Shillong, March 3: South Garo Hills chased down Shillong Cricket Association’s total to win the final of the Meghalaya Cricket Association’s U-19 Women’s Cricket Tournament by four wickets in Williamnagar, East Garo Hills, today.
Shillong won the toss and elected to bat first. Jayshree Singh top-scored with a patient 35, while Suriti K Ray and Neelam Roy both contributed 22 each.
However, a late crash of wickets (Shillong lost their last seven for 20 runs) hampered the team’s chances of a big total and they were all out for 136 in 29.5 overs.
Three different SGH bowlers took three wickets each – Jaylynn R Marak (3/16), Dianchidora (3/18) and Smillin N Sangma (3/27). Marme M Sangma (1/32) was the other wicket-taker.
SGH struggled early on in the chase, losing two wickets for 18 but regrouped around Kim D Shira (19) and Smillin (10).
Marme (29) and Jaylynn (29 not out) then scored better at a run-a-ball to lift SGH out of any danger and the latter carried her team over the finish line with Bandana Rai (7 not out) at the other end following a 47-run seventh-wicket partnership.
Try as hard as they might, Shillong’s bowlers were not able to restrict their opponents, though Natasha Rabha (2/28), Suriti (2/32), Jayshree (1/23) and Neelam (1/25) were among the wickets.
With her superb bowling and batting today, Jaylynn was named player-of-the-match.
Her team mate Smillin, meanwhile, was adjudged player-of-the-tournament for her impressive haul of 17 wickets, which was almost double that of the next successful bowler.
