Hoofdklasse 1997 - 10th Place Play-off
VRA v K Gandhi
De Diepput, The Hague
31 August 1997

Result: VRA won by 1 run

Toss:
Umpires: E van der Vegt and C Pickett

VRA innings
+D Thampinayagam      c Verma            b Iqbal                1
EO de Man             c Trotman          b Joseph               0
FM Houben                                b Gokoel              24
RJ Kern               c Trotman          b Verma               21
TH Groot              c Trotman          b Iqbal               18
NA Venter                                b Joseph               7
J Leemhuis            not out                                  34
VD Grandia                               b Joseph              10
MA Palmer             lbw                b Iqbal               10
*PJL Groeneveld                          b Iqbal                5
R Singh               not out                                   1
Extras                (b 2, lb 8, w 7, nb 3)                   20
Total                 (9 wickets, 55 overs)                   151

FoW: 1-1, 2-9, 3-39, 4-74, 5-76,
     6-88, 7-101, 8-124, 9-146.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Joseph                      11      1     35      3
Iqbal                       11      2     31      4
Gokoel                      11      4     14      1
Gravesande                   2      0     14      0
Tewarie                      9      1     19      0
Verma                       11      2     28      1

K Gandhi innings
R Karan                                  b Palmer               9
N Bhoelan             c Kern             b Grandia             16
S Panchu              c Kern             b Grandia              2
G Gravesande          c de Man           b Venter              21
*E Trotman            st Thampinayagam   b Singh               60
B Jawalapersad        c Kern             b Palmer               6
LA Joseph             c de Man           b Singh                3
N Gokoel              c de Man           b Venter              11
J Iqbal               c Houben           b Groeneveld           4
R Verma               not out                                   5
Vimal Tewarie         run out                                   0
Extras                                                         10
Total                 (all out, 54.5 overs)                   150

FoW: 1-21, 2-30, 3-37, 4-67, 5-76,
     6-85, 7-98, 8-117, 9-150, 10-150.

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Kern                         4      1     12      0
Palmer                      11      3     29      2
Grandia                      5      0     24      2
Leemhuis                    11      3     26      0
Venter                      11      3     23      2
Singh                       10.5    1     27      2
Groeneveld                   2      0      8      1

• 10th Place Play-off necessary because of the reduction of the number of teams in the Premier League from 12 to 10 next season. VRA remain in the Premier League. K Gandhi play a match against Kon UD (winners of the First Division) to decide the 10th Premier League team for next season on 6 September.

• Tewarie run out with one ball left after Verma went for a run that was not on.

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