The game was played at Miramar College Ground (Small). Vijay S won the toss and promptly elected to field first.
Amit C bowled a tidy first over but Hari K could not control the length. Sushmit scored 11 runs in the second over with two boundaries. Amit struck in the 3rd over by dismissing Sushmit having him caught at square leg. Praveen (fielding for Hari R - who was late to arrive) held the catch with ease. Vijay S snapped Anil G, by making him lob an easy catch at short cover/mid-off. Rosie bowled Anil N in the very next over, only the 5th of the inning. Raghavendra was caught by Naman at point and Mavericks seemed to be in deep trouble with the top four batsman gone.
Neeraj and Rajendra steadied the inning and took the Mavericks into the break and a score of 39/4. The next three overs bowled by Samir, Amit and Hari went for 4, 8 and 9 runs respectively. The two batsmen seemed to be gathering momentum. Samir however provided the vital break by having Neeraj (a left hander) caught brilliantly by Rahul B behind the wickets. Vijay S introduced Rosie into the attack and was rewarded for his decision with two wickets in the over. Pavan was needlessly run out in a mix up with Yoga. Rosie picked up a wicket in his next over, having picked one on the last ball of his previous over and almost had a hat-trick only to see Samir not being able to latch to a sharp catch standing at silly-point. Vijay S, started his 3rd over, the 18th of the inning and picked up the last batsman. Mavericks were shot out for a score of just 70 runs. It was a fantastic all round effort in bowling, bringing back memories of few games where other teams were subjected to the same fate in crucial games by our bowling attack. Rosie seems to have a special liking for this ground finishing with figures of 4-0-10-4. Vijay S did well too with 3 wickets in his bag and only conceded 7 runs. Amit C and Samir picked up a wicket each hardly giving away any runs.
It was a small target and in walked Naman and Parag. Disaster struck on the fourth ball itself, with Parag being bowled on the very first ball he faced. Shekhar departed very soon and Amit C was run-out in a mix-up with Naman, in a circumstance with the batsman needing to wait for the ball to pass the bowler. Naman was bowled by Rajendra and the situation seemed to have become slightly uneasy. Two points were on our side at that moment of time, a small target and a good run-rate. Hari R walked in and began in the usual aggressive mode by launching a boundary to a vacant mid-wicket. Hari R kept chipping the ball in the gaps and also played some good ground strokes on the leg side. Gopal struck a straight boundary on the first ball he faced and it seemed we would get to the target without further loss of wickets. Gopal, Samir and Vijay S were dismissed in single digit scores. Hari K joined Hari R and together they knocked the 10-12 runs required for victory. Hari R 29 *(25b, 3*4) was the backbone of the batting that was bent by the bowling attack of the Mavericks. Hari's quickfire inning ensured that thoughts of a win were always out of sight for the Mavericks in inning two.
Had we lost about 4 fewer wickets, the win would have been a thumping one. Nevertheless, a good effort in the field with ball set this victory for the team. Vijay S once again led from the front and was ably supported by all bowlers. The entire team rallied around, given our recent losses against the Mavericks.
Good win guys, that's the form we need to maintain.
Our motto going forward - A few individuals may fail but the team must still win.
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