da supremo： Far from being overawed by the huge total put up by the visitingKenyan team, Maharashtra CA XI replied in kind and with batsmencalling the tune, it was no surprise that the two day match at thePoona Club ended in a tame draw on Saturday
Partab Ramchand23-Apr-2000Far from being overawed by the huge total put up by the visitingKenyan team, Maharashtra CA XI replied in kind and with batsmencalling the tune, it was no surprise that the two day match at thePoona Club ended in a tame draw on Saturday. In fact the two sidescould complete only their first innings at the end of two days.Kenya led off with 432 for eight declared off 90 overs at the end ofthe opening day. Maharashtra batted the whole of the second day andwere 374 for seven in 90 overs when stumps were drawn.Consistent batting down the order saw Maharashtra come up with afitting reply. The Kenyans did get an early wicket with NA Godbolebeing out for 18 at 29. But after that, they found success hard tocome by. The other opener JS Narse (60) and skipper HrishikeshKanitkar (56) added 117 runs for the second wicket. While Narse faced109 balls and hit nine of them to the ropes, the left handed Kanitkarplayed 100 balls and hit eight fours. Medium pacer Odoyo dismissedboth in successive overs but the recovery process was maintained withveteran Santhanu Sugwekar (50) and KD Aphale (54) figuring in a fourthwicket partnership of 91 runs off 21.4 overs. While Aphale faced 93balls and hit eight fours, the more aggressive Sugwekar faced only 60balls, while also hitting eight of them to the ropes.Tikolo finally dismissed both of them but the innings was kept goingby a sedate unbeaten 32 by S Shah who batted two hours, faced 76 ballsand had four boundary hits and a breezy 60 off 63 balls bywicketkeeper SM Komdhalkar. He hit ten fours and two sixes. The twobatsmen added 102 runs for the seventh wicket off 20 overs. Odoyofinished with three for 35 while Tikolo had two for 90.The Kenyans, who had lost their opening fixture to Tata SC at Mumbaiby two wickets, now play the MCA President’s XI in a one day game atMumbai on Monday.