Durhamfootman wrote:I watched the end of the match on free sport last night. So many fours and sixes that it was actually rather boring.
As if to prove your point, Pooran went on another mad one today and did this 0,0,1,6,4,6,6,0,6,0,1,6,6,6,1,0,6,1,4,6,6,6,6,4,1,0 for the Northern Warriors.
His 26 ball 89 in the first innings made the chase a dead rubber as Bangla fell 30 runs short.
The evening game wasn't much tighter...and actually went to the same format. Sohail Akhtar's 31 ball 71 put Qalandars in the driving seat and Deccan absolutely ballsed up the chase eventually ending on 85-8. Sohail has now scored 131 across 3 fixtures without being dismissed.
Abu Dhabi beat Pune in the opening match of the day.
"It has been said of the unseen army of the dead, on their everlasting march, that when they are passing a rural cricket ground the Englishman falls out of the ranks for a moment to look over the gate and smile."