Titans Vs St. Bes

Chucky - 4
Got out playing at a wide one down leg. It is his first failure in a league game, hence nothing to worry about. Made 16 runs and rounded the day off with a regulation yet tricky slip catch that was made to look easy. Remains one off the safest pairs of hands on the field.

Dalip - 2
Dropped a hard chance to his left off of Yasir's bowling. He was otherwise unnoticed in the field and given his tendency to throw wildly, that was a good thing. Made just 8 runs in typical fashion with two boundaries and got out trying to guide a ball which he could have smacked.

Rakesh - 4
15 runs, during which he looked good as usual. Got out playing early and scooping one to mid on. Looked a touch rattled by the pace of Jamie, the opening bowler. Bowled decently well in his spell of 4-0-26-1. It was the 11 wides in that spell that did not help at all. Needs to clean that up and be relaxed when approaching the crease to bowl.

Prateek - 6.5
26 hard earned runs. Saw off the threat of Jamie, without letting him take another wicket and contributed to a decent partnership with Dave. Lost his wicket after getting set, needs to convert the start. Was pretty solid behind the stumps.

Dave - 8
While no one on either side even broke into the 30s, Dave made it to 44. Dave was a little nervous to begin his innings (after being hit on the chest by the first ball he faced), but he got over that and went on to mix aggression with some sensible cricket. A decent day in the field, with one possible chance going past him at fine leg. Congrats on the game ball.

Yasir - 7.5
Promoted with the bat to up the ante, but that did not quite work out. Played two nice strokes but was out soon after. Bowling was a different story. 2-23 after 9 overs was as much a match winning performance as any other on the day. Generated good away movement and pretty decent pace. Was sharper in the field than the last outing and should have had a direct hit runout to his name.

Tanmay - 5
Back into the side after a long time and made an immediate difference just by his presence. Batting did not work out and he needs some time to settle back into rhythm. Tanmay is turning out to be a miserly bowler in his new incarnation as as off cutter bowler. Gave away just 11 runs in 4 overs and picked up the last wicket of the game. His fielding was also a standout performance. The skipper can place him anywhere in the field and feel confident.

Paul - 7
4 an over and two important wickets, Paul is really finding his niche as an opening bowler. Complements Wazza well and keeps it tight. The slower ball to get the opening batsman was just genius. Batted decently, but did not up the rate as much as expected. He did make sure that the team batted the full 45 overs.

Warren - 7.5
Looked a little out of sorts while batting and got out to a rather innocuous delivery. Bowled a terrific opening spell with a good amount of pace and movement. The two bowled dismissals stick out in memory. The yorker to the base of leg stump and the big inswinger that sent the middle stump cartwheeling.

Atif - 2
Did not get much of an opportunity to show off his capabilities, but should have made more use of the later overs to get some quick runs. He showed intent but the execution was not there. Atif's fitness is a concern, his approach to the ball is slow and he cramped up towards the later part of the game. Needs to remember to drink a lot of fluids before getting to the game.

Dilshan - 3
One run not out off of the one ball he faced. Smart move to get Paul on strike for the last ball. Dropped an easy chance at mid-on. Needs to remember that his fielding is what will get him into the side, and hence should keep working on it.

Result - Titans CC (194 for 9) defeated St. Bes (136 all out) by 58 runs.