Sunday, May 4, 2008

Chucky - 8
55 very well made runs. Brought up his 50 with a sweetly timed six over long off. His consistency and stroke play is an example to every one in the top order. Looked solid in defense and attincking strokeplay. Safely pouched a catch on the boundary. One of the more dependable fielders.

Dalip - 2
Got out for 3 by backing up too much and skying it to cover. Fielding was a touch lackadaisical as he let one through to the boundary from right under him and allowed the batsmen to convert a couple of twos into threes. Regardless his throws are one of the strongest in the team and that did earn us a run out.

Rakesh - 6.5
Played back and across the line to a full delivery to get bowled for 7. He came back extremely well with the ball. Bowled at three an over and picked up two wickets. Rakesh bowled a beautiful line and length, it is good to see him not try too hard and just put the ball on the spot. 2-15, great figures.

Paul - 7.5
Tried to steady the innings with a patient knock. Got 17 runs in about 20 overs that he batted and then threw it away when he had his eye in. Bowled a great opening spell, he started off with a bad over but finished with a figures of 9-0-33-0. Had the batsmen in trouble with the ball moving both ways. Very unlucky to not get a wicket.


Prateek - 6.5
A performance very similar to Rakesh's. Adjudged LBW to one going down leg, needs to learn to keep the pad away from the ball. Bowled with good flight and turn to end up with 2-14. Needs to work on bowling to left handers. Was solid with the gloves, dropped a hard chance after doing the hard work of getting to the ball.

Ruchir - 2
Looked good for a little bit but then was runout in a mix up with Paul. Two drops of relatively easy catches in the field were a disappointment. Those could have been game changing. He is agile in the field and will surely redeem himself.

Atif - 2
Got hurt early in his innings and scored 4 runs before throwing his wicket away. He was not able to repeat of last week's bowling performance. Just got one over to bowl and made no impact with the ball.

Sahel - 2
Lived up to 3-ball reputation by being bowled off the pads on the third ball he faced. Hogged Atif's catch and took it. He was getting great swing but had some problem controlling it. Bowled a decent spell till he bowled a costly last over. 5-0-45-0, not ideal send off figures.

Coach - 3
8 runs not out, and looked to play the entire set of overs out, but ran out of partners. His bowling was off today. Dragged a couple balls short and was taken for a few runs. 3-0-25-0. He was a shadow of himself, expect a much better performance in the upcoming games.

Dilshan - 3
Played down the wrong line to get bowled for a duck. Seems to be bringing the bat down straight though. Had a couple of bad moments in the field and at the same time a couple of good saves. Needs to work on his fielding.

Gowtham - 3
He was bowled for a duck, playing across the line. Needs to get closer to the ball, rather than backing up. His fielding was a little disappointing, primarily the getting to the ball part, it can result in him giving up a few extra runs in the field. His throws are strong though, and had a direct hit to his credit too.

Result - Ambassador SC (150 for 5) beat Titans CC(149 all out) by 5 wickets.

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