A new era started with team changing its name from Stars Cricket Club to Smart Choice New Jersey on a chilly Sunday morning for the first game of the year as the teams tried to make up games for the month of Ramadan. Newark won the toss and elected to bat on a pitch that reminded the ruins of Mohenjo-daro. Nomi and Adnan shared the new ball and in the very last ball of the first over Nomi struck timber and SCNJ started the season of to good start. Both opening bowler kept the ball wicket to wicket and got the reward on an uneven pitch and Newark was reduced to 36 for 6 in the first 10 overs. Newark counter attacked, after the initial blow and with the help of shoddy fielding and keeping, scored 174 runs in there in their allotted 40 overs. Nomi was pick of the bowler as he took 5 wickets and he was well supported by Adnan Akmal and Naveed Gul with two wickets each.
After a good meal, the chase started, with Naveed and Adeel playing good stokes all over the ground. Naveed was first to go when the scored reached 37 but it looked everyone was in a hurry to go back as wicket started to fell at regular interval. From 37 for 0 SCNJ were reduced to 7 for 63 and a huge loss was starring at their faces. The lower order resisted as again Nomi (30*) and Adnan (23) put up a valiant effort with the bat as well but it wasn’t good enough to save the game.
Notable performances
Bowling: Nomi 5 for 35, Adnan Akmal 2 for 21 and Naveed Gul 2 for 26
Batting: Nomi 30*, Adnan Akmal 23 and Adeel Khan 22
Link to the scorecard
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