Match 1 against Airborne on 10242010

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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