Kohima, March 15 (EMN): Royal Tourniquets, Kohima Thunders and Kohima Hornbills ‘B’ won their respective matches on the third day of the ongoing 8th Silver Cup T-20 Cricket Tournament organised by Nepali Baptist Church Youth Department at Jakhama local ground on Wednesday.
Last year’s runners-up, Kohima Hornbills ‘B’ playing the last match of the day defeated Woodland Cricket Club by 36 runs.
Choosing to bat first after winning the toss, Hornbills set a target of 165 runs losing 8 wickets. Woodland bowler Imti downed three wickets and Sepichum took 2 wickets.
Chasing the target, Woodland CC were short of overs as they managed to score only 128 runs losing 4 wickets in 20 overs. Hekqito was declared the Man of the Match.
In the first match, Royal Tourniquets comfortably defeated Kohima Capitals by 8 wickets.
Winning the toss, Kohima Capitals elected to bat first but were restricted to 69 runs. They were all out in 16.1 overs. Vezuta and Peteneizo scored 11 runs each for Kohima Capitals while Tourniquet bowlers A. Chungshi and Akumtong claimed two wickets each.
Chasing the target, Tourniquets achieved it in 10.3 overs losing just 2 wickets wherein S S Alam scored 28 runs. Longsasüng was declared the man of the match for claiming 3 wickets and also scoring 15 runs.
Kohima Thunders won against Emerald Stars by 30 runs in the second match of the day. Capitals chose to bat on winning the toss and set a target of 120/8 in 20 overs.
Chasing the target, Emerald was all out for 89 runs in 16.4 overs. Maremo claimed two wickets for Capitals while his colleague Rokovoto downed 3 wickets and also scored 12 runs for the team to be adjudged the Man of the Match.
Thursday’s match
1. Peraciezie Royals vs Renegades CC Wokha: 7am
2. Victoria CC Dmp vs Diphu XI: 10am
3. Silver White ‘B’ vs KODH CC: 1pm
