Division A 40 over final played between South Gujarat CC and Global CC on Saturday at Weston Road in Somerset, N.J. SGCC won the toss and elected to bat on a cool morning with a damp outfield. After 10 overs, SGCC looked like they had made the right decision with openers Uday and Hiten Patel taking the team to 48 for 0. But on the first ball of the 11th over, Uday Patel drove medium pacer Theron Blair straight to McGarrell at short cover to depart for 27. The wicket sparked a startling collapse. By the end of the 20th over, SGCC had fallen to 70 for 7. McGarrell and fellow left arm spinner Kumar Nandlal did the majority of the damage. Global CC bowled out SGCC for 129 in 34 overs and it appeared that the match would be wrapped up fairly shortly. Chief wicket takers for Global CC were Neil McGarrell 7-2-17-3 and Kumar Nandlal 7-0-26-3.
However, SGCC fought very hard in the field to make Global earn the title. Hiten Patel opened the bowling and in his second over got Sean Stanislaus to edge a drive to second slip where a catch was well taken by Uday Patel and Stanislaus left for 1 to make it 6 for 1.
In Hiten Patel's next over, he accounted for Mahadeo as a short of a length ball on the legs popped up off the shoulder of the bat to Goswami at square leg and Mahadeo was gone for 6 to make it 12 for 2. Darshan Patel bowled back to back maidens to keep the pressure on and the score was 15 for 2 after eight overs. Just as soon as the pressure was released, SGCC put it right back onto Global by taking two wickets with the score on 43. Sookram was bowled by Jaymin Goswami for 6 before Darshan Patel had Dhaniram caught behind for 18 with a beautiful delivery that rose sharply off the pitch to take the glove through to the keeper and SGCC was right back into the game. McGarrell then combined with Shawn Thompson to put on 39 runs before Hiten Patel came back to trap him LBW for 8, with the score at 82 for 5 in 26 overs. Global still needed 48 to win in 14 overs. McGarrel 33 runs not out and Nandlal 30 runs not out took Global CC to their third consecutive title. Chief wicket taker for SGCC was Hiten Patel 8-2-26-3
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SGCC played SPCC at Weston Road 1. SPCC won the toss and elected to bowl, SGCC sent in to bat made 242 runs for 9 wkts in 40 overs with middle order batsman Rajat Dingra displaying great form by entertaining the spectators with an electrifying knock 104 runs from 80 balls which included 8(4's) & 4(6's), well supported by opener Sri Garimella 55 runs which included 4(4's) and Rushikesh Amin 26 runs from 18 balls which included 1(4) &1(6), bowling for SPCC Jins Tharian 8-1-30-4, Siju John 8-0-38-2 and Arun Thomas 5-0-45-2. In reply SPCC made 100 runs for 10 wkts in 31 overs with Sabin Jacob 29 runs and Rajesh Alankara 24 runs, bowling for SGCC chief wicket takers Shushant Konda 7-3-11-4, Rajat Dingra 4-1-8-2 and Rushikesh Amin 4-1-10-2 each one of them showing great form.
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