Canadian HP XI for match 3 (Eddie Norfolk)
The HP XI won the toss and chose to bat in today’s match at Maple Leaf CC. After 10 overs they were 57/1, Ayoub Ahmad Zai out for 26. Akash Gill went on to make 54, Shan Anantharajah 42, and Arslan Khan 44 as the HP XI made 296/7 in 50 overs. Bermuda made a good start in reply with Onais Bascome and Dion Stovell leading the way with 88 and 59 respectively and with 5 overs left Bermuda needed just 32 with 4 wickets in hand. A run out and a caught and bowled in the 46th over, bowled by Shazaad had Bermuda 8 down, and Shazaad struck again in the 48th over. A run out in the final over left the HP XI the victors by 17 runs, leaving the series tied 1-1, with one match abandoned.
CricHQ card Royal Gazette report
“Bermuda coach Clay Smith admits to being both pleased and disappointed that they got so close to victory.
“We lost a tough one that I truly feel we should have won,” he said last night. “We were well placed but our inexperience showed. However I am extremely pleased at our run chase, the way we went about it.”..“This tour has been a success overall as some players grew tremendously and will stake a claim for the future.”
Canada HP, Canada HP VS Bermuda, BER
Result: Canada HP, Canada HP - Won by 17 runs
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1st Inning Batting: Canada HP, Canada HP
R B 4's 6's SR
A Ahmad Zai b DC Stovell 26 32 3 0 81.25
A Gill run out (DC Stovell) 54 71 4 2 76.06
S Anantharajah c A Richardson b N Mills 42 69 1 1 60.87
Arsalan Khan run out (N Mills) 44 47 4 0 93.62
H Thaker run out (D Hollis) 7 8 0 0 87.5
Abraash Khan c OGL Bascome† b C Smith 17 29 2 0 58.62
J Siddiqui* lbw b C Smith 15 18 0 1 83.33
Ameer Singh not out 27 17 2 2 158.82
A Ur Rehman not out 30 13 2 2 230.77
Extras(w 23, nb 5, b 1, lb 5) 34
Total (7 wickets; 50.0 overs) 296 5.92 RPO
Did Not Bat:
F Malik, M Hayat†, R Shahzad
Fall of Wicket: 57-1 (A Ahmad Zai 9.5 ov ), 107-2 (A Gill 23.1 ov ), 171-3 (S Thurasingham 32.6 ov ), 187-4 (H Thaker 35.4 ov ), 213-5 (A Khan 40.1 ov ), 229-6 (A Khan 42.6 ov ), 253-7 (J Siddiqui 46.4 ov )
1st Inning Bowling: Bermuda, BER
O M R W EC AV EX
C Smith 10.0 0 57 2 5.70 28.50 (nb 2)
C Trott 9.0 1 72 0 8.00 - (w 1)
DC Stovell 10.0 1 51 1 5.10 51.00 (w 1, nb 1)
J Smith 10.0 2 38 0 3.80 - (w 2)
S Dill 6.0 0 36 0 6.00 - (w 4)
N Mills 5.0 0 36 1 7.20 36.00 (w 2, nb 2)
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2nd Inning Batting: Bermuda, BER
R B 4's 6's SR
OGL Bascome† c A Ahmad Zai b F Malik 88 68 10 3 129.41
TS Fray* b A Ur Rehman 1 5 0 0 20.0
T Manders c A Khan b F Malik 36 59 4 0 61.02
DC Stovell b F Malik 59 63 7 1 93.65
KS Leverock c M Hayat† b J Siddiqui* 14 23 1 0 60.87
JJ Tucker run out (J Siddiqui*/A Ahmad Zai) 29 24 2 1 120.83
D Hollis c R Shahzad b R Shahzad 10 21 1 0 47.62
C Trott run out (A Ur Rehman) 7 11 0 0 63.64
C Van Tonder not out 7 13 1 0 53.85
C Smith c A Gill b R Shahzad 1 8 0 0 12.5
J Smith run out (A Singh) 1 2 0 0 50.0
Extras(w 14, nb 2, b 2, lb 8) 26
Total (10 wickets; 49.1 overs) 279 5.67 RPO
Did Not Bat:
S Dill, N Mills, A Richardson
Fall of Wicket: 4-1 (TS Fray 1.3 ov ), 133-2 (T Manders 20.4 ov ), 134-3 (OGL Bascome 22.2 ov ), 169-4 (KS Leverock 29.4 ov ), 214-5 (JJ Tucker 36.6 ov ), 254-6 (DC Stovell 42.3 ov ), 266-7 (C Trott 45.2 ov ), 267-8 (D Hollis 45.4 ov ), 273-9 (C Smith 47.6 ov ), 279-10 (J Smith 49.1 ov )
2nd Inning Bowling: Canada HP, Canada HP
O M R W EC AV EX
A Singh 7.0 0 44 0 6.29 - (w 2)
A Ur Rehman 10.0 0 54 1 5.40 54.00 (w 6, nb 2)
F Malik 10.0 0 55 3 5.50 18.33 (w 1)
A Gill 4.0 0 36 0 9.00 - (w 2)
J Siddiqui* 9.1 0 47 1 5.13 47.00 (w 1)
R Shahzad 9.0 0 33 2 3.67 16.50 (w 1)