Bali to meet W. Java in cricket league

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.