Abhijit Joshi leads USA to a victory against Bahamas at ICC Americas U15
by DreamCricket USA
Aug 05, 2008

As expected, the three leading contenders - USA, Canada and Bermuda won their matches on Day 2 and remained on top of the points table with 4 points each.

Abijhit Joshi of the USA elegantly flicks a
delivery through mid-wicket on his way to an impressive 77 against the
Cayman Islands on Day 1 at the breathtaking St.David's CC ground.

United States of America captain Abhijit Joshi once again led from the front. Abhijit Joshi registered his second half-century of the tournament with an outstanding innings of 70, scored off 75 balls and laced with 9 sparkling fours. Opening partner Cameron Mirza made a bright 26 off 23 balls, with 5 fours, and their opening stand of 75 in 12 overs threatened to be the onset of another miserable day for the Bahamas.

But the Bahamas attack, allied to keen fielding, stuck to their task, and apart from Pranay Suri, with 28 off 28 balls including 3 fours and a six, no other USA batsman reached double figures, and the innings eventually closed in the 34th over on 171. The Bahamas had in fact claimed all ten USA wickets for 96 runs.

After his five-wicket haul on day one, Matthew Jesubatham continued his fine form, with 3 for 29 in 8 overs, while Turan Brown produced a superb display taking 3 for 16 in his 7 overs. Also noteworthy was Robert Smith with 2 for 8.

In reply, and at 86 for 3 after 24 overs, the match was definitely in the balance, and day one was a distant memory. Opener Turan Brown completed a fine all-round display, making 37 off 83 balls, with 4 fours, while skipper Jermaine Adderley top-scored with 40, including 4 fours and a six off 58 balls.

However, once Pranay Suri had snagged both Brown and Adderley, the Bahamas could not maintain their brave challenge but nevertheless batted out their 40 overs to finish on 129 for 9. Suri's spell proved important, finishing with 4 for 24 off his full 8 overs.

Arsh Buch got 2 for 18 and Abhijit pitched in with 2 for 19 which fetched him his second Man of the Match award in as many matches.

At Sea Breeze Oval, after being told to bat, Bermuda Development XI was bowled out for 82 runs in 31.4 overs. In reply Canada scored 83 for 2 in 19.5 overs to win by 8 wickets.

Bermuda Under 15 National Team bowled Cayman Islands out for 80. When it was their turn to bat, Bermuda Under 15 scored 81 for 4 with Joshua Gilbert scoring 27 not out.

USA will take on Canada tomorrow's crucial match at the National Sports Center. After a rest day on Thursday, it will face Bermuda Development XI on Friday and its last match will be against Bermuda U15 on Saturday, August 9th, also at the National Sports Center.

		P	W	L	T	NR	PTS	NRR
1	BERMUDA	2	2	0	0	0	8	4,590
2	CANADA	2	2	0	0	0	8	3,092
3	UNITED STATES	2	2	0	0	0	8	2,498
4	BAHAMAS	2	0	2	0	0	0	-2,475
5	BERMUDA DEVELOPMENT XI	2	0	2	0	0	0	-3,433
6	CAYMAN ISLANDS	2	0	2	0	0	0	-5,371

Bahamas v USA

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	Game # 4	ICC Americas U15 Championship		August 5th, 2008
2		Bahamas v United States
3	Played at Somerset CC, Bermuda (40 over match)
4	Toss Won by:	Bahamas - who elected to field
5	Player of the Match
6	Umpires	Steven Douglas (Bermuda) & Kent Gibbons (Bermuda)
7	3rd Umpire	Anthony Fubler (Bermuda)
8	Scorer	Michael Glasford (Bermuda)
9	Result:	USA won by 42 runs
10	USA		R	B	4s	6s	SR
11	Abhijit Joshi (capt)	st Jemison b Jesubatham	70	75	9		93.33
12	Cameron Mirza	run out	26	23	5		113.04
13	Steven Taylor (wk)	ct Fox b Jacob	8	5	1		160.00
14	Pranay Suri	b Brown	28	28	3	1	100.00
15	Jason Fox	ct & b Jesubatham	3	5			60.00
16	Vikram Valluri	lbw Brown	1	7			14.29
17	Javaid Mujtaba	ct & b Brown	0	2			0.00
18	Arsh Hemant Buch	ct & b Jesubatham	4	21			19.05
19	Krishneal Kumar Goel	not out	6	26	1		23.08
20	Kalim Ahmed	b Smith	5	7	1		71.43
21	Andrew Ajodhi	lbw Smith	0	5			0.00
22
23	Extras	nb 0, w 18, b 1 , lb 1	20
24
25	Total	all out (33,4 overs)	171
26	Fall of Wickets:
27	1-75, 2-86, 3-140, 4-145, 5-148, 6-148, 7-152, 8-160, 9-166
28
29	BAHAMAS
30	Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
31	Jermaine Adderley		5	1	25	0	5.00
32	Kunal Sharma		2	0	23	0	11.50
33	Rudolph Fox		5	0	30	0	6.00
34	Fernando Pratt		1	0	12	0	12.00
35	Abhishek Jacob		4	0	26	1	6.50
36	Matthew Jesubatham		8	1	29	3	3.63
37	Turan Brown		7	2	16	3	2.29
38	Robert Smith		1.4	0	8	2	5.71
39
40
41
42	BAHAMAS		R	B	4s	6s	SR
43	Kunal Sharma	ct Valluri b Buch	1	15			6.67
44	Turan Brown	ct Joshi b Suri	37	83	4		44.58
45	Asmeid Allie	b Ahmed	2	9			22.22
46	Akash Gulati	b Buch	4	11			36.36
47	Jermaine Adderley (capt)	ct Goel b Suri	40	58	4	1	68.97
48	Rudolph Fox	ct Mujtaba b Suri	19	28	1	1	67.86
49	Julio Jemison (wk)	st Taylor b Joshi	1	2			50.00
50	Robert Smith	b Goel	1	15			6.67
51	Abhishek Jacob	ct Fox b Suri	2	9			22.22
52	Matthew Jesubatham	not out	1	3			33.33
53	Fernando Pratt	not out	2	6			33.33
54
55	Extras	nb 1,w 14, b 4, lb 0	19
56
57	Total	for 9 wickets (40 overs)	129
58	Fall of Wickets:
59	1-5 , 2-12, 3-27, 4-86, 5-107, 6-109, 7-117, 8-120, 9-122
60
61	USA
62	Bowling		O	M	R	W	Econ
63	Arsh Hemant Buch		7	2	18	2	2.57
64	Kalim Ahmed		7	0	30	1	4.29
65	Javaid Mujtaba		5	0	16	0	3.20
66	Krishneal Kumar Goel		4	0	13	1	3.25
67	Abhijit Joshi		8	0	19	1	2.38
68	Andrew Ajodhi		1	0	5	0	5.00
69	Pranay Suri		8	0	24	4	3.00

Additional reporting courtesy of Grant Dugmore of ICC Americas.