GCC2 Vs Jelutang CC, Played at GIIS Queenstown on 13th Of June 2010

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...