Having lost the toss Breakaway decided to bat first on their wicket and found scoring quickly was not easy with Zaheer and Amar (Bollywood) bowling with great speed and accuracy in tandem upfront. Breakaway found themselves at 64 for 0 at the 13th over break in dire need of fast runs in the second half.
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| Some players should take notice of his attire for semi finals day, it may help with ball impacts and potential bruising. |
Once the innings commenced the Breakaway batsmen started to find boundaries and their scoring rate went up drastically as they added an additional 125 in the next 12 overs to post a solid 189 all out. The bowling award for Yaadboyz went to their skipper Basil who sneaked in at the end with 3 good wickets. Shankar and Jay both hit fifties for their side.
Yaadboyz got off to the worse possible start as Johnno was out in the first over from a spectacular catch at square leg. The run rate was still pretty good with the boundaries coming every over before Cliff was out for 21 followed by Ravi. Meanwhile, Altaf was smashing the ball high, wide, and handsome, as he tore into the Breakaway bowlers. With Basil at the other end batting sensibly giving him the strike the Yaadboyz went to the break sitting pretty at 114 for 3.
Altaf was out in the first over after the game resumption for a well played 57. The next partnership between Basil and English saw their team near the winning score with English out for 33 in the 22nd over with only 5 runs needed. Basil fittingly hit the winning runs to finish the game and also see his personal score reach 54 not out and claim the MVP award for his top all round performance as the Yaadboyz won the game with 5 wickets to spare.
With all the regular season games finishing, the Yaadboyz end up second in the table which sees them automatically qualify for the semi finals where they will meet the winners of the Lehigh CC or Warriors CC game in 2 weeks time.
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