Shared Honours in Saudara Cup

FINAL UPDATE:

Malaysia and Singapore shared honours at the 40th Saudara Cup match at the Johor Cricket Academy Oval at the end of play at 5pm.

Singapore's score was 226 for 6 at 5pm and both captains - Malaysia's Suresh Navaratnam and Singapore's Dharmichand Melewa agreed to call off the game for a drawn result(96 overs).

This the is the third time that the Johor Cricket Council (JCC) have hosted the Saudara Cup match and previous two matches (2005 and 1987) were also drawn.

Highlights:
Anish - 61

Chandrasekhar - 68 not out


3RD DAY'S PLAY:

Tea:

Singapore only lost 1 wkt and the score at tea stands at 173/5. A total of 76 overs have been bowled.

The highlights:

Singapore:

(Batting):
Pramodh - 32
Christopher - 36

Not Out Batsmen:

Anish - 43
Chandrasekhar - 35

Malaysia:
Leading bowler: Esrafiq who has taken 3 wkts for 51 runs on 20 overs


Lunch:

Third day's play started at 9.45am with Singapore following on into their second innings. At lunch interval, Singapore scored 78 for the loss of 4 wickets (4/78)


FIRST DAY'S PLAY:

Malaysia finished their 1st inns at 358 for nine wickets at the end of 75 overs on the first day. Singapore took the field at the end of 1st day’s play and scored 18 runs in 7 overs for no loss.

SECOND DAY'S PLAY:

Play was delayed on the 2nd day and only commenced at 2.33pm. Singapore were all out for 165 (in 55 – 4 overs) and that was the end of the second day play.

Highlights of the 2nd day:

Singapore:

Dharminchand - 74 runs

Pramodh - 58 runs

Bowling for Malaysia:

Shahrul Nizam - 4 for 39

Esrafiq - 3 for 51

Suresh Navaratnam - 2 for 51


TEAMLIST:

MALAYSIA: Darvin Murali, Faris Alamas Lee, Faiz Mohd Nor, Suhan Kumar Alagaratnam, Esrafiq Abdul Azis, Arriffin Ismail, Shukri Abdul Rahim, Suresh Navaratnam (Captain), Rozman Abu Bakar, Ezat Syazrul, Mohammad Shahrulnizam, Sarath Anadasivam, Mohd Nik Azril, Mohammad Suharril Fetri

Manager: S. Karuselvaratnam
Coach: Mohd Haris Abu Baker

SINGAPORE: (Dharmichand Melewa Captain), Christopher Jamik (Vice-Captain), Navendar Reddy, Annish Paraam, Chaminda Ruwan, Pramodh Raja, Shoib R, Muhammad Syed Ali, Rezza Gaynavi, Rohan Tripati, Chandrasekhar Venkatramani (wk), Annop Kinjavdekar, Irfan Mada Kia

Manager: Saad Khan Jangua
Coach: Margasagayam Venkatramana

Match Referee: Manjit S Gill
Umpires: B Ramani & Ramesh