Bali to meet W. Java in cricket league

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Bali will face West Java in the inaugural National League Cricket match played in Indonesia after separately defeating their opponents in the four-team league on Sunday.

Bali inflicted a convincing defeat upon the more favored Jakarta side at the Bukit Oval, Bali, according to a press release sent by the Indonesian Cricket Foundation (ICF) to The Jakarta Post.

Meanwhile, host West Java had a commanding lead of 328 runs against Botabek's 193 when defeating the Botabek team in Lembang, West Java.

It was a more meritorious win for Bali with its 120-run win as there were eight Indonesian cricketers playing in the team.

They were Soni Hawoe, Agus Abadi, Zachariah Awang, Umbu Frenki Shoni, Wayan Suandi, Yeri Rosangnya, Wellinson Soni 2, and Ozzi.

These were aided by 3 expatriates, Dan Metcalf, Bali cricket legend Ray Elliot, and Paul Jarvis, who captained the side.

Jakarta, under the astute captaincy of Sachin, were far from being disgraced and began badly by losing the toss. They were subsequently asked to bat on a pitch of variable bounce and pace and struggled to reach a total of 117 runs from only 28 of their allotted 50 overs.

Soni Hawoe ripped into the heart of their batting with a splendid 4-39 from 8 overs. He was ably assisted by Soni with 2- 11 from 4 and Zac with 1-26 from 7. However it was Umbu Frenki Shoni who snuffed any chance of a recovery with 3-4 from his last 3 overs of left arm medium swing bowling, to give him 3-23 from 6 for the innings.

The final match will take place on Aug. 18 at the Cibubur ground.