Saskatoon Knight Riders beat Stallions by 30 runs in Sunday’s Saskatchewan Cricket Association T20 final. Manjeet (MS) Sidhu clipped 40 runs from 13 balls, leading the Knight Riders to 63/1 from just 4.3 overs. Sidhu’s opening partner Lakhvir Parmi made 33 before losing his wicket at the start of the eleventh over. His team was then 94/3. Abbas Shah’s 45 from 23 balls kept the innings moving until he departed at 163/7 after 18 overs. Knight Riders last wicket fell on 171 after 19.3 overs. Leg-spinner Paramvir Singh picked up 4/31 from 4 overs.
Manpreet Kalsi is credited with picking up the first four Stallions wickets by the 6.3 over mark. Stallions score had reached 47/4. Parmavir Singh and Jonti Saini lead a recovery before Saini was out for 22. Stallions was on 94/5 after 11.2 overs. Singh was next out for 39 after 14 overs with 119 on the board. Stallions was bowled out for 141 after 17.5 overs, giving Saskatoon Knight Riders a 30-run victory. Kalsi is currently credited with capturing 6 wickets for 21 run from 5.5 overs on the scorecard.
Saskatoon Knight Riders beat Saskatoon Warriors by six wickets in Saturday’s semi-final at the South Park Center in the Forestry grounds. V.S. Surapanemi top-scored with 35 in Saskatoon. Warriors 132/8 from 20 overs. Kalsi took 3/26 from the more conventional 4 overs in a T20 game. Taj Singh hit an unbeaten 57 and Abbas Shah 25 not out as Knight Riders reached a winning 136/4 after 19.2 overs. Earlier on Saturday, Saskatoon Warriors had bowled out Jaguars for 129 (17.4 overs) and won the quarterfinal game in Saskatoon. K. Hussan hit 62 for the Jaguars.
Stallions beat Royals by three wickets from the last ball of the Regina quarter-final on Saturday. A. Prasala top-scored in Royals 139/6 (20 overs) then S.P. Singh contributed 56 not out as Stallions reached 142/7 from the last ball of the available 20 overs. Stallions must have won the Regina semi-final on Saturday afternoon against Regina Super Kings, although the game scorecard is not yet available on the CricHQ website.
But clearly most of the scoring details have been posted on CricHQ from this weekend’s Saskatchewan Cricket Association playoffs. Sorting out the team for an afternoon game following a morning win, as well as the extra logistics of picking up clothing as well as ensuring all are moving to Sunday’s final will have been the priorities for Saturday’s winning teams.
The semi-finals of the Saskatchewan Cricket Association’s one-day championship are due to be played this coming Saturday (September 20). T20 champions Saskatoon Knight Riders take on Cavaliers at Douglas Park with Saskatoon Stars due to meet Regina Royals at South Park Centre. (EN)