Its getting terribly hot out there and we are all feeling the heat. Excruciating heat. Mani was not available today, our opponents were Kailash's colleagues. For reason unknown, we opted for a 15 over match.
We were to set the target and what a start it was!! Jughead and I opened the batting, I was the mover and Jughead the shaker. For almost 10 overs, we didn't lose that partnership and scored 72 runs. Jughead scored the bulk of the runs, I would have definitely crossed 20
There was not even an iota of gas left in my tank half way thru. Jughead was running with his tweaked foot but I can't seem to help. I had to hand over the bat to someone. Retired.
The much needed impetus to the innings was given by Idli at the end. We amassed 117 runs in 15 overs. It was terrific batting.
We lost the match when we underestimated the opponents and made fun of them. We were planning to give Idli and myself a go at the batsmen even before the innings had started. Goutham, Suresh, Sridhar, Raghu and Vicky all went for runs. For a moment, when three wickets fell in quick succession, we thought we had a chance. But not to be. I dropped a catch, Jughead's misfield in the penultimate over, all cost us the match. Raghu and Suresh were bowling as if this was a match against kids. Very very bad.
Line and length went out of the window and we bleeded runs. The match was lost eventually in the last over. We got to give it to the opponents, they chased superbly. Never panicked. Hats off!!
We gotta bounce back next time, take the positives out of this game and come hard.
Cheers.
We were to set the target and what a start it was!! Jughead and I opened the batting, I was the mover and Jughead the shaker. For almost 10 overs, we didn't lose that partnership and scored 72 runs. Jughead scored the bulk of the runs, I would have definitely crossed 20
There was not even an iota of gas left in my tank half way thru. Jughead was running with his tweaked foot but I can't seem to help. I had to hand over the bat to someone. Retired.
The much needed impetus to the innings was given by Idli at the end. We amassed 117 runs in 15 overs. It was terrific batting.
We lost the match when we underestimated the opponents and made fun of them. We were planning to give Idli and myself a go at the batsmen even before the innings had started. Goutham, Suresh, Sridhar, Raghu and Vicky all went for runs. For a moment, when three wickets fell in quick succession, we thought we had a chance. But not to be. I dropped a catch, Jughead's misfield in the penultimate over, all cost us the match. Raghu and Suresh were bowling as if this was a match against kids. Very very bad.
Line and length went out of the window and we bleeded runs. The match was lost eventually in the last over. We got to give it to the opponents, they chased superbly. Never panicked. Hats off!!
We gotta bounce back next time, take the positives out of this game and come hard.
Cheers.
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