November 8th, 2009

*Just a Warning* If I misspelled names, please send me proper spelling and I shall correct it.

Game 1:

My passion for South African cricket outdid my passion for the NUCC for once, and so I arrived only for the second innings of the first match. Ramu's Team (or maybe it was DPs or Sankar's - you never know with those guys!) had set a total of around 90 to win. The opposition's batting was sadly rocked all the way down to its tailenders. Jai claimed two crucial wickets in his over, which signaled the full collapse. Only last man, Greg, made double figures with his club-best 12 not out.

Team 1: 89 all out (?)

Team 2: 44/7

Sunil........... c&b Jai .................................3

Tarun......... c. Murali b. Sudharshan.....0

S. Naz........ c. Sankar b. Jai.....................6

Subbu....... c. ? b. Sankar.........................7

Karthik..... c. DP b. Varun......................5

Sanchit...... c. DP b. Varun ....................5

Greg............ not out ...............................12

Total: 38

extras: 6

Game 2:

The second match of the day was a true display of cricketing strength and weakness. As the temperature rose, so did the batting and Varun's anchoring score of 39 was the highest of the day. Still Varun's innings was the only noteworthy one as the rest of the order were dismissed fairly cheaply. Naz's team accumulated a good score of 80 after their twelve overs and immediately Ramu/DP/Sankar's team went to work. Ramu and Sankar opened strongly and once Sankar was runout Murali took the dirvers seat and helped set the platform for victory. With less than six needed off of three overs, things looked in the clear until a late batting collapse left DP and Greg to hold their nerves and finish the job. Thankfully they did so and their team won with fourteen balls to spare.

Team 2 won by 4 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

1st Innings:

Varun..........c. Ramu b. Muarli..........................39

Sanchit........ run out..............................................1

Sunil............c & b Ramu........................................9

Jai................b. Subbu.............................................4

Naz..............c. Murali b.Ramu..............................7

Karthik.......run out (Sanchit)..............................5

Tarun.........c. (sub [Karthik]) b. Sudharshen.....8

Total runs: 73

extras: 7 Total: 80

Bowling: O. M. R. W. Wd. Nb.

Greg: 1/0/14/0/1/0

Sudharshen: 2/0/10/1/2/1

Murali: 2/0/15/1/0/1

Ramu: 2/0/15/2/0/0

DP: 2/0/11/0/0/0

Subbu: 1/0/3/1/1/0

Sankar: 1/0/12/0/1/0

2nd Innings:

Ramu...............c. Jai b. Karthik..........29

Sankar........run out (Sudharshen).....17

Murali.............b. Naz............................23

Subbu...........c. Tarun b. Sanchit.........3

Sudharshan......c. Naz b. Karthik.........0

DP......................not out.........................0

Greg...................not out.........................1

Total runs: 73

extras: 8

Total: 81

Bowling: O M R W Wd Nb

Jai: 3/0/20/0/2/1

Karthik: 3/0/28/2/1/0

Naz: 2/0/22/1/2/0

Sanchit: 2/0/10/1/2/0

Game 3:

Number 3! ( I'm getting tired of writing these now!) Now this one came down to the wire. Once again, Varun set the platform for Naz's team with a well played 24. In the end Naz's boys were all out for a score of 79 all out. The opposition started off chasing as they had for the previous game, but faltered when it was most important for them not to. Ramu, Sankar, and Subbu all reached double figures, but it was not enough as the tail struggled. Jai was the main man as he took three crucial wickets. Greg was left on 7 trying to bring victory with only 8 runs needed but his running partner was run out.

Because of complications with the scoring I cannot provide the full scorecard, but here are highlights.

1st Innings: 79 all out (Varun 24, Sanchit 11, Ramu 2/17, DP 2/9)

2nd Innings: 71/6 (Ramu 18, Sankar 11, Subbu 13, Jai 3/22)

I also cannot post the scorecards for game 4 because the second innings was incomplete. Because of controversy the NUCC deems this match's end as a No Result. ;)

Player of the Weekend: Varun