The series against Doyle Devils began with game 1 being played at Spring Canyon Ground (Small). Unfortunately, Vijay S lost the toss and it was no surprise that we were asked to bat first. The wicket in the area close to the concrete pathway, however is good for batting be it the first or second inning.
Parag and Shekhar opened the inning. A boundary and a couple of twos by Parag in the first over
resulted in a good start. Parag (batting with a runner was run-out in over number three) when the two runners set out on a non-existent run. Shekhar and Suresh almost repeated the same incident but fortunately the keeper Kapil, struck the stumps but let the ball go by before the stumps were hit. At the 10 over stage we were well placed at 59/2 with Suresh and Hari at the crease. Shekhar was out caught after having scored 15 (23b, 2*4).
After the break, Suresh launched one of his huge hits towards long on, where Ravi M could not hold on, and even worse let the ball go over the ropes for a six. Hari struck a few boundaries and the score kept moving along at a air pace. Suresh lost his wicket in a couple of balls after hitting the six, but by then had scored 21 (28b, 1*4, 1*6). At 93/3, in 13 overs a score in the range of 135-145 was a possibility. Ibrar, Vijay S were dismissed in quick succession. Overs 15 to 17 produced only 11 runs. Hari was caught at long-off with three overs to go. Hari scored a well made 23 (24b, 2*4, 1*3) despite being struck on the chest by a beamer bowled by Ravi M. Hari was all set to launch in the final 3 overs with most top order bowlers having completed their quota but was dismissed at the wrong time.
We finished with 127/9 in 20 overs which was a good score to defend on that wicket.
Tushnim and Narayan had other ideas. Kapil was dismissed early in the inning for a duck. The two batsmen put on a partnership between 80 and 85 runs with both scoring 38 each. the partnership brought them in sight of victory. All our bowlers tried their best but every trick in their sleeve was thwarted by these two batsmen at the crease. Tushnim was run-out by Parag (as a catch was dropped off Rosie) and Narayan was bowled by Siva.
This brought two new batsmen at the crease and before DD realized it, the asking rate soared high. In the final three overs 31 runs were required with two of them being dismissed without troubling the scorers much.
At this time, Hari was hit by nerves. Until then Hari had done exceedingly well in two overs with a wicket, a catch that dropped short of slips and hardly any runs being conceded. A few wide balls, a few short on the leg side and a six over long-off on an over pitched ball in over number 17, resulted in 14 runs being conceded. This meant DD had to score 17 runs in two overs and 5 wickets in hand. The game was then interrupted at 12:20 with the baseball team set to start their game at 12:30 pm.
The game was abandoned. A look at D/L chart, indicated that the game was a tie. DD had to score 112/5 runs in 18 overs for a win but finished with 111/5. With an additional wicket they would have had to score 113 runs for a win. We could have conceded one less run and would still have won.
We need to end the game by noon, else we risk a premature end was we had in this game. Whether players want to rectify their acts in terms of timeliness, is for them to decide. We know all too well what the collective result will be despite such occurrences .....
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Match 16 against SDCricInfo/Mavericks on 10/10/2009 (1 of 3)
The first game of the series was played at Spring Canyon Ground (Small). Samir won the toss and elected to field first.
We did a fantastic job at bowling by dismissing the Mavericks for a meagre 74 in 17 overs. Not a single batsman from the Mavericks crossed 10 runs. Vijay S picked up 3 wickets for a mere 14 runs. Hari picked two wickets and Sam hardly conceeded any runs for a wicket. Suresh bowled Sushmit who had struck two boundaries in his short stay at the crease. Samir restricted the scoring towards the end with wickets having been taken regularly through the inning. Rahul B picked up two catches behind the wicket and also featured in a coupe of run-out dismissals. We did drop a simple and another moderate catch and also gave away a few byes. Every other act on the field was impeccable with just five boundaries being conceeded.
In reply Santosh H and Manish opened aggressively with Rajendra being struck for a boundary by each of the openers in over number two. The highlight of our inning while batting was the knock by Sam. Before being run-out when called for a second, Sam had scored 22 runs in just 17 balls. The inning had a boundary to square leg and a six on a full toss behind square on the leg side. Naman (11 in 15b, 1*4) and Hari (6 in 5b, 1*4) were the batsmen to remain unbeaten when the target was reached with 4 wickets and 30 balls to spare.
It was a convincing win and was done in a manner "howie" usually do it when not in the ocassional "bad team form". Batsmen who do not bat regularly at the top got an opportunity to go up the order. No player would have had any complaints over the proceedings of the day.
Well done, let's beat the Mavericks in Game 2 and register a series win, having lost one against the Strikers.
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We did a fantastic job at bowling by dismissing the Mavericks for a meagre 74 in 17 overs. Not a single batsman from the Mavericks crossed 10 runs. Vijay S picked up 3 wickets for a mere 14 runs. Hari picked two wickets and Sam hardly conceeded any runs for a wicket. Suresh bowled Sushmit who had struck two boundaries in his short stay at the crease. Samir restricted the scoring towards the end with wickets having been taken regularly through the inning. Rahul B picked up two catches behind the wicket and also featured in a coupe of run-out dismissals. We did drop a simple and another moderate catch and also gave away a few byes. Every other act on the field was impeccable with just five boundaries being conceeded.
In reply Santosh H and Manish opened aggressively with Rajendra being struck for a boundary by each of the openers in over number two. The highlight of our inning while batting was the knock by Sam. Before being run-out when called for a second, Sam had scored 22 runs in just 17 balls. The inning had a boundary to square leg and a six on a full toss behind square on the leg side. Naman (11 in 15b, 1*4) and Hari (6 in 5b, 1*4) were the batsmen to remain unbeaten when the target was reached with 4 wickets and 30 balls to spare.
It was a convincing win and was done in a manner "howie" usually do it when not in the ocassional "bad team form". Batsmen who do not bat regularly at the top got an opportunity to go up the order. No player would have had any complaints over the proceedings of the day.
Well done, let's beat the Mavericks in Game 2 and register a series win, having lost one against the Strikers.
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Match 3 of 3 against Strikers on 10042009
Having beaten the Strikers comprehensively in Game 2, this game was of utmost significance. The game was played at Cypress Canyon Ground (Big) in one corner of the ground restricting runs behind the wicket. Strikers won the toss and appropriately elected to bat.
We scored 94/8 in 20 overs with quite a few batsmen falling to loose deliveries. Strikers were missing a few regular bowlers but the replacements were good enough to fill in.
In reply Strikers opened with Siva and Gopal. Amit and Srinivas bowled a few tight overs at the start. Over number 5 however, yielded two boundaries to the Strikers. Gopal hit a couple of loose deliveries to mid-wicket and square leg respectively thereby relieving the tension for the Strikers. The next five overs continued to yield runs with just a couple of wickets falling. At the 10 over stage Strikers were placed at about 59/2 and seemed in complete control.
Our fielding department then fought back to peg the scoring by restrictive bowling that also produced wickets with fair regularity. The equation boiled down to 3 runs needed in the final over and two wickets in hand for the Strikers. The first ball from Hari was short and was hit to a vacant cover boundary with all fielders having been brought in to save singles.
Strikers thus won the three match series convicingly with just one loss chasing a real high score.
Scorecard - Unavailable at this time. Details are therefore limited and possibly vague.
We scored 94/8 in 20 overs with quite a few batsmen falling to loose deliveries. Strikers were missing a few regular bowlers but the replacements were good enough to fill in.
In reply Strikers opened with Siva and Gopal. Amit and Srinivas bowled a few tight overs at the start. Over number 5 however, yielded two boundaries to the Strikers. Gopal hit a couple of loose deliveries to mid-wicket and square leg respectively thereby relieving the tension for the Strikers. The next five overs continued to yield runs with just a couple of wickets falling. At the 10 over stage Strikers were placed at about 59/2 and seemed in complete control.
Our fielding department then fought back to peg the scoring by restrictive bowling that also produced wickets with fair regularity. The equation boiled down to 3 runs needed in the final over and two wickets in hand for the Strikers. The first ball from Hari was short and was hit to a vacant cover boundary with all fielders having been brought in to save singles.
Strikers thus won the three match series convicingly with just one loss chasing a real high score.
Scorecard - Unavailable at this time. Details are therefore limited and possibly vague.
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