5 Lesser known Bowl Out events in cricket

2. PCA Masters XI in International 20:20 Club Championship 2005

PCA Masters XI took on the Sri Lankan T20 team Chilaw Marians Cricket Club in the International 20-20 Club Championship in 2005. The PCA Masters team was led by Martyn Ball which had Chris Gayle on their side. It was Gayle’s debut T20 game and the same was the case for the Indian Internationals Robin Singh, Parthiv Patel and Rohan Gavaskar. The PCA team also had veteran pacer Phillip DeFreitas and New Zealand’s Craig Spearman.

The Chilaw team, who batted first after losing the toss, made 21/0 in 2.1 overs before the rain abandoned the game. Gayle bowled the first over and gave away as many as 16 runs including 5 wides at a go. He got an opportunity to redeem himself with the ball as he was the first to roll his arms in the bowl out. The Caribbean smasher aimed the target perfectly so did Rohan Gavaskar, Nadeem Shahid, Robin Singh, DeFreitas and Martyn Ball for the PCA Masters.

They won the bowl out by 6-2 margin as only Dinuka Hettiarachchi and Praneeth Jayasundera hit for Chilaw Marians CC team. On the same day, the game between Leicestershire and Faisalabad Wolves was won by Leicester in the bowl out by 5-3 margin as it was also abandoned. PCA Masters XI was scheduled to play Titans on the same day but were restricted to play bowl out due to the rains.

Rohan Gavaskar, Nadeem Shahid, Robin Singh, Mark Hardinges and Johnathan Lewis were successful in hitting for the PCA XI. Gulam Bodi, Morne/Albie Morkel, Brendon Reddy, Alviro Petersen and Paul Harris hit during their turns to level the bowl out 5-5. But in the sudden death, Jon Lewis hit the stumps cleanly to seal a 6-5 win in the bowl out for the PCA Masters XI. They also qualified to the semi-final with back to back wins in the bowl out.