It was overcast condition at 7:15 AM at SNCG.and PRaveen was waiting for the battalion to come.. He kept calling people whether we are really playing. And It is natural that he has forgotten that our heroes come to pitch only by 8 as he was absconding since few months..
and Match began at 8:00 when it became sunny also heating up the competition. both teams played some good competitive cricket but Nithya's X1 won the series on records 2-1. New kid on the block "Mohan" bagged the "Talented newcomer" Award. and "Utappa" got the "Best entertainer" awards.
Nithya's X1- Nithya (C), Prashant, Deepak, Praveen, Venu, Mohan (with joker boy in 2n and 3rd match)
Harish X1- Harish(C), Sudeep, Santosh, Uthappa, Guru, Myself with joker boy ( in team in 1st match while joker in 2nd and 3rd)
Match 1:
Fresh new ball was taken on a sunny morning, but still the ball was doing a bit. Harish X1 won the toss and elected to bat first. Myself with our dependent opener Sudeep, Sudeep was in flamboyant mood and wacked the first ball from nithya towards long on. As the ball was new it didn't carried over as expected and a catch was available for grab. But Venu was thinking of "Nayan*tara gave life to sudeep.Then slowly they continued and 2nd over was given to the new kid "MOhan" Sudeep welcomed him with a boundary but I gave away my wicket to him. Harish came to study the ship. But Deepak, nithya prashant were controlling well but Praveen came as a surprise package picking 2 wickets in the 5th over to reduce the game and harish X1 were bundled out for 19 in 6 overs. Harish played a captains innings bowling a fierce maiden first over picking Venu. But Lithia & PRashant studied the ship and slowly moved towards victory and completed the victory without much hiccups.
Match 2:
Nithyas X1 won the toss and elected to bat thinking to utilize the used ball which was going around the park nicely..Sudeep to everyones surprise took th ball and bowled a brillant maiden over with praveen got run out from our joker keeper. Harish bowled with the same aggression and kept things under control. It was innings of run out as run outs started to unfold. and PRashant became new "Inzamum" for the team.. while Uthappa was the star in getting these run outs. Nithya got out trying to hit the ball out of park gave a catch at deep midwicket after missing couple of balls. While deepak, Mohan and venu were bali ka bakras.. mean time frustrated prashant broke the bat (without damaging anyone) and got bowled. Chasing a modest target of 14, Harish X1 opened with utappa and santosh. Santosh was in a hurry to get out as he had a call with namithadevi, without taking much risk he got out followed by a brilliant catch from venu ended uthappas innings. He had just come out of the day-dreaming. But senior veterans sudeep and harish slowly got the innings together and completed the well deserved victory with Praveen trying 4 full tosses in succession to complete the match..
Match 3:
Nithyas X1 won the toss again and match was reduced to 6 overs. and Nithya and venu opened the innings. Sudeep took nithya while harish took venu in the first 2 overs. Then Prashant and Deepak studied the ship. both getting boundaries to each to push the score rate. But this time the new Inzamam alias prashant got run out. Which pegged back the run rate. Harish bowled with fire. to get the last man joker in to the crease in 5th over. Deepak played sensibly wit the new falme-boyant boy to get the target to 23. Harish X1 started aggressively with 3 of the first 2 balls with me and utappa openings the innings. mis-communication led to a wicket of utappa and Sudeep came to the crease. Mohan bowled a yorker first up to get the ueep for golden duck. Harish joined me and a good partnership started to flourish. The score was 14 after 3 overs with just 9 required of the last over. But turning over came when nithya came darting ball to the base of the stumps with his round arm action took all important wicket of harish. Then deepak took a wicket while I was trying to hit a short of length delivery to get out caught by Mohan. Soon santosh again was in a hurry dreaming off namitha got bowled off nithya. joker survived 2 balls and 8 was required off the last over. Mohan bowled another yorker and guru had to go for biggie and couldn't connect and got bowled Nithyas X1 won match by 7 runs and series 2-1.
So thats all folks for this week until next week..
Njoyyyyyyyyyyyyy till then..
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