We won the toss and elected to bat in the 18 over game at Miramar College Ground (Big) against the Blasters. Two of the previous three games were lost against the Blasters and hence it was time to turn the tide over.
Parag and Saran opened the inning. Saran was bowled by Nitin in just the third over. Mudit joined Parag at the crease and together they steadied the inning taking the score to 18/1 in 5 overs and then 41/1 at the end of 9 overs when a break was taken. Parag was bowled by Shailesh on the first ball after the break having scored 16 (26b, 1*4). The ball pitched on a good length spot outside off, spun and then slid along the ground to peg back leg stump.
Hari joined Mudit but both found it difficult to negotiate the bowling of Shailesh and Satish. Shailesh was mixing deliveries quite well with spin in both directions and also sliding in the faster ones. Satish, a leg break bowler, kept tossing the ball up and turned it just enough to beat the bat. Mudit played 4 dot balls in an over from Shailesh and finally was out caught behind the wicket. Mudit had scored a well made 17 (31b, 1*4). Both Shailesh and Satish caused problems for both batsman. Hari did well to remain unbeaten on 20 (26b, 1*4). He did not score freely to his liking but added a valuable 20 runs to take the team to a healthy, if not challenging score. Blasters bowled quite well throughout to restrict us to 82/4 in 18 overs.
Harish and Rajesh opened the inning against the bowling of Vijay S and Amit. Rajesh played one quiet over but in the third over from Vijay S launched some straight shots and picked up 8 runs. Amit cleaned up Harish in the next over. Vijay S went for another 6 runs in the next over in the first few balls. He then shortened the length to pitch it slightly away from the batsman to lure the batsman to go for another of those straight lofted drives. Rajesh fell for it and was caught behind by Parag. It was good thinking by Vijay S to get the crucial break.
Ishavak and Raj played out a few overs to help our bowlers to settle into a rhythm. Ishavak was run out and Hari bowled Raj. Saran picked up the crucial wickets of Nitin and Harman both of whom were bowled. Hari picked up Shailesh and the game pretty much swung in our favor. Vijay S bowled Satish and the last batsman Vaibhav was run out. Blasters were dismissed for 70 runs giving us a 12 run win.
Amit had figures of 4-0-10-1 and Saran ended up with 3-0-12-2. Ajay just gave away 8 runs in his two overs. Saran, Hari and Vijay S did well to pick up two wickets each.
It was a welcome win after three losses on the trot against Sony, a win against Shadows, a tie and a loss against Doyle Devils.
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