Langsning claim Shillong League first division title

SHILLONG: Langsning C.C defeated Sumer C.C by 07 wickets to lift the Shillong League First Division 2016 trophy in the final played at the cricket ground Polo organised by the Shillong Cricket Association on Wednesday. Sumer C.C elected to bat, and were all out for 69 runs in 19.4 over’s. Anish Charak scored 24 runs off 20 balls and Jeetu Gogoi scored 19 runs off 36 balls. While check wrecker and Man of the Match Jobeth Chyne bagged 6 wickets from 5.4overs giving away 16 runs and Ricky Syiemlieh took 3 wickets from 04 over’s giving away 6 runs. Langsning easily chased the target as they reached 70 runs losing 3 wickets in 18 over’s. Ricky Syiemlieh remained unbeaten with 26 runs off 43 balls and Man of the Tournament Peter Anglican scored an unbeaten 12 runs off 39 balls. Sanjay Biswa,Wilbert Warbha and Anish Charak took a wicket each. Run up to final of Super Division League on Friday Like every year, this year too, the Super Division of the LG Shillong Cricket League was played among the top 10 teams of the city along with newly promoted teams i.e. MLP and Royal CC. MLP rose from strength to strength as they qualified to the Super Six with all wins and one abandoned match against Keating Road CC.On the other hand, TnT Sputnik road to the finals was smooth defeating all except United XI in the league stage. It is fitting to say that the two most deserving teams in the league has made it to the finals with teams like NFU and Lawmali being big disappointments. So come Friday, we will have the “underdogs” (MLP) pitted against the “pretenders to the throne” (TNT Sputnik) vying for the most prestigious prize in Shillong Cricket League, so at day’s end we will have a newly crowned champion of the Super division League season 2015-16.