My dear friends sorry for the delay in posting.. I am not getting the correct words to start and also i don't have the updated score card due to some technical Snag. But due to the constent pressure from our younger guy i am forced to write this for him and all my friends who have become a part of my or our small family. Hope this is the correct usage..
This was the match a few were considering as the prestigious one to win it. Was able to see that from the faces of some.This was due to some bad mouthing about our team from the opponents.. there are few who are and were not interested in our team and considered us just a lowly team.. But we know how strong we are and what is our capability and what we have achieved in the short span of time. But then again cricket is the funniest game ever i got involved anything can happen..
As a matter of fact i have made a point to reach the ground atleast half an hour, being a captain i have to be prepared mentally atleast though i have nothing more to do except to control my players during the game he he he he he.....
Similarly reached the ground around 12noon as a routine I went to the security to get the access card to the gate, she in a surprised voice asked whether i came for the cricket, i said yes and asked her the reason for being surprise. She said one of the team is here from 10AM. From the distance i thought it might be some other team who had booked the nets to practice. But when i really came near to the ground to my surprise it was our opponents who were practising hard, felt like laughing but again was thinking of myself, i am having only the match practice now a days, still what else is required for the mental preparation he he he...
Second time in succession couple of guys came late the person who have to become a role model is the culprit this time too....
To start the proceedings this match too we had only one umpire went for the toss as usual toss luck is with me or not I don't know.. the opponents won the toss and asked us to bat. Thats is what i was going to do if i had won the toss,, so it was a win in disguise he he he he...
When i came back to my guys found out that the opener still missing, this is when u feel the pressure it take time to prepare a player to take that position...asked Ramesh and Anuroop to open the innings instead, the young guy was a bit reluctant to open but had no option but to listen.. Before the start of the innings I told the team must aim to complete the alloted 30overs, this was team when we played them last time were all out in the 20th over of the innings at a score of 146...
This time around the opening pair was not that successful to put up a good partnership for us as we lost the first wicket in the 4th over in the form of Anuroop at the team score of 14(a scene no one in our team will forget after he was out caught a straight forward catch he was waiting for the umpires to give him out when asked the reason he was telling he was clarifying with the umpires whether the ball bumped he he he he).
Karthik was the person who followed him in the crease what was out the next ball caught behind..the team again in a trouble 14/2.
Then it was the turn of the one of the late comers to take the guard started well but couldn't get going, on the other end our Ramesh was playing baseball cricket he he he he he swing and a miss is it.. may be... but he was able to manage to push the score board tiking with a huge 6 and a four from there opener bowler,, who after completing his 3rd over was not in the rythm due to lack of stamina. But the luck was not with us as Mohammed got out in the most unlucky manner when he was bowled from the ball which was going down the leg side hit is shoes and came back to hit is wickets..
The team again pushed to more troubles with the loss of 3rd wicket.. this thime it was the turn of the 2nd late comer to play to his ability and push the score. And he was upto his task taking single and few good flicks to boundry. The duo took the score past 50 for the team. Then we lost the fourth wicket in the 12th over when Thalivar was runout when trying to steal a run. The person who was giving instructions to ground the bat to the batsmen while sitting in the pavilion failed to do the same on field he he he he he he..
Immediatley Our opener who was playing brilliantly after the intial starting trouble follwed Thalivar in the very next over when he was clean bowled. the score read 74/5 in the break.
It has become the job of the remaining batsmen to finish all the 30overs, but it was not the case as we lost the wicket at regular intervals, then caqme the most needed paternship of the innings between the dependable Sijo and jonhson both put a total of 33runs for the 9th wicket. with sijo doing the bulk of the scoring and Johnson giving him full support on the other end with single and rotating the strike.But for our bad luck we lost the wicket of Sijo in the 24th over.Again we were not going to complete our 30over quota this is the second time we failed to capitalise on it.We ended our innings in the 25th over for a score of 139. if we had completed our innings the opponent would have be in trouble of loosing 2overs atleast.
Noteables
Ramesh 31, Sijo 30, Rakes 13
Though it was not a deserving performance considering the batting line we had but with the strong bowling line I was having a confidence but i never showed the unhappines of the poor batting performance on my face because it would bring down the morale of the team down. Now was the problem of selecting the wicketkeeper for the match with 3-4 wicketkeepers in the side not regulars he he he he. But the ultimate choice was Anuroop due to his brilliant performance in the last match to keep the wickets for the fast bowlers he he he and our regular keeper also was in the favor i guess.. may the age is catching for him he he he he he he...
As usual we started with our opening bowlers, while defending a modest score we had to had a good opening with new bowlers and they were upto there job with Manesh giving us the 1st break thru in the very first over of the inning when there opening batsman and one of the best was caught at slips brilliantly by Mohammed though a few Juggling acts... May be we have a good juggler in the team too....
I was even Praying to rain god to bless with a rain this is the first time he he he he he i am requesting for it... but once the 1st wicket the pressure was on the opponent and they too would have prayed for the same..
Then it was our trun to race and finish the 12overs before rain comes..In the very second over Johnson got another wicket. As we couldn't update the scorecard i am not in a position to update the scores here.
As the opening bowlers were doing tight overs hence the opponents were not able score freely as they would have thought,, in the 4th over Johnson got another wicket though he was hit for couple of big shots.By the end of the 8th over they were 20 odd runs with there 3batsmen back in the hut.
Then I changed the bowlers with Sijo and Mani as our opening bowling pairs the duo were upto the task and were bowling good line and length and were not giving the batsmen and chance to score freely.Though they had 2 good batsmen in the crease. In the 14th over sijo was hit for six then was thinking of changing the ends for him for which i had to go back to my lucky man Bobby. Meanwhile one of there batsmen had to go back to the hut retired hurt. Though he couldn't get the breakthough in the 1st over he bowls as in everyother match.. but it was his second over which was more dramatic as it should have been in a cricket match..1st ball was a dot ball., 2nd ball a dot, 3rd ball a dot., 4th ball the the batsmen was caught at slips with a brilliant catch at slips by Anuroop a catch no one will forget in the near future. Now the people who are reading will thing how can a wicketkeeper can take a catch at slips.. there you go when bobby came to ball the duo where fighting for being the wicketkeeper.. one pad with anuroop and one with ghouse...he he he he eh eh eh eh not allowed to change the wicketkeeper in between the balls. he he he he...
5th ball the new batsmen was bowled by bobby.. it was the 6th ball i forgot that it was the hatrick ball till the excited bobby called everyone in and said it was a hatrick ball... in the heat of the excitement i forgot that me too a human right... the new batsmen came in to take the strike when he saw all standing close to him to attack on him like a vultures waiting to attack its prey he was nervous enough to get bowled in the 6th ball of the over thus the first Hattrick in the team playing the league though the actual 1st hattrick for the teams goes to our Suresh who due to his work commitment and studies is not able to play for us this time around, good luck for him and all the best wishes and may be he will be able to play in the near future for us..
Meanwhile on the other end Sijo was doing good and also got couple of wickets.. In the 19th over bowled by bobby he got his fourth wicket when he got the best batsmen out caught at long on in the safest hand of manesh. Then as usual bobby cannot finish an innings without bowling a wide this thime it cost extra 4runs.. in the next very ball he got the last batsmen LBW. Thus giving us a well deserving win. Thus again he proved lucky for me.. he he he he he... The opponent were allout for just 64runs from 31/3 in the 10th overe.. a well deserving 10points for all the hard work we had done....
Notables
Bobby 3.4-5wickets, sijo 5 -2, johnson 4-2, manesh 4-1
The excitment which was shown by my team was tremendous.. the joy and happines was something i cann't express here..Friends the personnel achivements are something which will come by itself.. our main priority should be team and when the team as a whole does good the personnel achivements will be sweeter..
I recently came to know that one of the teams asked the scorer where is the team captain he dosen't come to bat or ball, dear freinds the win is the answer for the them....
I am enjoying being the part of this team and leading them... you too cherish the time you are spending with the team because i think it is the second family after the one you have ... hope i am correct.
Alas! it is 1hour i am writing this post forgot about the work.. need to finish some work will catch up later... Have a deserving one week off from cricket.. enjoy it with your family and those who are bachelors enjoy chatting and sh........ but don't do too much he he he he he he...
Till next time have a wonderful time.. and may god bless all of us...
Monday, June 14, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
GCC2 vs IIT Alumini, GIIS Queenstown, 5th of June 2010
Was a bit busy with the work and little tired and sick... got wet in the rain :).. thats why late to post, though was eager to do it as early as possible.. he he he he...
As i written in my 1st post ever that due to cricket i came to know a lot of good people in singapore and it proved the same this weekend too... i must refresh my memory because i am good rembembering the face but the name ALAS! it is difficult...... but somehow i manage he he he he...
Now back to the game which was scheduled 1Pm start. When i started from home it was sunny, so was happy that we could have full match... but as i approched queenstown it started to drizzle... oh again i thought in my mind. Reached the ground to find that not even the pitch was covered and the outer part of the ground was flooded with water..Seeing all this the hope to have a match vanished..
Couple of guys came by 12.15 had enough time to put up the boundry rope and preparing the pitch for the match.. though couple came 1hr after the scheduled start time.. :(. The opponent team too reached the ground and they too were keen to play the match..Last time though both the captains were ready to play because of umpires decision had to call off the match. Lucky enough this time around the umpires were ready to play the match without any reduction of overs..
Went for the toss, was thinking of bowling after winning toss.. again the luck was not with me lost the toss and the opposing captain asked us to bat. As we walked back to the team members it started to drizzle again... Again had an hold up in the start.. Luck was with the couple of guys who came late for the match he he he he...
I guess the rain god heard our prayers and the rain stopped there was a delay of 1hour or so. Hence the umpires reduced the match to 22over aside.
Same as the last match the opening pair of Ramesh and guruvinder walked into the middle to start our innings. From the word go Ramesh was on the attacking mode not for the wet outfield he could have scored 50+ runs as he was out (thru a LBW decision which he thought was a wrong decision from the umpire, it is the case hope he learns the truth fast doing umpiring himself) when his individual score was 44 and the team score was 99 in the 9th over.. going at a healthy rate of 11.
Then it was the turn of Karthi to partner guru for the second wicket, then the scoring rate become a bit slow though both tried there best to keep up but it was not enough.In the process lost the 2nd wicket in the form of Guru at a score of 36. Anoorop who was playing his 2nd match joined Karthi in the middle..
It was the time when the team members were enjoying the most including me when we got a scrape goat in the form of Anoroop one of the youngest lot and the peron who is very helpful and lovable till date (touch wood)... Though the start was abit slow for him but he started to accelerate through aSIX..and one more he he he he... by the time the team score wasa on track with 10an over. then we lost couple of wickets and it was upto the shoulders of our dependable mr.Mani to carry on till the end of the innings, but intentions were different he scored at a strike rate of 200+ 37 runs with 3huge sixes.. In the mean time were loosing wickets the other end.. We ended our innings at 222/8 in 22 Overs a score which was 30-40 runs more what was in my mind.. and good show from my people..
Noteables:
Ramesh 44, Mani 37,Guru 36,Anoorop 23,Karthi 19
This was going to be a good game as even the sun came out and dried the out field. With a formidable bowling attack i was pretty sure that we can win the match. It is only the matter of points which was going to play a role in the win. But during the break told all that don't worry about the points just do the basics right and try to win the points will come by itself.
Concern was about the wicket keeping, I was a bit concern about that as it was a small ground and we were not having the service of our regular keeper.So was thinking of doing about 11Overs or so by me and later part can ask Anoroop. But by the time I had my snacks he was ready with the keeping pads on, the confidence was good with him so i went on with it. And he really proved his worth as a wicketkeeper with some good collections even i would have failed to do that. Nice one dear and now is the problem.. he he he he...
Started with the regular openers of Manesh and Johnson.It was now easy to handle the ball as the sun was out and the outfield was dry. They Bowled well with Manesh hitting the deck hard and troubling the batsmen with the height on the other hand Johnson was swining the ball to great extennd with some extra runs due to swing. he he he..
the breakthrough came in the 5th over when there well set batsmen was bowled by Manesh. In the very next over Johnson was also rewarded for his good bowling when he got a wicket and it was well caught by Karthi in the deep (touch wood having a safe pair of hands) :)
Same is the case of runouts it is the copyright of ramesh I guess a good thow which was cleaning picked up by wicketkeeper and the stumps were uprooted at the right time to keep the batsman out of the crease..
Then it was the turn of the change of bowlers with Mani and Tariq doing good jobs Tariq even had a Maiden over in the ground though he wentwicketless. We had to wait till the 16th over to get a break through which was given by Mani a well judged catch by Tariq culprit for dropping 2catches though hard ones. Meanwhile had seen a well commited try for a catch from out oldies Mr. Thalivar :) after that don't ask me what happened.. he he he he he...
Though the scoring rate was below Par for the opposing team it was the wicket which was not coming in our way. Then i had to look for my Lucky Mascot Mr.Bobby to give a break thru and it came in the 1st ball itself. And was the highest wicket taker with 3wickets just giving away 2 runs which included a wide :). Even i had to do 2overs just for the sake of doing it and Thaliver request :) did pretty well i guess.
Notables.
Bobby 1.1-0-2-3, Baiju 2-0-4-1,Mani 5-0-17-1,Manesh 4-0-20-1,Johnson 3-0-26-1
An overall good performance my team. Happy to have a team. Keep the good work and just enjoy playing.Don't worry about the out comes..It will come by itself..
Have a nice week ahead ..... Till next time i am signing off... urs...
As i written in my 1st post ever that due to cricket i came to know a lot of good people in singapore and it proved the same this weekend too... i must refresh my memory because i am good rembembering the face but the name ALAS! it is difficult...... but somehow i manage he he he he...
Now back to the game which was scheduled 1Pm start. When i started from home it was sunny, so was happy that we could have full match... but as i approched queenstown it started to drizzle... oh again i thought in my mind. Reached the ground to find that not even the pitch was covered and the outer part of the ground was flooded with water..Seeing all this the hope to have a match vanished..
Couple of guys came by 12.15 had enough time to put up the boundry rope and preparing the pitch for the match.. though couple came 1hr after the scheduled start time.. :(. The opponent team too reached the ground and they too were keen to play the match..Last time though both the captains were ready to play because of umpires decision had to call off the match. Lucky enough this time around the umpires were ready to play the match without any reduction of overs..
Went for the toss, was thinking of bowling after winning toss.. again the luck was not with me lost the toss and the opposing captain asked us to bat. As we walked back to the team members it started to drizzle again... Again had an hold up in the start.. Luck was with the couple of guys who came late for the match he he he he...
I guess the rain god heard our prayers and the rain stopped there was a delay of 1hour or so. Hence the umpires reduced the match to 22over aside.
Same as the last match the opening pair of Ramesh and guruvinder walked into the middle to start our innings. From the word go Ramesh was on the attacking mode not for the wet outfield he could have scored 50+ runs as he was out (thru a LBW decision which he thought was a wrong decision from the umpire, it is the case hope he learns the truth fast doing umpiring himself) when his individual score was 44 and the team score was 99 in the 9th over.. going at a healthy rate of 11.
Then it was the turn of Karthi to partner guru for the second wicket, then the scoring rate become a bit slow though both tried there best to keep up but it was not enough.In the process lost the 2nd wicket in the form of Guru at a score of 36. Anoorop who was playing his 2nd match joined Karthi in the middle..
It was the time when the team members were enjoying the most including me when we got a scrape goat in the form of Anoroop one of the youngest lot and the peron who is very helpful and lovable till date (touch wood)... Though the start was abit slow for him but he started to accelerate through aSIX..and one more he he he he... by the time the team score wasa on track with 10an over. then we lost couple of wickets and it was upto the shoulders of our dependable mr.Mani to carry on till the end of the innings, but intentions were different he scored at a strike rate of 200+ 37 runs with 3huge sixes.. In the mean time were loosing wickets the other end.. We ended our innings at 222/8 in 22 Overs a score which was 30-40 runs more what was in my mind.. and good show from my people..
Noteables:
Ramesh 44, Mani 37,Guru 36,Anoorop 23,Karthi 19
This was going to be a good game as even the sun came out and dried the out field. With a formidable bowling attack i was pretty sure that we can win the match. It is only the matter of points which was going to play a role in the win. But during the break told all that don't worry about the points just do the basics right and try to win the points will come by itself.
Concern was about the wicket keeping, I was a bit concern about that as it was a small ground and we were not having the service of our regular keeper.So was thinking of doing about 11Overs or so by me and later part can ask Anoroop. But by the time I had my snacks he was ready with the keeping pads on, the confidence was good with him so i went on with it. And he really proved his worth as a wicketkeeper with some good collections even i would have failed to do that. Nice one dear and now is the problem.. he he he he...
Started with the regular openers of Manesh and Johnson.It was now easy to handle the ball as the sun was out and the outfield was dry. They Bowled well with Manesh hitting the deck hard and troubling the batsmen with the height on the other hand Johnson was swining the ball to great extennd with some extra runs due to swing. he he he..
the breakthrough came in the 5th over when there well set batsmen was bowled by Manesh. In the very next over Johnson was also rewarded for his good bowling when he got a wicket and it was well caught by Karthi in the deep (touch wood having a safe pair of hands) :)
Same is the case of runouts it is the copyright of ramesh I guess a good thow which was cleaning picked up by wicketkeeper and the stumps were uprooted at the right time to keep the batsman out of the crease..
Then it was the turn of the change of bowlers with Mani and Tariq doing good jobs Tariq even had a Maiden over in the ground though he wentwicketless. We had to wait till the 16th over to get a break through which was given by Mani a well judged catch by Tariq culprit for dropping 2catches though hard ones. Meanwhile had seen a well commited try for a catch from out oldies Mr. Thalivar :) after that don't ask me what happened.. he he he he he...
Though the scoring rate was below Par for the opposing team it was the wicket which was not coming in our way. Then i had to look for my Lucky Mascot Mr.Bobby to give a break thru and it came in the 1st ball itself. And was the highest wicket taker with 3wickets just giving away 2 runs which included a wide :). Even i had to do 2overs just for the sake of doing it and Thaliver request :) did pretty well i guess.
Notables.
Bobby 1.1-0-2-3, Baiju 2-0-4-1,Mani 5-0-17-1,Manesh 4-0-20-1,Johnson 3-0-26-1
An overall good performance my team. Happy to have a team. Keep the good work and just enjoy playing.Don't worry about the out comes..It will come by itself..
Have a nice week ahead ..... Till next time i am signing off... urs...
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