CRICKET: 9 men Supreme sees off MMG in week 6 of GCA New Year Invitational; Champions United pip Salt n’ Pepper

A nine men Supreme Cricket Club had an emphatic win over MMG in the ongoing New Year Invitational week 5 at the Achimota Cricket Oval on Sunday, October 23, 2022.

Supreme, having dropped points in Group A against Defenders, won toss and elected to field first on Oval C in the afternoon match.

MMG, saw their first wicket fall on the 1.4 over. Awudu Dramani’s ball to Vasant Shinde was caught by Aziz Sualley before former national captain Peter Ananya came to improve upon the runs of MMG, as their score stood at 2/1.

Lasting 49 minutes, Peter Ananya (29/26), finally saw the end of his game with applause, as he walked out, on the 12.4 over, with an LBW from Aziz Sualley’s, while MMG stood at 75/5.

MMG wrapped up the innings with 103/7, with Nitesh Kanjarbhat (19/27) being the other contribution in their 96 minutes innings.Supreme achieved 107/5 in 18.2 overs in 86 minutes, not with ease as long standing Samsom Aweh (36-41) got bowled on the 11.2 over by Rahul Salagare (3.0-0-22-1).

Charles Des Border (10/12), Obed Harvey (24/22), Ayo Mene and Awudu Dramani, gradually finished a wonderful innings for Supreme who won by 5 wickets with 10 balls left.



Obed Harvey was adjudged player of the match, with 4-0-21-2 as his bowling figures.



Captain of Supreme CC, Obed Harvey says it was a competitive match for them

“It feels exciting and really to always be on the winning side and that is one of the things that we all compete for, so we are happy. It was competitive well enough based on the surface that we play on is not really predictable; sometimes it comes up and one creep, so you have to adjust your style of play. So, we got tested by losing a few wickets but we won by 5 wickets which is laudable but then we could have done better than that. We knew the fire power that we have, the strength that we have. Quite a few guys who are well seasoned for batting, so we had to put ourselves behind chasing, the reason we took that giant step when we won toss.”

Surpeme Cricket Club share 2 points with BGC (2nd), Hurricanes (4th) and Defenders (5th), but lie 3rd, while MMG sit top with 3 points. Karizma and Ras Bingi sit 6th and 7th with a point and no point respectively.

Earlier, a Group B game saw Champions United winning their first match in 3 outings. With a 106/10 in 17.1 overs, Champions United who won toss and opted to bat first, restricted Salt n’ Pepper to 46/8 in 12.2 overs to win by 60 runs.

It was a surprise to many who watched, while Champions United enjoyed the quick fall of wickets from the 2nd over of the innings that lasted 74 minutes.

Deepak Kumar, with 3.0-0-12-3 was a torn in the flesh of Salt n’ Pepper with great restriction.

Sajeesh Vishwanathan (3.1-0-13-4), got his name on top of the bowling figures in the first innings for Salt n’ Pepper, butt his performance was not enough for the team.

Anees Aslam of Champions United, with 31/38 was adjudged the player of the match.It was joy for vice-captain Syed Anees Hasmi, who says they had strength in fielding and explored it.

“It is a great win for us. We wanted to bat first because we know we had more strength in bowling. So, we scored in the first innings and enjoyed the second innings with Deepak, Kaushik, Anees, and Menedi, who are great bowlers. We are happy to win this match and we will work more on our batting in the next game.”

Champions United are now 3rd in the group, with 2 points, same with CSK, while Don Bruce sit top, with 6 points.

On Sunday, October 30, 2022, Ras Binghi will lock horns with Defenders in Group A in the morning, while CSK play U-19 in the afternoon in Group B.

Source: Ghana Cricket Association