Match report
i11's bowling / WC batting
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i11 won the toss and elected to bowl!
Sir meda started i11 bowling with tight line n length. Both Sir Meda and Prashanth got a wkt in their 2nd over. weekend champs 11/2 after 4 overs. But then Raja and Subbu from weekend champs started nudging the ball around and getting cheeky runs. i11 were bowling tight lines, few awesome balls, but then pressure would let off by a misfield or wide or cheeky single-double... weekend champs were thriving without taking risks... until Raja chipped a catch to cover and Surya grabbed it, Sharat's first wkt! Sharat got Subbu in next over, caught behind. At end of 10 overs, WC were 30/4. Highlights of this quarter - manny's 3 overs of express pace bowling around off stump! Its unfortunate that edge he induced stayed low and was missed behind the stumps, whenever batsman connected his ball they got more than deserved due to ground conditions or misfeilds :( Manny... we want you to bowl like this forever! i11 also gave 7 wides and 2 byes in first 10 overs. Take them out of WC's 30 and it is clear how much pressure we cud put on WC without them.
Harmit and Chirag from WC continued nudge n play game after the break. Next 4 overs yeilding 18 runs. They began to score easily without taking much risks. Naseer got us the breakthrough in form of Chirag, the ever-shuffling batsman in 16th over. By then WC had reached to 53. Sharat got the other scoring guy Harmit. Both Chirag n Harmit caught by Shiv @ covers. WC were folding up @ 56/6 however meghashyam @ # 7 took advantage of Powerplay and scored some fast runs to take WC upto 68.
Highlights of 2nd quarter: Sharp catching by Shiv, fiery spell from Manny, accurate spell from Meda, good come back by i11 bowlers after 15th over. i11 dropped few sharp chances in the field and were often clumsy. Time to fix our fielding and catching!
i11 batting
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Naseer and Vaibhav started our batting, naseer got in the act with 2 huge boundaries in bowling powerplay over. 1-2s were coming easily with huge gaps. i11 were 21/0 in 4 overs - well utilizing bowling power play. However scoring rate dipped after that, i11 24/0 in 7 overs. Vaibhav got out caught @ sqr leg in 8th over. Enter Prashant! WC payed the price of bowling on Prashanth's leg - nice flick of wrist, 2 bounces and accross the boundary. Unfortunately another flick carried to the deep sqr leg fielder and Prashant's elegant inning ended abruptly. In 10 overs i11 were 37/2. Starting fast, easying out and then left with 30 runs to win. Highlights - Naseer and Prashant's storke play, naseer and vaibhav's partnership.
With just 31 runs to win, with cool heads naseer n abdul, it seemed easy. However Naseer got runout - some good fielding and some bad running got better of him. i11 - 42/3. Naseer scored 27 out of those 42. Sharat came out and played few good shots, but then his mind froze, he went for glory and got caught in the deep. i11 - 49/4 in 14. Needing 20 in next 6 overs. Enter Kannan! Unfortunately this wasn't his best day. Kannan and abdul's partnership was still able to scrape through the run rate of 3 some how. Abdul had now begun to play more shots and find more gaps. i11 needed 8 runs in last 3 overs. We decided it was time for the ball to disappear in the bushes, powerplay time. WC got their best bowler Raja, i11 had got Kannan, and kannan was not looking for anything less than 6. Unfortunately the ball kept evading the bat only earning 1 run on last ball. 12 balls, 7 runs to win. But we had 1 more Power play over, and still kannan was facing. Sadly for him, only to hear the timber shattering behind his back. With 10 balls to go, 7 runs to win, enter shiv. Next 3 balls, dot - 2 - 1. Now 4 needed of 7, Shiv's nerves would be settling now, but last ball of powerplay and Adbul's leading edge went high for a easy catch on last ball of 19th over. They crossed so Shiv has to go back to non-striker end for last over with 4 to win. Enter Surya. First up - Yorker, surya digs it out - its a dot ball. Surya steps out for 2nd ball, misses the ball, has a brain freeze and wants a suisidal single. Easy picking for WC wkt keeper - surya run out. i11 need 4 of 4. Perfect time for Sir Meda to appear! Almost everybody in i11 dug out imagining a lofted shot over extra cover or mid wkt, sir meda has done it so often with his confident lazy elegance. And sir meda lives up to the expectations yet again, a furious sir meda waft through off, scurrying fielder at extra cover, and 2 runs for sir meda. i11 need 3 balls, 2 runs and again sir meda on strike. Sir meda steps out for next one but misses it. 2 of 2 needed now, and sir meda still got the strike. Next ball - sir meda tries a cheeky daft but gets caught @ sqr leg. The fielder holds on to this one and to sir meda's horror, he has not realized the fielder was there @ sqr leg. i11 are 8 down, have 1 ball to face and 2 runs to win now. Guru comes out, even a blind man can see how tense he is. He 'll face the last ball. Shivstanding @ other end is gonna run for anything. Another full ball, guru doesnt connect well but still scampers, the fielder calmly collects and runs towards the stumps to avoid any overthrows. Guru and Shiv have meanwhile ran hard and completed a single, the game is DRAWN!
A match thrown away by i11! We were in v good position to always win it! We gave extras - 9 Wides, 2 byes, 1 No ball. We let pressure off WC whenever our bowlers bowled 3-4 good balls. We should also work out the batting order a bit. Manny, Sharat should take confidence from their spells. Same for Abdul for his batting - well played. Another awesome batting performance by naseer. We got lot of talented but new folks, hope we get only better from here and make it through gold. We need to back our bowlers while fielding, we need to rotate strike better so that we don't have close finishes like these more often.
i11's bowling / WC batting
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i11 won the toss and elected to bowl!
Sir meda started i11 bowling with tight line n length. Both Sir Meda and Prashanth got a wkt in their 2nd over. weekend champs 11/2 after 4 overs. But then Raja and Subbu from weekend champs started nudging the ball around and getting cheeky runs. i11 were bowling tight lines, few awesome balls, but then pressure would let off by a misfield or wide or cheeky single-double... weekend champs were thriving without taking risks... until Raja chipped a catch to cover and Surya grabbed it, Sharat's first wkt! Sharat got Subbu in next over, caught behind. At end of 10 overs, WC were 30/4. Highlights of this quarter - manny's 3 overs of express pace bowling around off stump! Its unfortunate that edge he induced stayed low and was missed behind the stumps, whenever batsman connected his ball they got more than deserved due to ground conditions or misfeilds :( Manny... we want you to bowl like this forever! i11 also gave 7 wides and 2 byes in first 10 overs. Take them out of WC's 30 and it is clear how much pressure we cud put on WC without them.
Harmit and Chirag from WC continued nudge n play game after the break. Next 4 overs yeilding 18 runs. They began to score easily without taking much risks. Naseer got us the breakthrough in form of Chirag, the ever-shuffling batsman in 16th over. By then WC had reached to 53. Sharat got the other scoring guy Harmit. Both Chirag n Harmit caught by Shiv @ covers. WC were folding up @ 56/6 however meghashyam @ # 7 took advantage of Powerplay and scored some fast runs to take WC upto 68.
Highlights of 2nd quarter: Sharp catching by Shiv, fiery spell from Manny, accurate spell from Meda, good come back by i11 bowlers after 15th over. i11 dropped few sharp chances in the field and were often clumsy. Time to fix our fielding and catching!
i11 batting
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Naseer and Vaibhav started our batting, naseer got in the act with 2 huge boundaries in bowling powerplay over. 1-2s were coming easily with huge gaps. i11 were 21/0 in 4 overs - well utilizing bowling power play. However scoring rate dipped after that, i11 24/0 in 7 overs. Vaibhav got out caught @ sqr leg in 8th over. Enter Prashant! WC payed the price of bowling on Prashanth's leg - nice flick of wrist, 2 bounces and accross the boundary. Unfortunately another flick carried to the deep sqr leg fielder and Prashant's elegant inning ended abruptly. In 10 overs i11 were 37/2. Starting fast, easying out and then left with 30 runs to win. Highlights - Naseer and Prashant's storke play, naseer and vaibhav's partnership.
With just 31 runs to win, with cool heads naseer n abdul, it seemed easy. However Naseer got runout - some good fielding and some bad running got better of him. i11 - 42/3. Naseer scored 27 out of those 42. Sharat came out and played few good shots, but then his mind froze, he went for glory and got caught in the deep. i11 - 49/4 in 14. Needing 20 in next 6 overs. Enter Kannan! Unfortunately this wasn't his best day. Kannan and abdul's partnership was still able to scrape through the run rate of 3 some how. Abdul had now begun to play more shots and find more gaps. i11 needed 8 runs in last 3 overs. We decided it was time for the ball to disappear in the bushes, powerplay time. WC got their best bowler Raja, i11 had got Kannan, and kannan was not looking for anything less than 6. Unfortunately the ball kept evading the bat only earning 1 run on last ball. 12 balls, 7 runs to win. But we had 1 more Power play over, and still kannan was facing. Sadly for him, only to hear the timber shattering behind his back. With 10 balls to go, 7 runs to win, enter shiv. Next 3 balls, dot - 2 - 1. Now 4 needed of 7, Shiv's nerves would be settling now, but last ball of powerplay and Adbul's leading edge went high for a easy catch on last ball of 19th over. They crossed so Shiv has to go back to non-striker end for last over with 4 to win. Enter Surya. First up - Yorker, surya digs it out - its a dot ball. Surya steps out for 2nd ball, misses the ball, has a brain freeze and wants a suisidal single. Easy picking for WC wkt keeper - surya run out. i11 need 4 of 4. Perfect time for Sir Meda to appear! Almost everybody in i11 dug out imagining a lofted shot over extra cover or mid wkt, sir meda has done it so often with his confident lazy elegance. And sir meda lives up to the expectations yet again, a furious sir meda waft through off, scurrying fielder at extra cover, and 2 runs for sir meda. i11 need 3 balls, 2 runs and again sir meda on strike. Sir meda steps out for next one but misses it. 2 of 2 needed now, and sir meda still got the strike. Next ball - sir meda tries a cheeky daft but gets caught @ sqr leg. The fielder holds on to this one and to sir meda's horror, he has not realized the fielder was there @ sqr leg. i11 are 8 down, have 1 ball to face and 2 runs to win now. Guru comes out, even a blind man can see how tense he is. He 'll face the last ball. Shivstanding @ other end is gonna run for anything. Another full ball, guru doesnt connect well but still scampers, the fielder calmly collects and runs towards the stumps to avoid any overthrows. Guru and Shiv have meanwhile ran hard and completed a single, the game is DRAWN!
A match thrown away by i11! We were in v good position to always win it! We gave extras - 9 Wides, 2 byes, 1 No ball. We let pressure off WC whenever our bowlers bowled 3-4 good balls. We should also work out the batting order a bit. Manny, Sharat should take confidence from their spells. Same for Abdul for his batting - well played. Another awesome batting performance by naseer. We got lot of talented but new folks, hope we get only better from here and make it through gold. We need to back our bowlers while fielding, we need to rotate strike better so that we don't have close finishes like these more often.
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