 Macquarie Uni not able to take the last step in 20/20 tournament
Four Gordon grade players join Macquarie team and Brad Rasool scores century off 61 balls during first round match.
(Blair Lindsay during the final at UNSW)
After four days of competition of the first round of matches and semi finals in the Australian Universities Twenty/20 Championships, the Macquarie University team went down in the final to Sydney University at Village Green at 9.30am on Friday 7th December.
The matches were hosted by University of NSW at their Village Green and David Phillips grounds.
In the final Sydney Uni batted first and scored a good 164 against some spirited bowling. After having scored 205 against Sydney Uni earlier in the week, this was definitely an achievable score. Unfortunately a couple of run outs saw the target slip away and we finished with 131.
In the end the team played some fantastic cricket over the 5 days and just ran out of steam on the last day. The Sydney University captain during his acceptance speech after the final said he felt the Macquarie team were the best team during the week, however some wickets at the wrong time put them out of the match. The Uni captain was very humble as of course he had an excellent team as well who played tight cricket in the match that mattered.
 Congratulations to Gareth Lloyd, the Mac Uni manager who put the team together and managed and scored each day of the carnival. This is an event that is sure to continue next year.
(Umayr Amir in the final)
The Macquarie University team is made up of grade and shire players from various clubs who are attending the university.
The team is:
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Brad Rasool (Gordon)
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Blair Lindsay (Gordon)
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Umayr Amir (Gordon)
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Shenal Siriwardhane (Gordon)
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Nathan Ball (Sydney)
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Justin Waller (Easts)
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Mark Scott (Norths)
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Simon McInerney (Wests)
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Jairam Shyam (Macquarie Uni)
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Jason Tabrett (Macquarie Uni)
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Dan Baker (Norths)
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Herman Singh Lotey (Campbelltown district)
In the semi final played on Thursday, UNSW batted first and scored 9 for 139 off their 20 overs. In reply Macquarie Uni scored 2 for 141 with 2 overs to spare. Top scorers were Justin Waller with 48 no, Brad Rasool 43, Nathan Ball 24 no and Blair Lindsay 23.
 NSW batsman Ed Cowan who is a student at Macquarie was intending to join the team however has a foot injury that prevented his participation.
On the first two days the Macquarie team has excellent wins against ACPE (Australian College of Physical Education) and Sydney University.
(Brad Rasool in the final)
Macquarie bowled out ACPE for 128 and then scored 5 for 129 with Blair Lindsay scoring 66. In the match against Sydney University, Macquarie batted first and scored 5 for 205 with Nathan Ball scoring 79, including 5 sixes in one over, Mark Scott 43 and Brad Rasool 30. Umayr and Shenal also bowled well picking up wickets in each match.
In Wednesday's game against UNE (University of New England) Macquarie batted first and scored a massive 6 for 209 with Brad Rasool scoring a magnificent 119 off 61 balls with 3 sixes and 13 fours. Brad was in masterly form hitting the ball to all parts of the Village Green at UNSW.
University of New England then finished with 7 for 141 off their 20 overs. Justin Waller took 3 for 19 and Jason Tabrett took 2 for 15.
Well done to all players. | 
