DWT - Double Wicket tournament - Oct2010

Theses are our T20-like tournament where a team consists of 2 players and they get to bat for 3 overs.

League Matches:

Group A:

BK/Sujith – 42

Anba/Praveen – 21

Prabhu/Praneeth – 15

Guna/Sankar - 10

Group B:

Moraji/Sri harsha – 35

Bala/Karthi – 30

Sankar/Pradeep – 29

Viji/Adi – 4

Semifinals
Praveen/Anba - 11 beat Morarji/ -6

BK/Sujith - 2 beat Bala/Karthi - 1

Finals
BK/Sujith - 42 beat Praveen/Anba - 33

CSCA League | 1st Match | Padi XI

Date: 17th October 2010

Venue: DB Jain College "A" Ground

Opposition: Padi XI

RnW Playing XI: KK, BK, Karthi, Adi, Anba, Guna (Wk and Captain), DD, Pradyot, Pradeep, Sankar and Praveen.

12th Man: Bala

13th Man: Prabu

Summary of the match:

Overheard a conversation between two batsmen of Padi XI in a mid-pitch conference between overs.

Batsman1: "Arre dekh ke khel re. Woh bahut spin kar raha hai. Bada bowler lagta hai. Dekh ke khel". Watch out for this bowler and bat carefully. He is spinning it a lot. Looks like a stud bowler. Be careful.

Batsman2: "Theek hai re". Ok.

The person who overheard this and the bowler they are talking about are one and the same. But its okay, let us give it to the man for performing like a professional leg-spinner. Pradeep was adjudged Man of the Match too. He took 4 for 22 from his 4 overs and mopped up the tail while his left-arm counterpart, Praveen, contributed with 2 wickets too. Before them, was an inspired spell by DD and KK who took 4 wickets between them to leave the batting order open for the clean up procedure. It was a clinical performance by RnW. No scares, no goof-ups, no pressure, no tension - Just a simple application of the basics of cricket.

What did you miss? The ones who weren't at the ground.

1. Karthi's ability to focus. He even threw his cap off while chasing a ball because he was concentrating on stopping the ball from going to the boundary.
2. DD's uninterrupted 6-over spell. (I forget the figures. Request Pradyot/ Sankar to update the group)
3. KK's ability to spot hidden talent in the adjoining ground! :) There were some 4 or 5 players who were hardly taller than the bat or the stumps they were playing with in the adjoining ground. It was a great sight to see those kids play with so much enthusiasm and desire.
4. Anba's catch in the slips. The ball was dying on him. He put his finger below the ball just in time to take the catch. Professional looking slip catch it was.
5. Karthi's football-inspired act. Karthi (long-off) and Bala (long-on, substituting for DD) went for a skier and I don't think they called for it. In the end Karthi got a hand to the ball but then what followed was a deadly collision and both of them went down. In the process, the ball almost went to the boundary. Bala recovered and picked up the ball to throw it back into play. Karthi was still lying down rolling over, apparently, in pain. On subsequent interrogation it was found that Bala's ribs were hurting while Karthi appeared fine. So the rolling over and all that was probably in the hope of getting Bala a red card we all guessed.
6. Sankar got a wicket - clean bowled. Okay okay now, let's not conclude on our opponent's batting ability by just this one wicket. Even Pradeep got 4. All numbers 6,7,8 and 10.
7. Karthi's flick to short square leg for a quick single. He was promoted to #3. He was focusing so much that he just stared into the nothingness beyond when the umpire said, "Batsman, three balls to go. Right arm over the wicket". Karthi was in that zone.
8. The MoM treat at Ascendas Food court. Karthi ordered 14-idly-sambhar. When it was ready I carried it to the table we were all sitting on and announced, "14-idly-sambhar" around 5 times. Asked around as to who had ordered for this. Nobody owned up. After a while, Karthi reacted, "Oh yeah I ordered". He was still in that zone.

If anybody thinks I have missed something, please feel free to add on! :) Overall, so much fun and clinical precision is rarely found together. I enjoyed this Sunday morning again! Thanks RnW!

Love,

Adi.

Goodwill series 2010, Match 2

Goodwill series 2010		Venue:	Seva Sadan A ground
Match 2		Date:	5th Sep 2010
		Result:	RnW won by 8 wickets
FCC
Batsman		Runs	Balls	4's	6's	S/R
Guna	b KK	33	34	2	1	97.06
BK	c DD b Balaji	6	16	0	0	37.50
Hari	Retired	31	34	2	0	91.18
Koushik	st Prabhu b Praveen	40	29	4	1	137.93
Ashwin	Not Out	2	6	0	0	33.33
Virein	Run Out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Raghu	Run Out	1	1	0	0	100.00
Extras		23
Total	( in 20 ovs)	137
RnW Bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts
Bala	4	0	11	1
Pradeep	3	0	19	0
Moraji	2	0	22	0
DD	2	0	10	0
Praveen	3	0	22	1
KK	4	0	28	1
RV	2	0	23	0
RnW Innings
Batsman		Runs	Balls	4's	6's	S/R
KK	Not Out	60	46	7	2	130.43
Adi	c WK b Rajesh	13	32	1	0	40.63
Pradeep	lbw Rajesh	0	1	0	0	0.00
DD	Not Out	33	26	2	2	126.92
Extras		32
Total	(in 20 ovs)	138
FCC Bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wkts
Tarang	3	0	22	0
Virein	4	0	25	0
AB	4	0	27	0
Raghu	1	0	13	0
Rajesh	3	0	23	2
Ashwin	2	0	27	0