Mavericks won the toss and elected to bat in the 20 over game against the Eagles in Round 1 on the Winter 2009 tournament.
Srinivas began with a few wides and was then hit for a four by Rajesh. He however came back with a wicket right after. In the very next over Srinivas held a low catch in the slips with Sam bowling and thus the other opener Sushmit was dismissed. Captain Anil walked in and seemed determined to make use of the 6 over restrictions. He struck Sam for a boundary and followed it up with a lofted drive towards long-off. Hari standing at the 30 yard circle held a one-handed catch with a few fingers clutched around the ball. In the very next over Srinivas dismissed Vikas and Balaji. At 26 for 5 Eagles seemed to be in control and could have easily dismissed the Mavericks for under 80.
Rahul C walked in to join Anil G and together they sticked a partnership of sorts. Rahul C launched the first ball from Rajesh for a six over mid-wicket and that shot would have calmed nerves in the dressing room and also increased his confidence. Mavericks went into the break without losing another wicket and moved to a reasonable 54 runs.
Saran had Anil G stumped in the first over after the break and conceded only a single. Hari followed it up with just two in the next. Raj however made use of a loose next over from Saran hitting two boundaries. Nitin was introduced into the attack who then broke the partnership but also had a chance of a hat-trick. Raj and Prasad were dismissed in successive balls and Hari standing at short mid-off was hit on the leg as Hanu avoided the hat-trick. The final over from Srinivas went for 16 runs and Mavericks finished with a healthy 116/9 in 20 overs.
The 6 most expensive overs from the Eagles went for 64 runs which meant that the good start of 26/5 in 5 overs was given away by spells of loose bowling. An inning of 47* (37b, 2*6, 3*4) by Rahul C, thus put Mavericks into a situation of ascendancy. Raj (20, 28b, 2*4) provided good support to Rahul and played a valuable knock.
Eagles began the chase with Nitin B and Suresh as openers. Just 6 runs were scored in two overs. Sushmit struck with two wickets in two balls knocking the stumps of Nitin and Mudit in the 3rd over. Sam was needlessly run out in the 4th over and thus returned without facing a ball. Hari struck Sushmit for a boundary in the 5th over and Parag then hit Rajendra for three boundaries in four balls in the 5th over. Parag then needlessly went for a lofted shot over mid-off but sent the ball high (but not far enough). Rajesh held the catch within the 30 yard circle on the second attempt. Hari was then caught and bowled in the very next over and thus the Eagles seemed down and out at 35/6 in 6.3 overs.
Rajesh and Srinivas then played out a few balls but Rahul dismissed Rajesh in his second over. Gopal and Srinivas then took the team to the break and a score of 53/7. Balaji and Prasad conceeded 17 in two overs and thus Eagles inched beyond 50 at the half way stage.
Srinivas was hit by a ball sent by Anil N and had to retire hurt and Gopal was also dismissed by Anil N. Saran and Narasaiah then got together with the intent of playing out the 20 overs. Saran did extremely well by hitting 10 runs in an over from Sushmit. Two crisp boundaries were hit on the off side by Saran and that brought some sheer to the dressing room. Loose bowling from the Mavericks then took the Eagles beyond 100.
The Eagles finshed with 101/10 in 18.4 overs, thereby losing the game by 15 runs. Mr Extras (40) outscored the score of the three highest scorers from the Eagles. Saran (14 in 23b, 2*4) did a very good job given a chance to bat a substantial number of overs. Narasaiah gave good company to Saran allowing the Eagles to narrow the margin with some hope of a win towards the end.
Eagles need to play well throughout the 40 overs rather than showing periods of brilliance for a few overs here and there.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpra5LrLMAgXPw&hl=en
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Match 9 against SDCricInfo on 01042009
We won the toss and elected to field in the 20 over game played at Cypress Canyon Ground (Big) on Jan 4th, 09. Conditions were wet and hazy and the ball was skidding a whole lot.
Vijay S and Srinivas exploited the conditions well and kept the batsmen quiet in the first couple of overs. Suresh (slips), Parag (keeper), Srini (square leg) dropped catches in the early overs to the dismay of Vijay S and Srinivas. Raj and Rajendra were the batsmen to benefit. Saran bowling the 6th over finally produced the wicket of Raj who was caught at long on at the edge of the inner circle. Anil coming in one down started with a boundary early on and seemed to be the batsman eager to score runs fast but Rajendra at the other end was defensive. Parag, Suresh, Narasaiah dropped catches to give lives to other batsmen of SDCricInfo. Spandan misjudged a hard hit to long and barely got a hand to the catch.
With Nitin B dropping out of the game on match day we had to include Srini from SDCricInfo team into our squad. After bowling two good overs Saran went for runs is his final two overs. Vijay S and Srinivas were impressive on the day giving away 25 runs between them in 8 overs and producing 3 wickets. Hari went for about 7 an over. Srini (SDCricInfo) did a good job for us in the final overs restricting the runs to less than run a ball.
SDCricInfo ended up with 95/6 in 20 overs. Anil top scored having contributed 24 (31b, 3*4).
We started the chase well with Parag and Shekhar as the opening batsmen. 8 runs came of the first over but Shekhar edged one to the keeper in the second over having faced only 3 balls in his inning. Suresh and Parag then played cautiously for a few overs and afer 7 overs the score was 29/0. Parag played the first aggressive shot square of the wicket but Sushmit held the high catch at the boundary holding on to the ball on the second attempt. Suresh was then dismissed in the 9th over being bowled by Rajendra. At the 10 over mark we were 40/3 and the second half seemed like one where acceleration was required.
Vijay S started with a boundary after the break but soon edged one to the keeper down the leg side. With most top order batsmen dismised the team was now under pressure. Hari however, kept his cool and played some aggressive shots after a few tentative shots at the start. Hari hit a massive six towards mid-wicket helped by the fielder Naveen, who popped the ball over the fence. Ravi M, Narasaiah were dismissed but Hari held fort. Helped by extras, runs of the bat from Hari and few runs from each batman coming in we inched closer towards the target.
With about 10/12 runs required for a win and 2 wickets in hand Hari was dismissed. Hari played a captain's inning of 25 (27b, 1*6, 1*4) but returned having not quite seen the side through. Saran and Srini then took the side closer but Saran was caught behind. Spandan was unable to bat due to an injury but Srini hung around for singles and helped by extras we finally won the game with 6 balls to spare.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpqP16ZfUPA0MQ&hl=en
Vijay S and Srinivas exploited the conditions well and kept the batsmen quiet in the first couple of overs. Suresh (slips), Parag (keeper), Srini (square leg) dropped catches in the early overs to the dismay of Vijay S and Srinivas. Raj and Rajendra were the batsmen to benefit. Saran bowling the 6th over finally produced the wicket of Raj who was caught at long on at the edge of the inner circle. Anil coming in one down started with a boundary early on and seemed to be the batsman eager to score runs fast but Rajendra at the other end was defensive. Parag, Suresh, Narasaiah dropped catches to give lives to other batsmen of SDCricInfo. Spandan misjudged a hard hit to long and barely got a hand to the catch.
With Nitin B dropping out of the game on match day we had to include Srini from SDCricInfo team into our squad. After bowling two good overs Saran went for runs is his final two overs. Vijay S and Srinivas were impressive on the day giving away 25 runs between them in 8 overs and producing 3 wickets. Hari went for about 7 an over. Srini (SDCricInfo) did a good job for us in the final overs restricting the runs to less than run a ball.
SDCricInfo ended up with 95/6 in 20 overs. Anil top scored having contributed 24 (31b, 3*4).
We started the chase well with Parag and Shekhar as the opening batsmen. 8 runs came of the first over but Shekhar edged one to the keeper in the second over having faced only 3 balls in his inning. Suresh and Parag then played cautiously for a few overs and afer 7 overs the score was 29/0. Parag played the first aggressive shot square of the wicket but Sushmit held the high catch at the boundary holding on to the ball on the second attempt. Suresh was then dismissed in the 9th over being bowled by Rajendra. At the 10 over mark we were 40/3 and the second half seemed like one where acceleration was required.
Vijay S started with a boundary after the break but soon edged one to the keeper down the leg side. With most top order batsmen dismised the team was now under pressure. Hari however, kept his cool and played some aggressive shots after a few tentative shots at the start. Hari hit a massive six towards mid-wicket helped by the fielder Naveen, who popped the ball over the fence. Ravi M, Narasaiah were dismissed but Hari held fort. Helped by extras, runs of the bat from Hari and few runs from each batman coming in we inched closer towards the target.
With about 10/12 runs required for a win and 2 wickets in hand Hari was dismissed. Hari played a captain's inning of 25 (27b, 1*6, 1*4) but returned having not quite seen the side through. Saran and Srini then took the side closer but Saran was caught behind. Spandan was unable to bat due to an injury but Srini hung around for singles and helped by extras we finally won the game with 6 balls to spare.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpqP16ZfUPA0MQ&hl=en
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Practice games against SDCricInfo on 01/01/2009
We started the new year pretty well by winning two practice games against SDCricInfo team at Spring Canyon Ground (Smallest).
The boundary square on the leg side was short but nevertheless plenty of huge sixes were hit. The ball kept low and stopped a bit after pitching. It ended up at the perfect pace to go on the back foot and loft square off the wicket. Anything short or pitched up was hit a long way throughout the game.
Rajesh, Srinivas, Saran and Nitin B bowled well within the conditions. Parag, Nitin B, Suresh did plenty of damage with the bat.
Game 1:-
FAC :- 137/4 in 12 overs
SDCricInfo :- 87/4 in 12 overs
Game 2 :-
FAC :- 66/3 in 8 overs
SDCricInfo :- 49/5 in 8 overs
The boundary square on the leg side was short but nevertheless plenty of huge sixes were hit. The ball kept low and stopped a bit after pitching. It ended up at the perfect pace to go on the back foot and loft square off the wicket. Anything short or pitched up was hit a long way throughout the game.
Rajesh, Srinivas, Saran and Nitin B bowled well within the conditions. Parag, Nitin B, Suresh did plenty of damage with the bat.
Game 1:-
FAC :- 137/4 in 12 overs
SDCricInfo :- 87/4 in 12 overs
Game 2 :-
FAC :- 66/3 in 8 overs
SDCricInfo :- 49/5 in 8 overs
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Match 2 against Real Panthers on 12282008
Guided by an unbeaten 35* (42b, 1*4, 1*6) by Santosh and aided by contributions from Naman (9, 15b, 1*4), Suresh (15, 15b, 1*4) and Ravi M (16, 23b) we scored 99/5 in 18 overs.
Shiva (2 wickets), Srinivas, Hari (1 wicket) and Saran (4 wickets) demolished the opposition batting for a meagre 47 in 15.83 overs.
Saran had the best figures of 5-1-8-4 with all batsmen being bowled. The sticky wicket suited his bowling and batsmen after batsmen failed to read the flight of his bowling and his pace of the wicket.
We thus secured a huge 52 run margin against a weakened "Real Panthers" team.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcporgKJ5F8vlfA&hl=en
Shiva (2 wickets), Srinivas, Hari (1 wicket) and Saran (4 wickets) demolished the opposition batting for a meagre 47 in 15.83 overs.
Saran had the best figures of 5-1-8-4 with all batsmen being bowled. The sticky wicket suited his bowling and batsmen after batsmen failed to read the flight of his bowling and his pace of the wicket.
We thus secured a huge 52 run margin against a weakened "Real Panthers" team.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcporgKJ5F8vlfA&hl=en
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Match 14 against Sony on 12202008
Hari won the toss and elected to field in the 16 over game at Cypress Canyon Ground against RBCC (Sony).
Srinivas (new player) and Saran opened the bowling. Srinivas bowled out swing / out-cutter deliveries at will and was also aided by the slippery conditions on the ground. Ajay, Kiran and Hari were the others to share the bowling responsibility. Srinivas bowled Narayan on a delivery that was well pitched up and on middle stump but then moved ever so slightly to peg back off stump. About three catches were dropped and the fielding overall was not as sharp as expected. The early morning conditions resulted in the ball not travelling to the boundary and made scoring difficult.
The opposition batsmen lost three wickets at the top but opening batsman Hari and Ram showed resistance thereafter. Score at the end of 8 overs was 33 but then reached 61 in 12 overs. Thereafter our bowlers pegged the scoring rate to restrict RBCC to 78/7 in 16 overs. Opening batsman Hari from RBCC, top scored with 27 (31b, 1*4).
Srinivas (2), Saran (2), Ajay (2) were among the wickets.
Narasaiah and Spandan provided an opening partnership of 24 in 4 overs aided by a flurry of wides by the RBCC opening bowling pair. Narasaiah (12, 21b, 1*4), Parag (11 in 24b), Hari (11 in 17b) chipped in with a few runs to take the score beyond 60. Suresh coming in at the fall of Hari's wicket scored a brisk 14 in 13b. We lost 3 wickets with 3 runs needed for victory but in the end we made it with 4 balls to spare.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpow2eH6aMOwFw&hl=en
Srinivas (new player) and Saran opened the bowling. Srinivas bowled out swing / out-cutter deliveries at will and was also aided by the slippery conditions on the ground. Ajay, Kiran and Hari were the others to share the bowling responsibility. Srinivas bowled Narayan on a delivery that was well pitched up and on middle stump but then moved ever so slightly to peg back off stump. About three catches were dropped and the fielding overall was not as sharp as expected. The early morning conditions resulted in the ball not travelling to the boundary and made scoring difficult.
The opposition batsmen lost three wickets at the top but opening batsman Hari and Ram showed resistance thereafter. Score at the end of 8 overs was 33 but then reached 61 in 12 overs. Thereafter our bowlers pegged the scoring rate to restrict RBCC to 78/7 in 16 overs. Opening batsman Hari from RBCC, top scored with 27 (31b, 1*4).
Srinivas (2), Saran (2), Ajay (2) were among the wickets.
Narasaiah and Spandan provided an opening partnership of 24 in 4 overs aided by a flurry of wides by the RBCC opening bowling pair. Narasaiah (12, 21b, 1*4), Parag (11 in 24b), Hari (11 in 17b) chipped in with a few runs to take the score beyond 60. Suresh coming in at the fall of Hari's wicket scored a brisk 14 in 13b. We lost 3 wickets with 3 runs needed for victory but in the end we made it with 4 balls to spare.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpow2eH6aMOwFw&hl=en
Sunday, December 14, 2008
6 a side event on 121308
Panthers lead by Mudit and Eagles lead by Vijay V participated in the event on Dec 13th. Cloudy conditions coupled with an occasional drizzle, with consistent rain for a period, greeted all enthusiastic cricketers split into 12 different teams.
In Group C, Panthers tied the first game against Doyle Devils, won the second against RBCC-C and then lost to Blasters-A
In Group B, Eagles won the first game against Blasters-B, lost badly to Shadows-VI but won with a huge margin against RBCC-A.
Although Eagles lost a game they finished 2nd among the 12 teams having earned quite a few bonus points in the win against RBCC-A. Blasters-A won all three games and finished at the top spot.
Panthers were pushed out of the number 8 slot, by Doyle Devils who had the same number of wins but had earned an extra bonus point in one of the wins.
Eagles then lost badly against Real Panthers in the quarter-final game. It's the 4th successive, 6 a side event that any of our teams have failed to make it to the semi-finals.
Two quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final have been pushed out into next week due to persistent rain in the second half of the day.
In Group C, Panthers tied the first game against Doyle Devils, won the second against RBCC-C and then lost to Blasters-A
In Group B, Eagles won the first game against Blasters-B, lost badly to Shadows-VI but won with a huge margin against RBCC-A.
Although Eagles lost a game they finished 2nd among the 12 teams having earned quite a few bonus points in the win against RBCC-A. Blasters-A won all three games and finished at the top spot.
Panthers were pushed out of the number 8 slot, by Doyle Devils who had the same number of wins but had earned an extra bonus point in one of the wins.
Eagles then lost badly against Real Panthers in the quarter-final game. It's the 4th successive, 6 a side event that any of our teams have failed to make it to the semi-finals.
Two quarter-finals, the semi-finals and the final have been pushed out into next week due to persistent rain in the second half of the day.
Match 1 against Real Panthers on 120608
Hari won the toss and as one would have expected elected to bat in the 20 over game played at Miramar College Ground (Big). We were playing a new team named "Real Panthers". The name suggests that the Panthers that won the winter tournament last year were probably "fake".
Nitin and Suresh opened the batting. Suresh started, well hitting a four in the third over bowled by Bhanu. Nitin mis-timed one and lobbed one high. Bhanu moved back and held a one handed catch falling to the ground hard. Vijay S (1, 4b), Hari (1, 4b), Parag (o in 2b), Ravi (1 in 6b) were then dismissed in quick succession putting the team in a precarious position. Suresh was scoring well but was dismissed soon for 20 (26b, 2*4). The score at the end of 10 overs was 47/6 and it was imperative that we get as close to 100 as possible.
Real Panthers found it difficult to control the line with quite a few extras being bowled throughout the inning. Mudit and Sam then stitched a good partnership. Mr Extras (35 in 0b), Mudit (7, 17b), Sam (15, 24b, 2*4) and Narasaiah 6*(11b, 1*4) saved the team from the blushes to take the team to 93/10 in 18.4 overs.
Vijay S, then came up with a spell of 4-0-9-5 with Saran, Hari, Ajay, Sam sharing the remainder of the 5 wickets to take the team to a huge 31 run win. The maiden 5 wicket haul by Vijay S, came with 2 wickets in the first spell of 2 overs, a wicket in the 3rd and two to finish the game in the 18th over. Real Panthers were not used to the slow bowling of the kind being bowled by Ajay and Saran in the middle overs. Ajay picked up a wicket in 2 overs giving away only 4 runs. Saran bowled 3 overs going away for 11 runs and picked up two crucial wickets. Anil had hit a straight effortless six in the third over of Saran but was caught at short cover the very next ball. Sam planned the dismissal of Nitin T, as Nitin slashed to Hari at first slip. Hari (2), Suresh (1), Ravi (1) , Sam (1) held good catches in the outfield.
The 5 wicket haul by Vijay S, desrves a MOM nomination for this game.
With some new teams in the contest, the 20 over tournament coming up next month is going to be an interesting event.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpopvbzObOeDYA&hl=en
Nitin and Suresh opened the batting. Suresh started, well hitting a four in the third over bowled by Bhanu. Nitin mis-timed one and lobbed one high. Bhanu moved back and held a one handed catch falling to the ground hard. Vijay S (1, 4b), Hari (1, 4b), Parag (o in 2b), Ravi (1 in 6b) were then dismissed in quick succession putting the team in a precarious position. Suresh was scoring well but was dismissed soon for 20 (26b, 2*4). The score at the end of 10 overs was 47/6 and it was imperative that we get as close to 100 as possible.
Real Panthers found it difficult to control the line with quite a few extras being bowled throughout the inning. Mudit and Sam then stitched a good partnership. Mr Extras (35 in 0b), Mudit (7, 17b), Sam (15, 24b, 2*4) and Narasaiah 6*(11b, 1*4) saved the team from the blushes to take the team to 93/10 in 18.4 overs.
Vijay S, then came up with a spell of 4-0-9-5 with Saran, Hari, Ajay, Sam sharing the remainder of the 5 wickets to take the team to a huge 31 run win. The maiden 5 wicket haul by Vijay S, came with 2 wickets in the first spell of 2 overs, a wicket in the 3rd and two to finish the game in the 18th over. Real Panthers were not used to the slow bowling of the kind being bowled by Ajay and Saran in the middle overs. Ajay picked up a wicket in 2 overs giving away only 4 runs. Saran bowled 3 overs going away for 11 runs and picked up two crucial wickets. Anil had hit a straight effortless six in the third over of Saran but was caught at short cover the very next ball. Sam planned the dismissal of Nitin T, as Nitin slashed to Hari at first slip. Hari (2), Suresh (1), Ravi (1) , Sam (1) held good catches in the outfield.
The 5 wicket haul by Vijay S, desrves a MOM nomination for this game.
With some new teams in the contest, the 20 over tournament coming up next month is going to be an interesting event.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=pEn3926bpcpopvbzObOeDYA&hl=en
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