Heavy rain washes out Army Major Unit Cricket Final forcing historic tie
A rain-affected Army Major Unit Cricket final has resulted in the teams from the 30 Signal Regiment and 1 Royal School of Military Engineering sharing the title after the final ended in a tie.
It is the first time in the history of the tournament that a side has not emerged as the outright winners of the Army Major Units title.
The team from the 30 Signal Regiment batted first, whilst their opponents from 1 Royal School of Military Engineering looked to make an impact in the field.
30 Signal Regiment put on a strong innings display with Pravin Singh Rana scoring a half century, notching up 63 runs by the end of the innings and his team reaching 141/3 from their 20 overs.
The team from 1 Royal School of Military Engineering then began their batting display with Tony Pick scoring 40 runs before his ball was caught by opposition skipper Randiv Sangwan.
Not long afterwards, Steve Ryder was bowled out by Brendan Tait, leaving the engineers two wickets down.
Dillon Martial and his new batting partner, Ryan Fraser, wasted little time in repairing the damage and just as the innings reached the eleventh over, the rain put a stop to play with the Engineers sitting on 81/2.
With no sign of the rain letting up, officials then scrutinised the run rates of both teams, which were evenly matched.
The match was then declared a tie, for the first time in the history of Army Major Unit Cricket.
1 Royal School of Military Engineering captain, Corporal Rangiv Sangwan, told BFBS Sport that the result was "tough to take".
He said: "It's really tough to take because from the last four to five months, the team has been working hard to get into this position and from the last two days, the weather was not great and we never thought that [the tournament] would end like this.
"But we have to respect the weather and avoid some injuries. It is a busy schedule coming for both the regiments, so we have to go this way."
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