ISCI to take on Indorama in local cricket league final

Jakarta, The Jakarta Post

ISCI CC and Indorama CC both won their respective cricket semi- final matches on Sunday and will play each other in the JCA Grand Final on May 2 at Cibubur, East Jakarta..

ISCI CC took on Rebels CC at Cibubur in a close fought match.

The Rebels, who had won their previous two qualifying games to make their way to the semi-final were confident in their batting ability but never really got on top of ISCI's strong bowling attack.

ISCI eventually won the game by 10 runs. ISCI won the toss and elected to bat first, posting a total of 181 for five in their allotted 35 overs, with John Stevenson taking home top scoring honors with 51 and Wilfred Schultz making a determined 42, the pick of the Rebels bowlers were Simon Turnbull (1 for 21) and Matt Cheetham (1 for 24) who both bowled tightly and maintained a good line throughout.

The Rebels came close, requiring 18 runs off the last over, but only managed to score 7 finishing on 171 for 8. An injured Matt Hegarty managed 39, Matt Cheetham contributed 30 and skipper Marten Eddy brought the Rebels close with a quick 23. For ISCI, Tim Watson stood out, taking 3 wickets for 21 and three catches, and Ben Finlay playing in only his third game for ISCI taking two wickets with his leg-spin bowling.

Indorama CC took on Perkasa CC at the low scoring Karawang field in the other semifinal. Perkasa won the toss and elected to bat first, but quickly found themselves at 3-3 and at the first drink break were 39-5.

Perkasa were able to close the innings at 112 for 8 off their 35 overs, with Venkat Krishna being the only batsman to trouble the scorers making a solid 40. Rakesh Raturi (3 for 24) and Srikanth ( 2 for 13) of Indorama finished with impressive bowling figures.

Indorama, in their innings, had a shaky start losing 4 quick wickets for only 22 runs, after an impressive first spell by Perkasa's Manimaren (3 for 21), but in the end 112 was never really going to be enough, and despite losing a couple of further wickets along the way Indorama was able to patiently accumulate the necessary runs to win the game during the penultimate over by 2 wickets.