Ruaraka, Kanbis register big numbers during week five of NPCA cricket league

NAIROBI: There were incredible runs played on Sunday during the Ruaraka Sports Club and Kanbis clash in week five of the Nairobi Provincial Cricket Association (NPCA)-Super Division 50 Over Championship. Sensational and unbeaten Ruaraka stunned Kanbis by only two runs after posting 336-5 on the board in a frenetic chase.

The Ruaraka side won the toss electing to the field and in the process had Kanbis post 334-9 in their allotted overs during the first innings. Kanbis Captain Rakep Patel (93 runs off 71 balls) was instrumental for his side with his contribution including seven boundaries and four sixes.

He was aided by opening-batsman Emmanuel Bundi (60 runs off 53 balls) who had eight boundaries to his name. However, interestingly that was not to be sufficient for the Eastleigh-based side. After the break, Ruaraka regrouped excellently, coming off the blocks with vengeance.

Maxwell Swaminathan (107 runs off 69 balls) coming off number five in the batting order was the star player. The duo of Pushkar Sharma (79b runs off 102 balls) and Sachin Gill (70 runs off 65 balls) also came in handy for the home side as the bowling of Kanbis simply did not hack it.