A win atlast for DA'FREAKS!!...Thanks to freddie and sridhar not more so for their performance but for arranging a match against their office team who nothing but looked mediocre...
DA' FREAKS: Mani,Freddie,Sridhar,Kailash,Goutham,Balaji,Sudarshan,Mohan,Ram,Prasad
ScoreBoard: DA' FREAKS -- 92\8 in 14 overs
Opponent -- 68 all out
There was a scramble for finding enough players to play for the DA' FREAKS with few guys expressing their unavailability just a day before and maddy(owner) being one among the culprits!!...Thanks to freddie we had enough guys to proceed with the game for the week.
The opponents won the toss and decided to bowl first which was exactly our plan as well but our luck with the toss have never been great..We had prasad and balaji opening the innings and had a steady start in the first couple of overs before balaji had to retire hurt (do not ask why!!)..Goutham got in the middle and as usual we lost a wicket through run out and losing prasad. Ram and goutham batted sensibly and taking the score to a comfortable 36 in 6 overs soon after which goutham got out which was one of the very few catches the opponents managed to hold on to..Freddie,kailash,mohan all chipped in which nice cameos but ram batted very well to take as to a score of 92 in 14 overs. Thanks to some shoddy fielding which helped as in a great way!!..
The sun was not beating down and we had a nice breeze blowing across the ground which helped us when we started to defend our target. Myself and Sridhar started off the proceedings with the ball. I did not have a great first over giving away 11 runs more due to my complancency but came back strongly in my next couple of overs picking up 2 wickets as well. Sridhar bowled well at the other end but the spell by goutham in the middle along with balaji helped us to pick up wickets steadily even though runs were leaked through some poor fielding by us. Sudarshan came late and could not bat much so he wanted to bowl an over which went for 12 runs and making the match little tight with the opponents needing 40 odd runs in 5 overs but we managed to wrap them up with some good bowling towards the end by myself, sri and goutham.
DA' FREAKS won by 24 runs and the much needed win in the kitty. There are areas to improve hopefully with our full strenghth squad next week sans vicky(the coach) should do better and keep up the winning habit!!...
Cheers,
Manikandan
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