Eagles won the toss and elected to bowl at Cypress Canyon Ground (Small).
Airborne is a new team in the taped tennis ball format of the game. Anil (Vishwa) bowled a fiery spell at the start making the batsmen to duck and sway. The Cypress Canyon Ground (Small) offered plenty of assistance to bowlers with pace and bounce. Hari held a sharp catch behind the wicket with gloves in hand. All bowlers inclusive of Anil, Nitin T, Srinivas N, Vilas and Hari continued to keep the batmen relatively quiet throughout the inning.
All the bowlers ended up with excellent figures as below:-
Anil (Vishwa) :- 4-0-15-2
Nitin T :- 4-0-14-2
Srinivas N :- 4-0-14-1
Vilas :- 4-0-22-0
Hari :- 4-0-17-1
Hari R, Gopal and Sanjay R held catches in the field. The catch by Sanjay R at long-on as he ran right behind the bowler, would have earned accolades at the highest of levels.
In reply the Eagles scored 87/3 in 15.5 overs. The top three bowlers for Airborne managed to keep the batsmen at bay but could not find the fourth/fifth/sixth bowlers that could continue to hold the tight reign. The target score being low, the asking rate being moderate and the continuous flow of extras meant there was no pressure on the Eagles batsmen. It was a familiar position that we have faced many a time in recent losses, the only difference being that we were watching it rather than facing it.
Sanjay R 16 (19b, 2*4), Parag 26*(46b, 1*4), Hari 17 (26b, 2*4) put runs on the board. Not many got batting opportunities but for a change we did win. Vilas hit a massive six towards mid-wicket to finish the game for the Eagles.
Eagles saw this through with relative ease but they will need to play extremely well in the upcoming tournament when posed with tougher opponents. The question for the tournament though is whether they will be able to play consistently with eleven to sixteen committed players..
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Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
Match 7 against Strikers on 10092010
Match 7 against Strikers was played on the picturesque ground at Cypress Canyon Park (Small). The ground does not offer opportunities to the batsman behind the wicket but the grass is always green and never too thick. The ground is relatively flat and the wicket has very good pace and bounce. What else can one ask as a cricketer ?
Strikers lost the toss and were asked to bat. Vinay struck two sixes right at the start of the inning in over number 2 and 4. The first was a full toss that he hit towards mid-wicket that travelled a few yards over the 70 yard boundary. The second seemed even bigger where he charged down the wicket and lofted about 5 yards over the 70 yard boundary in the direction of long-off. Over number 6 went for eleven runs wherein two boundaries were struck. A lofted drive over the bowler and another hit towards square leg/mid-wicket. While the first beat the slow moving fielder at long-off the second was a flat hit that arguably might have gone for six had the fielder not been in the way. The ball was dropped and resulted in a boundary.
Three overs of 11 runs each within the first six overs meant the score reached 39/1 in 6 overs. Hari had been bowling well at the other end making batting difficult even for a aggressive Vinay.
Excellent spells of 4-0-11-2 by Amit C, 4-0-14-1 by Rahul C and 3-0-13-2 by Amol K slowed down the scoring thereafter. Strikers finished with 92/8 in 20 overs that could have been a lot more looking at where they were in six overs.
Hari R however had the best figures of 4-0-9-2. Santosh pocketed as many as six catches behind the wicket a few of which were an excellent effort.
93 seemed to be a gettable target in good batting conditions even against a potent bowling attack. This Strikers team though had a pack of line and length bowlers. They made scoring very difficult for our batmen at the top of the order. Lack of runs in the first few overs and the loss of three wickets in the first 5 overs increased the pressure on the incoming batsmen. A period of consolidation went on for too long amidst tight bowling. At the end of 10 overs 59 were needed which seemed a possibility with six wickets in hand. The desired 3/4 good overs of 8-9 runs never came our way as the bowlers kept the batsmen quiet throughout the inning. 33 runs were needed in the final three overs with 3 wickets in hand.
Eventually, we lost by a margin of 20 runs. Amol K (15*, 27b, 1*4) and Samir (14, 29b) had consolidated the inning after the fall of four wickets at the top of the order. As the final score indicates not a single bowler from the Strikers went for more than 5 RPO which again is an indicator of how few freebies were on offer. On the other hand 4 of our most expensive overs yielded 43 runs. This meant Strikers scored only 49 runs in the remainder of 16 overs.
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Strikers lost the toss and were asked to bat. Vinay struck two sixes right at the start of the inning in over number 2 and 4. The first was a full toss that he hit towards mid-wicket that travelled a few yards over the 70 yard boundary. The second seemed even bigger where he charged down the wicket and lofted about 5 yards over the 70 yard boundary in the direction of long-off. Over number 6 went for eleven runs wherein two boundaries were struck. A lofted drive over the bowler and another hit towards square leg/mid-wicket. While the first beat the slow moving fielder at long-off the second was a flat hit that arguably might have gone for six had the fielder not been in the way. The ball was dropped and resulted in a boundary.
Three overs of 11 runs each within the first six overs meant the score reached 39/1 in 6 overs. Hari had been bowling well at the other end making batting difficult even for a aggressive Vinay.
Excellent spells of 4-0-11-2 by Amit C, 4-0-14-1 by Rahul C and 3-0-13-2 by Amol K slowed down the scoring thereafter. Strikers finished with 92/8 in 20 overs that could have been a lot more looking at where they were in six overs.
Hari R however had the best figures of 4-0-9-2. Santosh pocketed as many as six catches behind the wicket a few of which were an excellent effort.
93 seemed to be a gettable target in good batting conditions even against a potent bowling attack. This Strikers team though had a pack of line and length bowlers. They made scoring very difficult for our batmen at the top of the order. Lack of runs in the first few overs and the loss of three wickets in the first 5 overs increased the pressure on the incoming batsmen. A period of consolidation went on for too long amidst tight bowling. At the end of 10 overs 59 were needed which seemed a possibility with six wickets in hand. The desired 3/4 good overs of 8-9 runs never came our way as the bowlers kept the batsmen quiet throughout the inning. 33 runs were needed in the final three overs with 3 wickets in hand.
Eventually, we lost by a margin of 20 runs. Amol K (15*, 27b, 1*4) and Samir (14, 29b) had consolidated the inning after the fall of four wickets at the top of the order. As the final score indicates not a single bowler from the Strikers went for more than 5 RPO which again is an indicator of how few freebies were on offer. On the other hand 4 of our most expensive overs yielded 43 runs. This meant Strikers scored only 49 runs in the remainder of 16 overs.
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Match 2 against SDKings on 10032010
Game 2 against SKings was once again played at Spring Canyon Ground (Small). Ram and Satish opened the inning for SDKings and made the best of loose bowling at the start of the inning. Both were run-out after having made very good contributions of 22 by Ram (20b, 3*4) and 38 by Satish (33b, 5*4). Vilas M (4-0-19-2) and Naveen (4-0-18-1) were the only bowlers with respectable figures of less than run a ball. SDKings reached a healthy score of 133/9 in 20 overs.
In reply, dismal batting by us saw the game end in 15.1 overs and a huge deficit of 55 runs. The procession of batsmen was continuous and a score of 78/10 was only made possible by some hitting in the low order.
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In reply, dismal batting by us saw the game end in 15.1 overs and a huge deficit of 55 runs. The procession of batsmen was continuous and a score of 78/10 was only made possible by some hitting in the low order.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ArRZKVChcIaXdFprc3BvRWRWR1pQZUsyc0kzQUt3akE&hl=en&authkey=CK2NyFM
Match 1 against SDKings on 09252010
Samir and Amit opened the inning in the 20 over game played at Spring Canyon Ground (Small) against SDKings.
An excellent inning of 51 (56b, 5*4, 1*6) by Samir with contribution of 24 (16b, 4*4) from Hari R and 18 (22b, 1*4) from Naveen S took the score to 143/6 in 20 overs.
In reply SDKings scored 109/10 in 18.33 overs. Srinivas N struck with 3 wickets in over number 18 to make the game a no contest. Earlier Boopathi 35 (25b, 4*4, 1*6) and Sara 23 (35b, 3*4) had turned things around when faced with a situation of 90 odd runs being needed in the last 10 overs. When Srinivas began bowling over no 18, 35 runs were needed in the final 3 overs. The game was quickly over as the final four wickets fell in a space of 7 balls.
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