Roundup - Men through to SM-Veckan

Men - T10

After defeating Södertälje by 55 runs (the pick of the performances being 45 runs off 23 to Deepak, and 40 off 19 to Shaurav), DiF faced Söder CC in the final. Batting first, DiF reached the opening pair of Shaurav and Raz put on 40 off the first 3 overs before Shaurav was dismissed for 20 off 11. Raz went on to make 34 off 22, while Shaizeb pitched in with 22 off 10 to set up a total of 115. This looked a good score, but not one that would be beyond the reach of Söder if they got off to a good start. Fortunately, they got off the quite the opposite, and were 22-5 off 3.3 overs. Their middle order rallied to get them close, but ultimately national team heroes Shahzib Chaudry (2-12) and Prashant (2-15) ensured that they fell 10 runs short, Shahzaib winning man of the match to boot.

With this, they qualified for SM-Veckan in Umeå.

Men - T20 Allsvenskan

The Men's Allsvenskan team has been unbeaten since the last roundup, defeating Sikif, Helsingborg and Märsta. Noteworthy performances include Nevan's 66 against SIKIF. Shaurav has been excellent all-round with 76 runs and 7 wickets between the three games. Liam took 4-29 to restrict Märsta in a potentially tight chase, while Prashant's 4-16 kept Helsingborg to a paltry 125.

Men - T20 Superettan

The Reds registered their first win of the year against Stockholm Tigers, Asim nailing the chase of 139 with his 73 off 44. As he had been unavailable for the previous Allsvenskan game, first teamer Ankit was also able to play and contributed handsomely with 48 runs and 3 wickets.

However, these fortunes could not be replicated in the other two matches, against Västerås and Eagles, in spite of a positively heroic 74 off 34 Sesanka made coming in at number 8 against the former.

Ladies - T20

In their sole T20 since the last roundup, the ladies scored a crushing victory over Västerås. Gunjan scored a maiden 100, ending on 112 off 57, while Dia made 97 not out off 67 as they scored 261 for the loss of just one wicket. In reply, Västerås fell over 200 runs short as the DiF bowlers dismissed them for 59, the wickets shared around amongst them.

Ladies - T10

Unfortunately, Västerås were able to gain revenge over the ladies the very next day in the T10 competition, as DiF's 80 runs (thanks mainly to Gunjan's 31) proved insufficient. However, the ladies remain on course to progress in the competition, having easily defeated Stockholm CC.

Pierre Du Plessis Sekreterare