Monday, August 11, 2008

Titans Vs Leewards

Chucky - 4.5
Got a good start and was looking set for a big score when he hit one straight to cover point. He is one batsman definitely expected to carry on after reaching the 20s. His fielding was sharp as usual.

Dalip - 6.5
Made 36 out of his 44 runs in boundaries. Was well set when he was runout (controversially). Made full use of the slow pitch, waited on the short ones and went down the track to the full ones. Could have made it two 50s in a row, but missed out. His fielding did not have much to write about.

Prateek - 5.5
Bad start to the day, getting out playing away from the body for 3 runs. The day turned much better in the field. Started the collapse for the opposition with some quick work to get the runout. Followed that up with two stumpings off of Coach's bowling. Needs to step up his batting like the rest of the batsmen in the top order.

Rakesh - 5
30 well made runs, but then gave it away when a big score was his for the taking. His fielding was a touch disappointing, seemed to have lost concentration multiple times while fielding, especially after the rain break. There were also a couple of skiers, that he could probably have gotten to and taken.

Atif - 9
Highest scorer on the day. A well paced and stroke filled 73, including 3 big sixes. The lefty looked confident in his strokes but was shaky with his running, hence there is room for improvement. There was more to come as he wrapped up the tail with 2-0-9-3 spell. Kept it much simpler this week as compared to last Sunday and that paid off. Great job.

Alan - 7
Was sent in to keep the high tempo of the scoring going after Dalip fell. Started off perfectly with a 4 and went on to make 34 runs at good pace. Bowled just one over for 6 runs before making way for the spinners. Dropped a simple high chance due to a dip in focus, but held on to another chance later.

Tanmay - 7
Made 21 runs to steady the innings after a couple of quick wickets, without letting the pace drop. Continued his great form with the ball to finish with the figures of 7-1-18-1. Very Miserly indeed. Was his aggressive self int he field and deterred the batsmen from taking quick singles or attempting to convert singles into doubles.

Paul - 6
Got 17 runs with singles and doubles to help carry the innings on. Bowled very well despite the groin injury to end with 3 an over economy rate. Also took a high chance at deep mid on with minimum fuss to get Coach his 3rd wicket.

Warren - 3
Not a great outing for Wazza. Made eight runs, including an incredible straight drive for 4. His bowling was off today, primarily as his approach to the crease was hindered by the depression just behind the wicket. went at over 6 an over, but picked up the important wicket of Trevor.

Yasir - 1
Terrible outing, but will have a chance to redeem himself next game. Got runout after skying the ball and surviving the drop catch. Bowling left a lot to be desired, 23 runs in 2 overs are not magical figures by far. Seemed out of match practice, but hopefully will bring better results next game.

Coach - 8
Ended the innings not out. Bowled an excellent spell of spin bowling to break the back of the middle order. Got 3 wickets of numbers 4,5 and 6 including Yankee the opposing captain. Bowled a good variety, fooling batsmen with both flight and turn. A good spell of spin bowling that was a joy to watch.

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