Match 15 against Doyle Devils on 08012009

The game was moved from Doyle Park to a school in the same area beside Genesse Ave. The ground had a thin covering of grass and seemed to be a hard field, characteristic of a fast outfield.

Rahul B won the toss and elected to field first. On just the second ball Amit C struck by getting Sourav caught behind by Parag. Srinivas, the other opening batsman however struck a few boundaries behind the wicket on the leg side. Shiva tried to hit a short one from Amit over the infield, square of the wicket on the leg side but lobbed a simple catch to Rahul B. Left hander, Srinivas had managed to not allow any of our bowlers settle into a rhythm with unconventional shots on the leg side. Samir however bowled one in the corridor and Srinivas edged to Parag behind the wicket and out walked the batsman. Venkat and another new batsman (unfamiliar name) however felt the need to consolidate. Both were given a reprieve early on by the bowler. Samir could not latch to a low and hard shot by Venkat. Sam could not hold one that came at a good height and straight to him on the off side. Suresh dropped two catches at long on to give the new batsman two lives. One of those was a slightly difficult one, since the ball was to the right and high over Suresh's shoulder. Doyle Devils went into the break at 56/3. Parag held a sharp low catch to his left, behind the wicket to finally dismiss the new batsman, who had three lives. Mudit struck back after being hit around for a few runs. The new batsman, played quite a few good shots mostly towards mid-on and mid-wicket region where he struck at least 2/3 boundaries.

After 14 overs Doyle Devils were around 80/4 and seemed set to hit at least 110 runs. The game was interrupted as the little league soccer team had reserved the ground. This then forced an abandonment of the game as no grounds were available in the UTC area.

It is time that we realize that we either play in the afternoon on Sunday or make it a point to pay and obtain a permit to play at other times of the weekend.