Pasadena Flatten International

As a follow up to its shock win against Ventura, Pasadena registered a comfortable win against International CC exposing the later's troubles in the field.

Batting first, Pasadena got a great start from Shani Usman (58) who looked in ominous touch, knocking the ball with authority and precision. The International fielders also must be highlighted here as they found ground fielding and catching extermely difficult. At least 6 clear chances went down during the Pasadena inning. Yuvraj Sharma (84) took full advantage of the lives offered to him and registerd an excellent fifty at better than a run a ball and took part in a 129 run 4th wicket stand with Farhan Aziz (74), who himself milked his way to a fourth consecutive fifty. A late cameo from Vishal Lakhina (9) and Zafar Rizvi (14) helped Pasadena cross the 300 mark for the first time in 2 years.

With an asking rate of 7 an over, International sent out super hitter Abba Ali (53). The ploy worked as Abba Ali and Imran Habib (33) belted 45 runs in 6 overs before Abba Ali retired hurt with a hand injury. The momentum shifted back to Pasadena as the spinners gained control and brought the asking rate back over 7 with a good second session. Only Zafar Siddiqi (46) offered resistance with some attacking stroke play. For Pasadena, Jawad Haider, Shani Usman, Abhemanyu and Nadir Malik captured two wickets each to help end the International inning 111 runs shy of the target.

The two teams meet again in three weeks.

Man of the match: Yuvraj Sharma (84 and 3 catches).