I was so busy celebrating the win.. that I got late in blogging this :)
Another nail biter... another thoroughly deserved win...
Great thing about this win.. we had new faces which contributed handsomely to get us across the line.
Game against Cheetah's.. well we all know how they go. They won the toss and elected to bat.
Pravin got Chris in the first over itself bowling him through the gate with lovely yorker.. however, after that, we didnt see a wicket for quite sometime but at no point in time they were scoring at a great pace. I think all the bowlers: Pravin, Hitesh, Dinesh, Rajiv and Mahesh did an excellent job and we got them out for 79 in 15th over.
Some excellent fielding by Sameer (superb direct hit) and Mahesh (excellent ground fielding and run out).. and excellent keeping by Rajiv (took a very very good reflex catch) and Hitesh. Our fielding was a much improved effort from the past game.. we still need to improve it a notch though.
The pitch was a howler... some of the balls were going almost at knee length and some were going above shoulder (almost same length).. so it wasnt an easy chase since their bowlers were hitting the "mystery spot" regularly.
Praveen opened with Hitesh.. and the first ball was a mystery ball special which took Hitesh off.. Sameer joined Praveen and Sameer got the innings going however, sameer too got out through a mystery spot special.
All this while.. I must say Praveen batted BRILLIANTLY... controlling his natural aggression, guiding the ball to the gaps and taking singles and doubles (even after getting hit on his face by that mystery spot ball).. Rajeev started off well but got out and then Chintu got out without troubling the scorers, after this Amit joined Praveen and they batted really nicely.. it was unlucky for Praveen that he got run-out while backing too far..
We needed 33 of 7 overs and then Mahesh joined Amit... what an amazing partnership. Mahesh I thought played the best I have seen him play kept giving strike to Amit :) and Amit kept hitting the balls to all part of the grounds.. we were home without loosing any wicket... we won by 2 wickets. Amit batted superbly.
I believe we got 22 points however the most important thing is.. we won the game :)
There is no game this weekend.. so may be we can meet @ MS ground for light fielding drill... (depends how many are available).
Next game is a big one against MSCC Stealth.
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Awesome batting Amit and Pravin. Our bowling/batting was good, but our fielding was amazing, especially considering the ground condition. Run outs, catches and then some excellent stop at boundaries from Chintu and Hitesh straightaway saved us 15 to 20 runs. Congrats guyz for the victory.
ReplyDeleteGo Boyz !!!