da brdice： It was bad news for the youngsters at the National Cricket Academy(NCA) as they capitulated to a massive 164-run loss to BPL Sports Clubon the third day of the first match in the Coromandel Cement Cuptournament at the RSI ground in Bangalore on
da imperador bet： Staff Reporter30-Jul-2001It was bad news for the youngsters at the National Cricket Academy(NCA) as they capitulated to a massive 164-run loss to BPL Sports Clubon the third day of the first match in the Coromandel Cement Cuptournament at the RSI ground in Bangalore on Monday.After conceding a first innings lead of 55 runs to BPL Sports Club,the NCA side allowed their opponents to make a very healthy 247/5 offtheir allotted 40 overs. Set a stiff target of 303 off 40 overs, theNCA team slumped to a meagre 138 all out in 27.5 overs.For the BPL Sports Club team it was Adithya Mishra who provided theimpetus. Scoring at more than a run a ball, Mishra managed 84 at thetop of the innings. Striking six boundaries and clearing the ropesthrice, Mishra spent a little over two hours at the crease beforefalling to mediumpacer Uday Karkera. When Mishra was dismissed, theBPL Sports Club score was 155/3 in 27.3 overs.Following Mishra’s dismissal, N Mulki (56 in 58 balls) and firstinnings top scorer C Raghu (40 in 30 balls) took BPL Sports Club to247/5 in 40 overs, leaving NCA the daunting target of 303 in 40 overs.In the face of the huge total, the NCA batting line up fell to bits.Vinayak Mane with 32 top scored while GI Singh and leggie Amit Mishrawith 22 apiece notched up the only significant scores of the innings.Wickets tumbled at regular intervals and Karnataka Ranji fast bowlerMansur Ali Khan was too good for the NCA finishing with figures of5/56 from 10 overs.
