8/27/2011
Venue : Hedden Park
Pitch conditions: Damp ground from an overnight rainfall, slightly overcast conditions, no sun , very slow and wet out field.
Even though mega hurricane Irene was on the doorstep – Brave Blazing Jaguars cricketers showed themselves on the ground at sharp 7.30AM
Teams :
Led by the experienced Captain Cool Mukund, Team A formed a formidable line up consisting of Parijat (all rounder) , Marut ( leg spinner) , Ripal Patel ( off spinner, all rounder) , Vipul Patel ( allrounder, Gujarat state player and fast bowler with Glen Mcgrath accuracy) , Mahendra ( fast bowler and hard hitting batsman)
Team B led by highly committed Shiva consisted of Nathan ( All-rounder and fast bowler) , Anil (experienced leg spinner), Mahesh (all rounder), Kinjal ( Spinner, la David Boon physique), and Mangesh (All-rounder)
13 yr old prodigy (Shrey) was common, son of Vipul Patel
Match 1 (10 over game)
Mukund won the toss and as usual lit up his cigarette and sat on the bench indicating that his team is batting.
Team A opened with Mahendra and Ripal and Nathan bowled the first over conceding 4 runs, Anil started his first over and was hit for 4 runs by Ripal but got his redemption by clean bowling Ripal on his second ball. PJ replaced Ripal and hit Anil for a 4, the rest of the over was un eventful with Anil conceding 10 of his first over for a wicket. Mahendra and PJ Played steadily hitting Shiva for 5 runs, Mahesh for 4 runs, kinjal for 9 runs and Mangesh for 4 runs. Both Retired ( Mahendra at 12 and PJ at 20) to give their fellow mates a chance to have a go at Shiva’s bowlers. This pair was followed by Vipul and captain cool Mukund , Vipul showed signs of his past experience by his hard hitting and by milking the bowling for singles . Nathan removed Mukund by bowling a wide ball on the leg side which Mukund tried to hit but directed it towards his leg stump. But Vipul creamed a 4 of Nathans last over which costed him 10 runs. Marut replaced Mukund but Anil gave a miserly 4 runs in the second last over. Mangesh bowled the last over and took the wicket of Shrey and kept the total to 58 by giving only 3 runs.
Top scorers : PJ 20 runs unbeaten, Vipul 13 runs and Mahendra 12 runs unbeaten
Match 1 part 2 ( 59 to win)
Team B opened their chase with Mangesh and Shiva and faced Mukund, Mukund removed Shiva caught by Mahesh and gave 2 runs. Parijat bowled the 2 over and gave only 5 runs with a 4 hit by Mangesh that could have been a catch. Mahesh who had replaced Shiva took on Marut by taking 10 runs in his over but was clean bowled on the last ball by Marut’s specaility a slow death by torture ball. Vipul bowled the fourth over and his accuracy was evident by his constant pitching in the same area . Mangesh went for a cheeky run but ended by running out Kinjal in that over. Vipul conceded only 1 run in his over. Ripal followed Vipul and Mangesh hit him for a 6 down the off side and took 11 of his over. Mahendra returned for his second over and gave 5 runs. Nathan took on captain cool to the cleaners hitting him for a 6 of a no ball, and he and Mangesh extracted 15 runs in that over to reach at 49 in 7 overs. Mukund brought his ace bowler Vipul in for the 8th over and gave only 3 runs. Mahendra bowled the last second over gave 5 runs. Team B got the remaining 3 runs in the last over bowled by Parijat.
Top scorers : Mangesh remained unbeaten on 23 and Nathan unbeaten on 20. With good cameos played by Mahesh (11 runs)
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Match 2 (12 over / side)
Team A : Mukund (C), Mahendra, PJ, Vipul, Shail, Marut, Ripal,
Team B: Shiva (C ), Kinjal, Shrey, Anil, Mangesh , Mahesh, Nathan
Common Abhay
Toss : As usual Mukund wins and lits up his cigarette and the report readers and also Shiva’s team understood the meaning.
Team A opened with Marut and Ripal whereas Mahesh bowled the first over conceding 4 runs. Kinjal followed bowling the second over and clean bowled Ripal and got PJ caught by ( not recorded) for a duck, Kinjal gave only 1 run in his over.
The young prodigy Shrey bowled the third over (let me explains you how he bowls – his start up is almost as long a Naveed and has a very good high arm action with pretty good accuracy he looks small but really troubled a lot of batsmen. ) He gave 5 runs in his first over. Marut and Vipul were playing good till Vipuls inning was cut short by a direct through run out by Shiva when he was on 8. Anil removed Mahendra for a duck when he slogged Anil to be caught by Nathan, Nathan Clean bowled Mukund and got the wicket of Marut. Shails inning was stopped by Mangesh who had him caught by wicket keeper Mahendra for 4, Abhay was last man standing and was run out by his other end running partner in the 9th over.
Top scorers: Marut 11, Vipul 8 Shail 6
Top wicket takers: Kinjal 2, 2 run outs, Nathan and Mangesh 1 each
With only 33 runs to chase a team B opened with Kinjal and Shrey . Mukund removed kinjal and Abhay removed Shrey , Vipul bowled and excellent 5 over and only 8 runs were scored in 5 overs. Mahendra removed Anil caught Ripal and PJ bowled Shiva. With scoreboard at 17/7 overs. Mangesh and Mahesh continued the chase before Mangesh retired after scoring 8 runs with team needing 7-8 in 3 overs. Team A was not ready to give up the fight and PJ removed Mahesh and Nathan in the 11 over with scores tied at 32 . Mangesh joined Abhay in the last over and Abhay hit the winning run off the 4 ball of the 12 over.
Team A showed a lot of fight defending their small total and took the match to the 12 over.
Top scorers : Mangesh 8 unbeaten, Anil 6 and Shiva 4,
Top wicket takers : PJ 3 wickets, Mahendra, Mukund and Abhay accounting for 1
So Shiva’s team leads 2- 0
Match 3 (12 over / side)
Team A : Mukund (C), Mahendra, PJ, Vipul, Shail, Marut, Ripal,
Team B: Shiva (C ), Kinjal, Shrey, Anil, Mangesh , Mahesh, Nathan
Common Abhay
Toss : As usual Mukund wins and lits up his half smoked cigarette from the second match again sits on the bench and Shiva’s team quietly walks and takes up their field positions.
A determined team A opens with Mahendra and PJ who play safe and solid getting 27 runs in 5 overs (hitting Abhay for 8 runs, Nathan for 3, Mangesh for 4 runs, Kinjal for 6 and Mahesh for 6 runs). PJ retires and Vipul replaces him after 5 overs but is run out by Shiva for a duck, Shiva also removes the in form Mahendra who was caught by wicket keeper Mahesh – the ball bounced of his gloves and he juggled with the catch for 6 more bounces before finally catching it. Shrey bowled the 8 over and whadda player / bowler as boycott would call him . he troubles Mukund and almost has him caught behind – but somehow survives, he gets Ripal caught by wk Mahesh and Mukund is run out in the over. Shrey gave only 3 runs and inflicted 2 wickets. Shail and Marut continued till Marut was run out and along with Abhay set a target of 58 to win
Top scorers : Mahendra 19, PJ 14, Mukund 8
Top wicket takers: 3 run outs, Shiva , Mahesh and Shrey 1 each
Team B opened with Anil and Mangesh who played safe and attacked the loose balls scoring 17 in 4 overs (Vipul gave 4 runs, Mukund 6 , PJ 4 and Mahendra 3). Mangesh scored 12 runs in the 5 over of Shail hitting 2 fours. Anil retired at the end of 5 over and was replaced by Nathan, Mangesh at the other end was going steady retired soon after scoring 26 runs in the 7 over with scorecard at 39 runs / 7 overs. Nathan and Mahesh continued the chase with Nathan hitting Marut for 10 runs in the 9th over. Nathan retired and Shiva and Mahesh took the team close to the final target. Mahesh was run out with 1 run required . Captain Shiva hit the winning shot to seal the series 3-0
Team B chased the target of 58 in 11 overs losing only 1 wicket
Top scorers : Mangesh 26 unbeaten, Nathan 19,Anil 7
| Player | Runs | Wickets | Catches | Stumping | DHRO | Ducks | Runs given / Over |
| Abhay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12/2 |
| Anil | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 28/5 |
| Kinjal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16/3 |
| Mahendra | 31 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19/4 |
| Mahesh | 20 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28/5 |
| Mangesh | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12/4 |
| Marut | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25/3 |
| Mukund | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33/6 |
| Nathan | 41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23/6 |
| Parijat | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24/6 |
| Ripal | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22/4 |
| Shail | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13/2 |
| Shiva | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22/4 |
| Shrey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11/3 |
| Vipul Patel | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17/6 |
