Its a good way to wind up year 2010 with a couple of victories. We backed up last week's win (which was not blogged) with another one this week.
The team : Vignesh, Mani, Sudharshan, Yogesh, Ram, Sridhar, Raghu, Sriram, Jagan, Suresh and Muthu.
The match was against Vimal's team but I don't know who Vimal is :-)... Having won the toss, we batted. Good job by Jagan to win the toss. We opened with Muthu and Sriram, the latter was looking good with some powerful hits. The bowling was not great and we scored close to 25 in the first 4 overs losing 2 wickets. We lost Sriram for a run out and Muthu sliced a catch to Point. Ram and Raghu came in with a good partnership. Raghu was playing really well and stuck a couple of boundaries too. And the running between the wickets between these two was good too. Ram played second fiddle and did a good job at that. Midway, there seemed to be a barrage of wickets with Raghu, Yogesh and Ram getting out. We were 57 at the end of 10 overs, But Jagan and Sudharshan played some good shots and ran well to get us to 89 in 14 overs.
Bowling was our stronger department and with 90 to defend, we were favourites. But nothing of note happened in the first 4 overs except a run out. Suresh was taken for runs as he sprayed the ball all around. Overthrows did not help the cause either. Jagan was introduced in the 5th over and he picked up 2 wickets, both off full tosses. When I took the ball, their score read 43-3 off 6 overs. But things turned for the better with my over where I picked 3 wickets and gave away just a run. From thereon, the opposition were not in a position to win but still they gave it a good fight. I bowled a tight spell of 4 overs for 15 runs and picked 4 wickets. Mani's last 2 overs were tight as well. They got all out for 76.
Thus ended 2010 with a victory. :-) hope we get off to a good start for 2011 and play consistently good cricket:-)
Wish you all a Happy new year....:)
Cheers
Vignesh
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Team: Mani, Vignesh, Jagan, Fred, Vivek, Balaji, Sudharshan, Yogesh,Ramchandran and Raghu.
It was an overcast day with the threat of rain looming large. As usual, our team mates casually assembled around 7.30. When our guys don't stick to the timelines,its irritating, to say the least. The match was against a team whom we haven't faced earlier. Jagan's luck with the toss is running out. He lost again and they decided to bat. We started the game with just 9 fielders and Raghu came in by the end of the 2nd or 3rd over.
Mani picked up two wickets in his first over, both were bowled by good yorkers. However, their team had a left hander who batted well. They had posted 19 by the end of the 4th over. I bowled the fifth over in which I picked up a wicket but gave away 9 runs. Mani dropped a sitter and its usual these days for him drop easy catches off my bowling.:-) The ball went high in the air and I saw Mani getting under it. I knew what was gonna happen:-).
Balaji bowled a couple of overs where he picked up 2 wickets courtesy full tosses. One was bowled and the other was caught at deep covers. However his second over was a good one. I decided to give Vivek an over and maybe I had thrust too much responsibility onto him. He gave away 13 and was struggling to pitch the ball. The last 5 overs bowled by Jagan, Mani and myself. We gave away only 25 off the last 5 overs which I thought was decent enough. They had scored 74 off 14 overs.
Vivek and Sudharshan opened and Sudharshan's middle stump was uprooted in the first over. Mani joined Vivek and the two put on a decent partnership close to 20 off the 5 overs when Mani had a wild swipe and got out. Fred played a few shots (including 2 fours) and we were 32 off 6 overs.
At this point, we lost the course. Vivek, who was playing his best knock till date, got out. I must say he applied himself well scoring singles and twos. Fred and me got out back to back. It was frustrating that I got out without facing a ball and considering Ramchandran was at the other end, there was no run.:-) Lesson learnt. Ram got out after a couple of hits through the leg side. Yogesh and Balaji restored parity when they forged a partnership of close to 15 off 3 overs. We needed 27 off 4 overs when Balaji got out.
Yogesh was batting beautifully, scoring at will, running well and Jagan gave him company for a while. When Jagan got out, we needed 14 off 2 overs. Unfortunately, Yogesh got out the next ball leaving Raghu (who couldn't sight the ball and hence he played last) stranded as the last man. Lost by 13 runs.
Positives: Vivek's batting and Yogesh's good hitting.
Negatives: Poor fielding and Sudharshan's continued lack of runs
Needs improvement: Mani's catching (plssssssssssss Mani..)
Cheers
Vignesh
It was an overcast day with the threat of rain looming large. As usual, our team mates casually assembled around 7.30. When our guys don't stick to the timelines,its irritating, to say the least. The match was against a team whom we haven't faced earlier. Jagan's luck with the toss is running out. He lost again and they decided to bat. We started the game with just 9 fielders and Raghu came in by the end of the 2nd or 3rd over.
Mani picked up two wickets in his first over, both were bowled by good yorkers. However, their team had a left hander who batted well. They had posted 19 by the end of the 4th over. I bowled the fifth over in which I picked up a wicket but gave away 9 runs. Mani dropped a sitter and its usual these days for him drop easy catches off my bowling.:-) The ball went high in the air and I saw Mani getting under it. I knew what was gonna happen:-).
Balaji bowled a couple of overs where he picked up 2 wickets courtesy full tosses. One was bowled and the other was caught at deep covers. However his second over was a good one. I decided to give Vivek an over and maybe I had thrust too much responsibility onto him. He gave away 13 and was struggling to pitch the ball. The last 5 overs bowled by Jagan, Mani and myself. We gave away only 25 off the last 5 overs which I thought was decent enough. They had scored 74 off 14 overs.
Vivek and Sudharshan opened and Sudharshan's middle stump was uprooted in the first over. Mani joined Vivek and the two put on a decent partnership close to 20 off the 5 overs when Mani had a wild swipe and got out. Fred played a few shots (including 2 fours) and we were 32 off 6 overs.
At this point, we lost the course. Vivek, who was playing his best knock till date, got out. I must say he applied himself well scoring singles and twos. Fred and me got out back to back. It was frustrating that I got out without facing a ball and considering Ramchandran was at the other end, there was no run.:-) Lesson learnt. Ram got out after a couple of hits through the leg side. Yogesh and Balaji restored parity when they forged a partnership of close to 15 off 3 overs. We needed 27 off 4 overs when Balaji got out.
Yogesh was batting beautifully, scoring at will, running well and Jagan gave him company for a while. When Jagan got out, we needed 14 off 2 overs. Unfortunately, Yogesh got out the next ball leaving Raghu (who couldn't sight the ball and hence he played last) stranded as the last man. Lost by 13 runs.
Positives: Vivek's batting and Yogesh's good hitting.
Negatives: Poor fielding and Sudharshan's continued lack of runs
Needs improvement: Mani's catching (plssssssssssss Mani..)
Cheers
Vignesh
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