da bet nacional： Darren Maddy’s four wickets made a mess of the Chandigarh Lions chase andallowed the Kolkata Tigers to pull off their first win of the tournament
The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Panchkula02-Dec-2007
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Darren Maddy’s figures of 4 for 6 sent the Chandigarh Lions crashing to a 43-run defeat © Cricinfo Ltd
Darren Maddy’s four wickets made a mess of the Chandigarh Lions chase andallowed the Kolkata Tigers to pull off their first win of the tournament.A packed Sunday crowd in Panchkula witnessed a high-intensity contest, onewhere the Tigers prevailed by a comfortable 43-run margin.Despite no star performer on show, a full house watched the high-voltagecontest. The fielding standards have been excellent so far but this was anexhibition to savour. The Lions’ TP Singh stole the limelight with anoutstanding underarm flick and an even more stunning catch at long-offbut the Tigers matched that with some athletic efforts of their own. UpulChandana deflected a powerful straight drive on to the non-striker’s stumpsto get rid of Andrew Hall and Deep Dasgupta had a splendid time behind thestumps.In a contest where 23 was the highest individual score, it was the bowlersand fielders who dominated. Rajesh Sharma, the offspinner from Punjab,snapped up three wickets to restrict the Tigers to 124. He was wellsupported by Daryl Tuffey who two wickets for eight runs including the wicket of thedangerous Abhishek Jhunjhunwala.Nantie Hayward and Eklak Ahmid grabbed a wicket apiece but it was the twinrun-outs of Sarabjit Singh and Chetan Sharma, both due to poor judgment, thatderailed the innings. Chris Cairns’ attempted slog ended in a leadingedge to cover and the Tigers used the opening to wrap up their first win.Maddy’s four victims were largely owing to the batsmen’s gung-ho approachbut his accuracy was rewarded with the Man-of-the-Match award.One of the light towers, which has been giving some problems since lastnight, went off towards the end of the match but the players decided tofinish the game anyway.Four teams have notched up a win in the five games so far. The MumbaiChamps are the only ones to still make a mark on the points table.