Andre Manders and his Rest of the World team have advanced to the Over 60 International Quad Series final, despite falling by 6 runs to the USA Legends Hawks team.
USA Legends - Hawks won the toss and elected to bat at the Severn Cricket Field at Woodley Park.
USA Legends Hawks were bowled out for 202, 55 (63) Pri Desilva was the top scorer with 55, while Manders was the pick of the Rest of the World bowlers returning figures of 9-0-24-4.
In reply the Rest of the World would manage 196/6 in their allotted 45 overs, Aadil Chagla was the top scorer with 48, while Manders added 45, which saw him awarded the Player of the Match award. Rajesh Idate was the pick of the USA Legends Hawks bowlers returning figures of 7-1-38-2.
Despite the defeat the Rest of the World advanced to the final to face Canada, after they had the best Run Rate.
USA Legend Hawks Inning
..13 (30) Shree Deshpande LBW Andre Manders ..03 (14) Vipul Mehta b Andre Manders ..20 (16) Sandeep Karwa c Sivaselvanathan Harindren b Andre Manders ..55 (63) Pri Desilva LBW Sankar Jayaram ..15 (20) Fahad Khalil b Andre Manders ..18 (23) Rajesh Idate st Tony Small b Chetan Shah ..05 (11) Ahmed Merchant b Chetan Shah ..12 (23) Imran Khan c Tony Small b John Courtney ..20 (17) Pardeep Gill b Sivaselvanathan Harindren ..08 (16) Ahmad Choudry c Sivaselvanathan Harindren b Andy Gregory ..02 (09) Angely Evatt Not Out ..31 Extras (2lb-28w-1nb) 202 Total All Out after 40.1 overs
5.1-0-27-1 Andy Gregory 9.0-0-24-4 Andre Manders 8.0-0-53-1 John Courtney 9.0-0-49-2 Chetan Shah 7.0-0-38-1 Sivaselvanathan Harindren 2.0-0-09-1 Sankar Jayaram
Rest of the World Inning
..48 (98) Aadil Chagla c&b Rajesh Idate ..02 (24) Sankar Jayaram Run Out ..16 (28) Greg Caracciolo Run Out ..21 (27) Brian Pettit b Imran Khan ..45 (56) Ander Manders b Fahad Khalil ..22 (29) Colin Walters b Rajesh Idate ..02 (02) Tony Small Not Out ..05 (08) Marko Jergic Not Out ..35 Extras (7b-3lb-23w-2nb) 196 Total for 6 wickets after 45 overs
Fall of Wickets: 1-19 (Jayaram), 1-42 (Chagla-Retired), 2-79 (Pettit), 3-152 (Chagla), 4-184 (Manders), 5-185 (Caracciolo), 6-188 (Walters)