When: August 13th 2023

Where: Rommen

Strømmen 186/6 (30 ov.)

Aliens 187/5 (28.5 ov)

Aliens won by 5 wickets

Sushil registers a brilliant knock to chase 186

In an exciting cricket encounter played under the looming threat of unfavourable weather conditions, the Oslo Aliens emerged victorious, showcasing their dominance over Strommen CK. Despite the uncertainty with the rain forecast, the match went on uninterrupted.

After winning the toss and electing to bat, the Strommen openers Arun and Ganesh did a decent job of seeing through the new ball. Arun was dismissed when he tried a lofted shot off the ball of Sudesh and found himself caught by Dipesh. Ganesh, on the other hand, was run out by Dave when he attempted a run that was not there. Yash showed a bit of aggression and scored 36 runs out of 28 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes before he was bowled by Dipesh. After Vinay chopped onto his stumps on a perfect delivery from Basil, the Strommen team showed good resistance. Mohit scored 28 off 46 balls before being dismissed by Benan. Ramakant was the pick of the batters scoring 39 runs off 30 balls with three fours and a six. Strommen made sure that most of their members got to bat because this match was friendly. Mayank 19(19), Govind 10(13) and Sanjay 7(8) played their part to put Strommen in a very competitive position of 186/6 at the end of 30 overs. On the bowling side, Basil, Sudesh, Dipesh, Benan, and Anshul got 1 wicket each.

Having to chase the target of 187, Marcus and Pratik went on to open the innings for the Aliens. Pratik was dismissed early at the score of 2 after which Marcus and Milton played sensibly. Marcus was run out at 24(29) while Milton was caught by Ramakant when he tried a lofted shot on the ball of Arun. Sindre scored his first runs for Aliens and was bowled by Sanjay at the score of 10(20). At this point, Aliens were in a state of bother but an aggressive, mature and calculated innings from Sushil made sure that Aliens were always on the right track. His partnership with Dave was very crucial before David was bowled by Ramakant at the score of 30(33) which included a six. Sudesh was the last man in with a few runs remaining. He remained not out at 4(6) while Sushil was the pick of the batters with 80 out of 61 balls that included 6 fours and 3 maximums. Aliens chased down the target with 7 balls to spare.