Shahroze Shah began with 91 from 48 balls for the Ontario Huskies against Ontario U19s then hit 100 from 70 balls against the Manitoba XI on the opening day of the Central T20 at Batsman Park, Brampton, Ontario. He shared an opening stand of 140 from 13.3 overs with Gurpreet Dhillon against Manitoba. Dhillon struck 54 from 38 balls against the Manitoba XI. Huskies innings closed on 191/2 after 20 overs and the Manitoba XI replied with 98/3 from 10 overs in a game interrupted by rain.

Huskies are reported to have scored 145/7 from 16.2 overs against Ontario U19, who replied with 90/7 from 20 overs, on the overnight version of the game scorecard. Rehan Khan Pathan took 3/37 from 4 overs for Ontario U19s. Eshan Sensarma (25) and Jasmeet Bhatti (22) lead the U19 batting. Salman Arshad 2/17 from 4 overs and Asad Zaidi 2/11 from 3 overs bowled economically and took wickets for the Huskies in this game.

The weather improved later in the afternoon. Ayoub Ahmandzai (63*) batting at number four and opening bat Ahmad Ali (51) lead Ontario Northerns to a winning 160/4 with four balls to spare and overnight happiness after the Ontario High Performance XI posted 155/5 from 20 overs. Ontario Southerns ended the day by bowling the Ontario U19s out for 77 (17.4 overs) then racing to a winning 81/0 from 8 overs. Jasmeet Bhatti made 28 for Ontario U19s. Amrik Singh 3/19 (4 overs) and Zahoor Butt 3/12 (4 overs) undermined the U19s batting before Haris Chaudhry (43*) and Sudhan Gouardhanan (25*) carried Southerns to a ten wicket win.
Ontario Central beat Ontario High Performance with just 2 balls to spare in the opening round of matches. Ontario HP scored 134/8 from 20 overs. Ontario Central replied with 136/5 from 19.4 overs. Individual scoring information was not available for this game as of 2.30am on July 2, 2017.

Ontario Central’s game with the Quebec XI in the day’s second pair of matches had two rather short innings. Central tumbled from 15/0 in the second over to 15/3 after three overs. Deepak Pabla took 2/5 from his only over. Quebec had a brief innings, scoring 15/1 from 1.4 overs in a game shown as a no result in the tournament standings.

The round-robin games continue at Batsman Park today (Sunday, July 2, 2017) then the top two from each group advance to Monday’s playoffs at Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City.

Schedule for Sunday July 2, 2017

10am Quebec XI v Ontario High Performance (North ground)
Manitoba XI v Ontario U19 (South ground)
1.30pm Quebec XI v Ontario Northerns (North ground)
Manitoba XI v Ontario Southerns (South ground)
5pm Ontario Central v Ontario Northerns (North ground)
Ontario Huskies v Ontario Southerns (South ground)

Standings (as reported at 2.30am July 2, 2017, excluding net run rates)

Group A P W L NR Pts
Ontario Centrals 2 1 0 1 3
Ont. Northerns 1 1 0 0 2
Quebec XI 1 0 0 1 1
Ontario HP 2 0 2 0 0

Group B P W L NR Pts
Ont Huskies 2 2 0 0 4
Ont Southerns 1 1 0 0 2
Ontario U19 2 0 2 0 0
Manitoba XI 1 0 1 0 0Short scores

Group A
Ontario Central 136/5 beat Ontario HP 134/8 by 5 wickets
Ontario Northern 160/4 beat Ontario HP 155/5 by 6 wickets
Quebec v Ontario Central- no result

Group B
Ontario Huskies 145/7 beat Ontario U19 90/ 7 by 55 runs
Ontario Huskies beat Manitoba
Ontario Southern 81/0 beat Ontario U19 77 all out by 10 wickets

Full results
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Eddie Norfolk