spare.
America’s probing bowling along with some quick fielding restricted Cayman Islands to 181 for 9 in their allotted 50 overs. On a day when most of the Cayman batters were off-colour, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ronald-Ebanks-c86700 blazed with the bat as the side was able to amass a respectable total of 181 for 9. Ebanks scored 46 runs from 39 balls followed by Ricardo Roach’s patient 29 off 80 deliveries. Orlando Baker and Nasir Javed shared three wickets each while Usman Shuja took 2 for 26 - bowling two maiden overs as well in his quota of 10 overs. In reply, a 111 run stand between Sushil Nadkarni and Steve Massiah after a strong opening partnership of 71 runs helped the United States of America set up an easy nine wicket victory over Cayman Island with plenty of overs to spare.
Cayman Island after winning the toss opted to bat first. The opening duo of Ricardo Roach and Ramon Sealy, both got first ball ducks against Argentina in yesterday’s encounter, started the day quite defensively. After scoring just one run from the opening over, the second over by Usman Shuja was a maiden. Ricardo Roach opened up in the fourth over, plundering a boundary off Usman Shuja. Both batsmen posted 23 runs to the scorecard from nine overs. Orlando Baker earned his side a breakthrough on the last ball of the ninth over when he bowled Ramon Sealy. Sealy tried to play the good length ball from Baker all around but the ball clipped the off stump. Ramon Sealy scored 8 runs from 14 balls, hitting a solitary boundary in his innings through the midwicket region off Usman Shuja.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Argentina-c2841 with his 55 off 32, could gather only six runs off 11 balls for his team. That became 47 for 3 when Sealy’s opening partner Ricardo Roach lost his wicket in the 20th over. Roach mistimed a drive on the up over cover but the ball looped up in the air. Thyagarajan sprinting round from the mid-off took a remarkable diving catch, sending the opener back to the pavilion. Roach played a defensive 80-ball innings scoring 29 runs with the help of three fours.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Saheed-Mohamed-c87931 and Ryan Bovell posted 32 runs for the fourth wicket partnership. Mohamed was caught and bowled by Nasir Javed. Mohamed’s 50 ball 26 contained three boundaries. With wickets clattering at regular intervals, Ronald Ebanks played a sensible innings of 46 runs from just 39 balls, plundering 5 muscular boundaries and two lofty sixes as Cayman Islands posted a respectable 50 over total of 181 for 9.
The run chase of U.S.A. went off to a steady start with the explosive opening combination of Sushil Nadkarni and Orlando Bakers setting a strong foundation of 71 runs. Baker was trapped lbw by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bryan-c48753 in the ninth over. Any revival in Cayman’s hopes after Baker’s wicket was crushed by an unbeaten 111-run stand for the second wicket between Sushil Nadkarni and Steve Massiah as U.S.A. galloped to a 9-wicket win with more than 20 overs to spare.
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