
After a long 5-hour delay due to downpour, the field was finally ready for the game, with the overs reduced to 20 only.
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Hong Kong won the toss and had sent China to bat first. It was a rough start for China, as the first ball of the match took their opening batsman, Zhuang Zhelin – bowled by Waqas Khan. Hong Kong restricted China from making any runs, as 5 overs later china only stood with 2 runs. At 5.4 overs, two consecutive wickets were taken by man of the match: Harpreet Singh, dismissing Huang Jun Jie and Yan Huawen for none with a bowl. China 2-3 in 5.5 overs.
China fought back with Han Jun Hui’s swings – he delivered two fours off Jhathavedh Sanrkithi’s bowling in the 6th over. Jhathavedh returned in the 8th over to bowl, and took Jun Hui out with a bowl for 13 runs. Another wicket fell as Feng Yu leaves the field for a duck, after an lbw off Jhathavedh. China at a staggering 15-5 with only 10 overs remaining.
11 overs in, Harpreet took two wickets - Ke Tian Sheng caught and bowled for 1 and Zhai Dianda bowled for 1. China was down to their tail-enders and had only made 17 runs.
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Jhathavedh returns to bowl and takes out another batsman at 12.6 overs – he bowled Song Yu Lin for none. And just two overs later, Raag Kappur forces Yang Hong Jiang to drop his bat for only 4 runs, walking out as China stood at only 23-9, at 14.4 overs. Raag took the final wicket at his next bowl, dismissing Shi Yu Feng for a duck, leaving Hong Kong with only 24 runs to win the match.
It didn’t take much for Hong Kong to make their win – in the first over they took 8 runs, with a boundary to Sher Yar Saeed. China was able to hold them off with strong, diligent fielding but with only 16 left to chase, the easy target was already within reach. A few balls later, Sher Yar Saeed swung another boundary at 2.5 overs, bringing the score up to 19/1. The next bowl dismissed him, caught and bowled by Feng Yu for 15.
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Hong Kong took a few more runs, and it was a soaring hit from Sarfaraz Khan that won Hong Kong the match, at only 4.2 overs, for only 1 wicket-fall.
ACC U19 EASTERN REGION 2017: Day 1
China v Hong Kong at Club Aman
HONG KONG WON BY NINE WICKETS
Hong Kong won the toss and elected to field
China: 23 all out off 14.5 overs (H.Singh 4-5, J.Subramanyan 3-12)
Hong Kong: 24 for 1 off 5 overs
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Photos by Peter Lim
Filed September 10th, 2017