Halifax Red beat regular season leaders Halifax Blue by three wickets in the Nova Scotia Cricket Association\u2019s 40-over championship final on October 6. Anuraj Gupta hit 53 and Tushar Sehgal 30 as Halifax Blue reached 168 for nine from 40 overs, but Red edged hoe with ten balls to spare. Red made 171 for seven wickets, headed by 49 from Man-of-the-Match Yash gugle and 44 from Anirdh Basu. Red\u2019s Muneeb Ahmedani captured four wickets for just 15 runs during Blue\u2019s innings while Anmol Zakhmi took three for 13 in the Red\u2019s response.
\nHalifax Blue qualified for the 40-over Final due to topping the regular season round-robin following five wins, one loss and one no-result. Second-placed Halifax Red (3 wins, 3 losses and 1 no-result) had to face third-placed Halifax Gold (2 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie and 1 no-result) in a semi-final playoff. David Campbell struck 89 for Halifax Gold out of team total of 202 all out. Vivek Reddy\u2019s 48 not out carried Halifax Red to a four wicket win with four overs to spare.
\nHalifax Green was sidelined for these playoffs as a result of a regular season record that included just one win and one tie. Green had one no result but lost four other matches.
\n40-over Nova Scotia Cricket League Playoffs 2013
\nSemi-final played on October 5, 2013 – Halifax Red vs Halifax Gold
\nHalifax Gold 202 all out (39.1 overs): David Campbell 89, Matt Lane 24, Matt Lee 24, Muneeb Ahmedani 2-28, Rakesh Thammareddy 2-33
\nHalifax Red 203\/6 (36.0 overs): Vivek Reddy 48*, Miguel Emilien 46, Harsh Patel 2-33, Matt Gove 2-35
\nResult: Halifax Red won by 4 wickets
\nMan of the Match: Vivek Reddy
\nFinal played on October 6, 2013 – Halifax Blue vs Halifax Red
\nHalifax Blue 168\/9 (40.0 overs): Anuraj Gupta 53, Tushar Sehgal 30, Muneeb Ahmedani 4-15, Shailesh Kharol 2-24
\nHalifax Red 171\/7 (38.2 overs): Yash Gugle 49, Anirudh Basu 44, Anmol Zakhmi 3-13, Jay Vyas 1-10
\nResult: Halifax Red won by 3 wickets
\nMan of the Match: Yash Gugle
\n(Summary by Eddie Norfolk based on information via Nova Scotia Cricket Association website and facebook entries.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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