It was a fascinating week of cricket after a taking the much needed rest last week. Guys were rejuvenated to play few good games of cricket. Though due to last weeks miss, few had forgotten that the play was scheduled today while others turned away their promises. The minnows X1 were down by 0-1 after the first match, played some good cricket and beat the sharks 2-1 at the end to lift the SNCG Cup. Prasad, new MRF talent showed great promise with bowling and took away honors of the day for best debutant. while the old veteran Bond came back after year long suspension from cricket and played some good ground strokes to help the team in winning cause. Harish Jr was at his best throughout the match with bowling but batted exceptionally in the final encounter to seal the victory for minnows. For sharks, Deepak was at his fiery best with picking up wickets and mentoring the team, strategizing the plan along with field placing and other stuffs. Mohan & Praveen kannambadi were little inconsistent in their performances in batting and bowling respectively. Prashant in the first match was reasonable but later replacement Guru didn’t had much to contribute with bowl as he could bowl only single delivery in the entire series. The other mentors/Coach Nithya, Harish, star players Sudeep, Madhu, once in a month specialist Praveen, monthly visitor Srikant, Small ball specialist Venu, Vibrant Santosh were missing from the regular X1.
Sharks X1- Deepak(C), Prashant, Praveen kannambadi, Prashant (Replaced by Guru from 2nd match)
Minnows X1- Kiran UK(C), Harish Jr, Bond, Prasad
Match 1:
Minnows won the toss and elected to chase. Mohan and Prashant opened the innings for Sharks while I bowed the first over just for a change. Prasad bowled 2nd over and Mohan trying to hoik the ball couldn't clear long on and was caught in deep. Deepak and prashant were playing cautiously.. Harish bowled the 3rd over containing the runs. To increase the run rate Praveen was put into bat in 5th over but couldn't succeed in hitting big shot and lost his wicket. Deepak and prashant tried to bash but only managed to score only 17 runs in stipulated 6 overs.. Chasing the mere 18 runs of 6 over, Minnows started off well scoring runs at good rate. Bond and Harish opened the innings while Deepak started the bowling attack. they scored 3 runs in the first over. But the first strike was provided by removing the Bond caught at midwicket. I got the only four of the match to get the score to 8 of the 2 overs. But match turned upside down by a brilliant one handed dive to his left from Praveen kanambadi to get the price scalp of Harish. Deepak came back in the 3rd over to get my wicket. Prasad fought till end for minnows. The straight hit on the ground for 4 just went beside the demarcation line which could have made real difference in case if it had gone few inches o the left.. they required 9 of the last over. Prasad scored 4 of the first 2 balls to make the match interesting. They required 5 of 4 but a shot towards long on went straight into the hands to shatter the dreams of the minnows.
Match 2:
Sharks won the toss this time around and chose to bat first. Mohan and Praveen kanambadi opened the innings while I bowled the first over giving away a four in the final ball of the over. Good pull from Praveen enabled the sharks to open the account with a boundary.. But after that it was all minnows who bowled brilliantly to restrict sharks.. Prasad and Harish bowled 2 maiden overs restricting the sharks. score was 4 after 3 overs. they couldn't increase the run rate in the second half of the innings as well settling for a partly 10 runs. Chasing 11 to win from 6 overs, Prasad and bond started the inning while fiery Deepak started off the bowling. Deepak’s delivery went through the defenses of Prasad to shatter the stumps. Deepak had found the new found pace coming round the stumps. but Bond played well at the other end and I joined in and slowly we were on to the target. But while we required only 1 run bond got out to Deepak but Harish scored a single to get the winning runs in the 3rd over of the match. Minnows were delighted to level series 1-1 with some competitive cricket and boosted the confidence with a big win.
Match 3:
Once again Sharks won the toss and elected to bat first. and this time around determined pair of Deepak and Praveen opened the attack while I started off the blowing attack. This time around sharks went for rotating the strike and steadily made the progress. They were scoring slowly but steadily to progress well and had scored 21 in 5 overs getting few boundaries away in the mean time. But a final over from Harish was a treat to watch as he shattered the timber twice in the over and bowled a maiden over to keep the target to 22 for minnows.. Bond and Harish started the innings for minnows while Deepak with his grit and determination came to bowl. He took bond and would have nearly had Harish when an edge but was dropped by keeper. Deepak was furious and was all over the park as he couldn’t digest the same.. In the mean time Praveen couldn't get his line and length right and Harish took the complete advantage of this over scoring two fours and a six over square leg of 3 consecutive deliveries to draw the score. The score was 21 after 4 overs. Guru came to bowl with one run needed and a single delivery was enough to finish the match on the winning note to clinch the series 2-1.
Talking in the post match presentation , Deepak felt that the fielding was a let off. But those who missed the game today have missed action once for all as the regular video-grapher was missing today to shoot the action.. So Don't be unlucky again.. so Be ready and be present at SNCG next week on time every time..
Till then Just Chill maadi..
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
It was Nithyotsava at SNCG
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..
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..
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Sports was victorious in the end.....
It was a cool day at SNCG on a breezy Saturday morning. SO most of the team couldn't get up on time and be there for practice session.. and I had to wait 40 mins to get the first person (Apart from from me of course) to field in the form of MR "Pradeep" and slowly but steadily people started joining in and started practice session. mean whIle i watched few fascinating game of cricket in the side pitches..Sudeep and Harish Jr couldn't leave their bed as well as switch on their mobile and hence couldn't join. Madhu who ha taken rest by taking leave on Friday for his official work too came in late preparing for this all important contest. But for the disappointment of few we couldn't had all important series of mentors vs. caps. So the teams were made with mix & match with the available player and played an 2 good games of cricket. and Only thing I can say today is CRICKET WAS THE WINNER ALL THE WAY....
Teams:
pace X1 - Nithya, Deepak, Madhu, PRashant, Jay-Pee
Spin X1- Srikanth, HArish,Pradeep, Venu and myself
Match 1 :
Pace X1 won the toss and elected to bat with JP and Madhu opened the innings while srikant opened the attack. JP was trying to slog every ball . but one got connected and went for 4. Inspired by this Even madhu tried in the next over hit the ball out of park but it went straight to srikant who doesn't miss any held the catch comfortably. All the efforts put forth the previous day was wasted.. Nithya, was in a hurry and couldn't control his emotions and trying it the ball out of the ground top edged to get out caught and bowled. Deepak came to the crease and steadied the ship by playing conciously along with JP. After 6 th over prashan came over to bat in place of JP to increase the run rate. succeeded in getting 10 runs in the 7th over getting to a healthy run rate. I had the opportunity to bowl the last over and bowled 2 lolly pops to get 2 wickets with pace X1 were all out but had set a healthy target of 32 of 8 overs.But it was disaster for spin X1 when they opened the innings that their innings never got going.. Venu and HArish opened the innings followed by pradeep, myself and srikanth. Madhu was a surprise package picking wickets with his off-spin
Match 2:
Spin X1 won the toss and elected to bat first and batted effectively by holding the wickets. Meanwhile they took 10 runs from the last matches hero. While rest of the pace trio of deepak, nithya and prashant bowled with pace , precision and accuracy to complete the innings.. Mean time Harish got a urgent call and spin X1 were now with one bowler short. But "Venu" came to the party by rotating his arm and getting crucial wicket of madhu. while pradeep took wicket of nithya. But prashant and JP without taking any more risk played natural cricket.Prashant finished the innings with style by hitting 6 over long on..
Now there is a new hope of new teams being formed and new cricket being played at SNCG as few senior pros might be moving out going forward.. also next there might not be cricket at SNCG as there would be official duty for most of the players on account on of "bharat Bandh" on 5th July. on account of the same Wipro applied thought and compensated on 10th July and we had to work instead of play .IN the mean time I hope you enjoyed the few fascinating games of football in this World cup. So lets just sink in with the World cup..
Teams:
pace X1 - Nithya, Deepak, Madhu, PRashant, Jay-Pee
Spin X1- Srikanth, HArish,Pradeep, Venu and myself
Match 1 :
Pace X1 won the toss and elected to bat with JP and Madhu opened the innings while srikant opened the attack. JP was trying to slog every ball . but one got connected and went for 4. Inspired by this Even madhu tried in the next over hit the ball out of park but it went straight to srikant who doesn't miss any held the catch comfortably. All the efforts put forth the previous day was wasted.. Nithya, was in a hurry and couldn't control his emotions and trying it the ball out of the ground top edged to get out caught and bowled. Deepak came to the crease and steadied the ship by playing conciously along with JP. After 6 th over prashan came over to bat in place of JP to increase the run rate. succeeded in getting 10 runs in the 7th over getting to a healthy run rate. I had the opportunity to bowl the last over and bowled 2 lolly pops to get 2 wickets with pace X1 were all out but had set a healthy target of 32 of 8 overs.But it was disaster for spin X1 when they opened the innings that their innings never got going.. Venu and HArish opened the innings followed by pradeep, myself and srikanth. Madhu was a surprise package picking wickets with his off-spin
Match 2:
Spin X1 won the toss and elected to bat first and batted effectively by holding the wickets. Meanwhile they took 10 runs from the last matches hero. While rest of the pace trio of deepak, nithya and prashant bowled with pace , precision and accuracy to complete the innings.. Mean time Harish got a urgent call and spin X1 were now with one bowler short. But "Venu" came to the party by rotating his arm and getting crucial wicket of madhu. while pradeep took wicket of nithya. But prashant and JP without taking any more risk played natural cricket.Prashant finished the innings with style by hitting 6 over long on..
Now there is a new hope of new teams being formed and new cricket being played at SNCG as few senior pros might be moving out going forward.. also next there might not be cricket at SNCG as there would be official duty for most of the players on account on of "bharat Bandh" on 5th July. on account of the same Wipro applied thought and compensated on 10th July and we had to work instead of play .IN the mean time I hope you enjoyed the few fascinating games of football in this World cup. So lets just sink in with the World cup..
Till then SAYONARA.....
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