cricket league - day 3

Day 3 started with Kamikaze Express Vs Ball Kickers. Both the team captains Ashwin and RamaKrishanan were looking prepared. Even the wind today was feeling cricket, perhaps thats why the sun too was hiding behind clouds making the weather jus right for the game. Ball Kickers batted first and managed to make 63 runs. I got a chance to converse with Dev in the afternoon. "Kamal bowled really well today.....even Mutthapa was great.." Dev quoted

In Kamikaze express Kamal and Vikas put up a good partnership which was supported by some good batting by Ashwin and his express team....Bari and vishvesh kept the scores.....kamikaze express outbatted and outbowled ball kickers!!

in the 13th over the express reached its destination with 6 wickets....clawing their way into the league...

Match 2 was played between Chargers (Bhargav) Vs Maratha Warrior (Hrishikesh Bhadange)

this match was simply terrific. Both the teams had seasoned players on their side.

i got hold of ashwin dhanashri during the match. He is an excellent player and a great personal friend too..... always has some wisdom to share.

When i asked him about the match Chargers were batting and had scored about 45 runs.... "we wil surely put up a tough fight...the match would be exciting"....

i caught up with vishvesh later..those who are not aware..he is also an ISA committee member....and heard him saying "aisa nahi, aisa nahi"...god knows what he meant....but maratha warriors seemed really please with the score Chargers put up...some were shouting "bend the body ,bend the ball"........ they were trying to make up some new slogan for their team... i guess....

Bari, Chetan and Abhay were the scorers for the match..team ISA is thankful to all of them.....Abhay and Pillay were seen sporting ISA spirit wearing ISA T-Shirts....Match was won by maratha warriors...

I dont have the detailed stats with me since i had to leave for the independence day video clip which i am making with praveen and hegde....(will update them with the tomorrow's blogpost)....

tomorrows match Ball Kickers Vs Madras Veerans........ time 4:30pm....

cricket league - Day 2

Day 2 saw a clash between Maratha Warrior (Captian : Bhadange) and Madras Veerans (captain:Mukund )

the dew factor was an important variable in todays match which made us wait till 9am for the match to start. "It makes the ball heavy since it tends to get wet coz of the dew" said Hrishikesh "It creates porblems for both the teams hence it is better to wait for the dew to settle down".

Maratha Warriors got to bat first and exceeded their yesterdays score by 7 runs giving a target of 108 in 15 overs. the team captian chiped in 36 runs which proved a major contribution. Madras Veerans managed to keep the score low upto the first 9 overs giving just 40 runs. The last overs saw a terrific 60 runs in 30 balls.
Madras Veerans could score 91 in 15 overs with 45 runs coming in the last 5 overs. Muknd played a captians knock of 31 runs. Bowling and fielding were truly phoneomenal to watch.

Umpires Venu and Sohail did a great job yet again.

Congratulations to both the teams for their perfromance!!. It was an evidence of their own excellent capabilites and motivation.