Nagaland, a state taking baby steps in cricket, were all out for just two runs in their BCCI U-19 women’s League and Knockout Tournament cricket match against Kerala in Guntur on Friday Nov 24,2017
Kerala took just one ball to wrap up the issue.
As many nine Nagaland players were out for a duck. Of the two runs that were scored, one was for a wide ball.
Opener Menka got Nagaland off the mark but what followed were nine ducks!
Nagaland’s two runs came in 17 or 102 balls with Minnu Mani picking up four wickets, including three to return figures of 4-4-0-4
Nagaland coach Hokaito Zhimomi, however, blamed lack of preparations as one of the factors behind the horrid performance
This is the first time that Nagaland, along with Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Sikkim, are taking part in the tournament.
“We had to start from scratch because all the girls are completely raw. In their first training session none of the girls knew what skills they specialize in. Yes, there have are a lot of loopholes to plug, but one needs to understand these girls have only started playing cricket,” Zhimomi lamented.
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