Yea couple of good wins overnight. FHK vs ataraXIa was a good game, Tony Chung bailed us out yet again with a match-winning 56* off 71 coming in at 93/4. Seems to be the trend as of late, would be nice if the other batters picked up the slack a bit more! Lai O Yin returned to form with 5/24 as well. I know I promised a weakened XI, but as this game shows ataraXIa are not a side to be taken lightly :P
The ZCC U21s picked up a good win over Winton CC on home turf as well. The in-form 16 YO RMF bowling allrounder Taufeeq Bashir was fantastic. Took 8-0-19-3 with the ball, his best ever in all Dev cricket, and was instrumental to reducing WCC to 112/6. However Jawad and Luqe added 61 runs in the final 47 balls to set us a tricky target of 174. Younis, Grubs, Ahsan and Halliday all got starts, but it was Stuart Garner who finished off the chase, hitting 43* off just 32 balls. Shout out to 16 YO prodigy Shafi Ibrahim, who scored 3* off 23 in a 42-run partnership with Garner. Held up an end and made sure he saw the chase through. Good stuff from the young lad. We got there with just under 5 overs to spare. WCC actually outrated us slightly - 43K vs 42K - so this is a good sign that we have a functional system in place for home games. Let's hope we carry this form into the CWC games tomorrow!