T20 is a game of fine margins and Calicut Globstars tried its best to test that theory at the Sports Hub Greenfield stadium on Thursday!
Globstars six dropped chances, including four from centurion Vishnu Vinod, yet held its nerve to eke out a seven-run win over Trivandrum Royals to move into the semifinals of the Kerala Cricket League. However, his luck ran out when he top-edged a pull from Akhil Scaria and Rohan Kunnummal covered sufficient ground from long-off to complete the catch at mid off. Vishnu blasted a blazing century (118, 62b, 10×4, 8×6) making full use of the reprieves to keep his side in the hunt. Vignesh’s two more wickets — Sijomon Joseph (2) and M. Nikhil (0) — in the 14th over swung the match in favour of Globstar as Royals slumped to 97 for six. Wednesday’s match: Calicut Globstars 175/4 in 20 overs (Varun Nayanar 36, Abdul Basith 62 n.o, Salman Nizar 50 n.o., Mohammed Ishaque 2/18) lost to Aries Kollam Sailors 179/4 in 17.2 overs (Vathsal Govind 42, M. Ajinas 64 n.o., Akhin Sathar 2/32).