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Players
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Ali Shah
Crashing century against
United Hunters Cricket Club scoring 124
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Ghufran Ali
Dominating bowling performance
taking 3 wickets for 59 runs against United Hunters |

Imran Kazmi
Game Turning
Point
Two
brilliant diving, one-handed catches
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Imran Kazmi brilliant
diving catches and Imran Raja crashing century guided
Halton Stars to a victory and clinching a Play off spot.
Oakville/Burlington, Ontario August 23, 2009
Imran Raja
continued his fine form with his second hundred of the
season, as Halton Stars set United Hunters a testing 219
to win. HSCC won the toss and elected to bat, Ali shah
and Imran Kazmi opened the inning and patiently playing
the swinging fast bowling on a cloudy morning, taking
single and doubles and provided opening wicket
partnership of 41 runs when Ali tried to play a square
cut to a raising delivery and top edged the ball to
keeper’s glove. Ali scored 21 runs that included 2
sixes. Ghufran Ali joined Imran, while Ghufran was
settling down; Imran was taking single and
doubles. When score reached 60 Imran got caught for 22
runs.
Imran Raja stepped in at unusual 2nd down but
continued to show his fine form. Started slowly and as
the sun started to shine on the cloudy morning so does
Imran Raja started to show his strides and hitting sixes
and boundaries on regular intervals. When score reached 121, Ghufran
got LBW, he scored 22 runs. Imran Raja realizing that once again
Halton Stars middle order is clasping, he took control of
the game and taking strike from both end and showed why he
is a classy batsman and help Halton Stars reach a
respectable total of 218 for 9 wickets in 50 overs.
Imran played a solid inning and scored an excellent 124
runs that includes season high 7 sixes and 5 fours.
United Hunter started the inning on a positive note as
the opening pair smashing the ball all over the field but Nadeem Mahmood
took care of breaking the partnership as his sharp throw from the point that converted into a run out
by Ali Shah. Haroon Muhammad followed Nadeem with
another run out. But the turning point in this Halton
Star's 36 runs victory was the two brilliant diving,
one-handed catches by Imran Kazmi that broke the
backbone of United Hunters. First catch he took at the
deep point diving to his left to hold one handed catch
then the 2nd at deep long on, running 10
yards, then
diving to hold a breath taking catch brilliantly and brought
home Halton Stars victory. United Hunters were all
out for 182 runs.
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