26 Jul 2020 | 14:00

North County 2 121/7 V Merrion 2 122/5

North County 2 won by 5 Wkt(s)

Merrion 2 Innings

# Batsman Howout Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
1 Beant Bhathal* c Ben McBride b Anthony Mooney 56 49 5 1
2 Rohit Pahuja run out Keegan Laing 0 2 0 0
3 Vikas Dhiman c Manmeet Singh b Ankit Gugale 1 2 0 0
4 John O'Hara† st Luke Whelan b Anthony Mooney 19 23 0 1
5 Niranjan Shankar c Ben McBride b Anthony Mooney 13 16 1 0
6 Timothy Knight b Pritish Onmalwar 2 3 0 0
7 Hermanus Bester b Manmeet Singh 19 20 2 0
8 Oisin Bhoja not out 4 3 0 0
9 Vishal Singh not out 3 2 0 0
10 Conor Austin dnb
11 Leon De Jager dnb
extras (b0 lb0 w4 nb0) 4
7 for 121 (20.0 ov)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Keegan Laing 4 0 19 0 0 0
Ankit Gugale 3 0 18 1 0 0
Ryan Tobin 1 0 11 0 0 0
Manmeet Singh 4 0 25 1 0 0
Pritish Onmalwar 4 0 26 1 2 0
Anthony Mooney 4 0 22 3 2 0
Fall of Wicket Batsman
1-8 Rohit Pahuja
2-14 Vikas Dhiman
3-77 Beant Bhathal
4-78 John O'Hara
5-82 Timothy Knight
6-108 Niranjan Shankar
7-117 Hermanus Bester

North County 2 Innings

# Batsman Howout Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
1 John Devane b Conor Austin 39 34 5 0
2 Safdar Ali c Hermanus Bester b Niranjan Shankar 13 13 2 0
3 Manmeet Singh c Oisin Bhoja b Hermanus Bester 13 19 0 0
4 Ryan Tobin* c Oisin Bhoja b Hermanus Bester 22 28 3 0
5 Luke Whelan† c Niranjan Shankar b Niranjan Shankar 13 16 1 0
6 Ben McBride not out 11 4 2 0
7 Ciaran Sheridan not out 1 4 0 0
8 Anthony Mooney dnb
9 Pritish Onmalwar dnb
10 Keegan Laing dnb
11 Ankit Gugale dnb
extras (b0 lb2 w8 nb0) 10
5 for 122 (19.4 ov)
Bowler O M R W wd nb
Vishal Singh 3.4 0 27 0 0 0
Niranjan Shankar 4 0 17 2 0 0
Oisin Bhoja 2 0 9 0 0 0
Leon De Jager 2 0 22 0 2 0
Conor Austin 4 0 24 1 6 0
Hermanus Bester 4 0 21 2 0 0
Fall of Wicket Batsman
1-21 Safdar Ali
2-66 John Devane
3-71 Manmeet Singh
4-108 Ryan Tobin
5-109 Luke Whelan
  • Teams: North County 2 v Merrion 2
  • Date: 26 July 2020 | 14:00
  • Venue: Inch
  • Division:
  • Umpires: Ganeshkumar Krishnamoorthy , Harshal Shah
  • Result: North County 2 won by 5 Wkt(s)
  • Starting Team:
  • Competition Points:
16:29
Two quick wickets in County, and this match remains too close to call! 50 runs needed off 47 balls with seven wickets remaining, If someone can score 30, North County will win. But who is going to hold their hand up?
15:59
Craig May dismissed for 13, but John Devane looking good on 15. County are 30-1 from five overs and will be happy so far. This game shaping up to be the second cracker in Balrothery in two days
15:26
Merrion have finished on 121-7, as Anthony Mooney led the County attack with 3-22 from four overs of leg spin. Merrion 2nd's last loss in the Inch was all the way back in 2012, when Johnny Andrews top scored with 33 as Merrion failed to defend 142
14:58
Beant Bhatal is one of the classiest players outside the Senior League Cup, and his talent on show again today, scoring 56 for Merrion 2. North County 2 are fighting back though, and two quick wickets have left Merrion at 78-4 from 14 overs. Merrion could do with at least another 50 runs