Quebec celebrate their win over NS (Eddie Norfolk)
Quebec beat PEI in the first match of day. The second was a thriller as Newfoundland and Labrador came within a whisker of recording their first win over Nova Scotia but a great recovery by the Nova Scotians took them to a win off the penultimate ball. NL posted 166/5 from their twenty overs, with another good innings from Hari Raghuraman who made 68 against the side he formerly captained. Nova Scotia lost two wickets in their first over and were 51/5 with 9 overs to go but a fine performance by the lower order, led by Amol Zakmi’s 68, took them to victory in the last over. New Brunswick beat PEI in the third match of the day, PEI making 106/7 thanks to 35 from Verley Harrison, and New Brunswick chasing the total in 14.2 overs, losing 7 wickets in the process/
A late start meant that the crucial Nova Scotia-Quebec match was reduced to 15 overs/ side. Quebec overhauled Nova Scotia’s 121/4 in the last over, thanks to Pratik Joshi’s unbeaten half century.
Going into the final day, Quebec look set for the title, unless New Brunswick can cause an upset as the two teams face each other in the opening match. Nova Scotia play PEI and NL, who played in the first match of the tournament, also play in the last, against New Brunswick.
Atlantic T20 2014 in Prince Edward Island
Match 5, Aug 2, Nova Scotia vs Newfoundland & Labrador
NL 166/5 (20 ov) : Hari Raghuraman 68, Rakesh Negi 23, Savneet Arora 1-16, Shreyas Dhond 1-22
NS 168/6 (19.5 ov) : Anmol Zakhmi 68, Shreyas Dhond 42*, Neel Patel 25*, Rakesh Negi 3-34, Hari Raghuraman 2-18
Result : Nova Scotia won by 4 wickets
Man of the Match : Anmol Zakhmi
Match 7, Aug 2, Nova Scotia vs Quebec
The match was reduced to 15 overs per side before play began.
Nova Scotia 121/4 (15 ov) : Anuraj Gupta 37, Shreyas Dhond 27*, Savneet Arora 26*, Jagan Preet 1-11, Nirmal Seeteram 1-14
Quebec 122/3 (14.3 ov) : Pratik Joshi 53*, Shayan Ahmed 27, Amit Joshi 1-16, Shreyas Dhond 1-27
Result : Quebec won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match : Pratik Joshi