An action from Sunday’s event
It was nervy moments for some clubs in the ongoing Ghana Cricket Association President’s Invitational T20 Tournament as the Net Run Rate (NRR) per match played will decide the semi-finalists after week five matches were honoured last Sunday at the Achimota Ovals in Accra.
United Cricket Club and Supreme Warriors, who have both won three out of four matches, would battle for the second spot for qualification into the semis from Pool B as they lie second and third with NRR of 2.763 & 2.213 respectively.
United CC ? who has a last Pool duel against leaders Taysec Titans (8 points) on October 6 ? defeated IPMC by 58 runs after 147 runs for three wickets and 89 runs for six wickets results on Oval A. UCC’s Davend Malik was named man of the match as he scored 72 runs off 67 balls.
UCC needs a win at all cost against the Titans who have already booked their tickets to the last four berths.
Like UCC, Supreme Warriors went past Defenders XI on Oval B by 79 runs. Defenders, after winning the toss, opted to field first and had Supreme Warriors score 143 runs for eight wickets. Defenders were only able to manage 65 runs, all out in 17.4 overs. Kofi Bagabena was great in the bowling figures, as he took three wickets, gave away nine runs in four overs.
A win for Supreme in their last match would also push them to the semis depending on the outcome between Titans & UCC.
The story is not quite different in Pool A as Carel Superkings and Nsoroma GPS would both wait for final matches between Salt ‘n’ Pepper against MMG and Everest. Superkings and Nsoroma are also tied on four points each with 0.149 & -0.054 NRR after their week five encounters.
Carel scored 155 runs for seven wickets and restricted MMG to score 71 runs for nine wickets.
Everest’s Michael Aboagye was named outstanding, winning the man of the match award with a score of 39 runs off 31 balls.
The excitement of the tournament keeps increasing as clubs aim for the semi-final berth.
From The Sports Desk