by The Professor » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:53 pm
Half way through this competition and Dindigul beat Salem today to join Trichy at the top of the table – however the Dragons have played one game fewer.
Lokesh Raj got Salem off to a flier bagging three wickets to get Dindigul to 88-3 (including two wickets in two balls) however the Dragons consolidated and posted 185. Salem were never in the hunt and looked in big trouble. At 41-6 they would have bitten your arm off to get to their final total of 109.
Kovai’s Sai Sudharsen is still the highest run scorer with scores of 87*, 57*, 40* and 61.
In terms of wicket-taking; it is all very tight with 9 players on either 6 or 7 scalps. Top of the tree on wickets combined with economy is Trichy’s Mathivannan who has 7 @ 5.45.
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