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...
                                              

1 comment:

  1. my dear you grabbed 2 wickets to your bag.
    Who is this thalivar is any thaliban giy playing with us.

    Is it Thalivar or Thalaivar he he...

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