Halifax continued the trend of sunny weekdays and wet weekends, with our Div 1 and Div 4 teams both washed out this weekend. Our Div 2 team beat the weather with a Friday game, but unfortunately couldn't beat the Titans, while Div 3 had the weekend off after a triple header last week.
Sent in to bat by the Titans, our Div 2 team lost a wicket first ball, but Andrew Irving and Nisarg Patel (22 off 21) took us to 48 off the powerplay with no further loss. The end of the powerplay sparked a collapse of 4 wickets for six runs in the space of 14 balls, and we were in need of another partnership. Hiren Patel (30 off 30) entered the crease and delivered this, putting on 66 off 9 overs with Andrew, who finished with 50 off 46. We couldn't manage a big finish and ended with an under par 8/131, but still defendable and a good recovery from 5/54.
Ajay Kumar (1/17 off 4) was tight early and rewarded with a wicket in his 3rd over, before Hiren continued a fine all round game with 2/19 off his 4 to reduce Titans to 3/60 off 11. There would be no further success though, as they made their way to the target with 12 balls to spare. A tough loss as we now need to rely on other results to qualify for the semi final, but its not over yet. Scorecard