{"id":717022,"date":"2026-07-29T09:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:43:13","slug":"161-run-masterclass-propelled-rolex-cc-to-139-run-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/717022\/","title":{"rendered":"161-run masterclass propelled Rolex CC to 139-run victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Winning the toss and opting to bat first, Rolex got off to a blistering start courtesy of Suganthan Manoharan, who smashed 29 runs off the second over alone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Despite the early fireworks, Ashmore mounted a strong comeback through a fine five wickets from their lead bowlers, holding Rolex to 129\/5 at the halfway 20-over mark.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  With Rolex aiming to target a modest 225 total, Arun Ammasi took complete control of the match.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Arun Ammasi\"\/>Arun Ammasi (Image: Naveen Christo)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a display of power hitting, Arun Ammasi compiled 161 runs off just 109 balls, striking 13 fours and 13 sixes\u2014accumulating 130 runs strictly in boundaries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Arun Ammasi received solid lower-order support from Venkatesh and Vignesh Srinivasan, who each chipped in with crucial 30+ runs each, lifting Rolex to a total of 333\/7 off their 40 overs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Faced with a daunting target of 334, Ashmore struggled under the pressure against an economical Rolex bowling attack.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Rolex restricted the runs and took 8 wickets of Ashmore to secure a decisive 139-run win and maintain their unbeaten momentum at the top of the league table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winning the toss and opting to bat first, Rolex got off to a blistering start courtesy of Suganthan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717023,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-717022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717022\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}