Titans Vs USSC

Warren - 5.5
Bowled a great opening spell, but sprinkled in a bunch of wides to end up with 3-33 in 7 overs. Got a lot of swing and troubled every batsman facing him. Was solid in the field. A rare failure with the bat as he got out backing up to a yorker. Needs to practice strokes through the leg side.

Paul - 3
Bowled decently well, but gave up 6 an over for no wickets. Not an ideal bowling performance from the skipper. Dropped a straightforward chance at midoff. Swung at the ball in a rather ungainly manner to make only 4 runs. Might have had a better outing if he had let the strokes come to him rather than trying to cart everything over midwicket.

Rakesh - 6.5
2-36 in 7 overs was a little more expensive than the team would have preferred or expected off an excellent spell of swing bowling. He picked it up after the first over where he bowled 8 wides and got two wickets of two beautiful deliveries. The only batsman to push the bowlers on the back foot. Scored 19 runs but needed to stay on.

Tanmay - 5.5
Looked good with the bat, but could not get going and got out trying to go hard at a spinner. Dropped a catch looking into the sun after he called for it. Bowled as his miserly self and deserved more than one wicket. 7-2-26-1 were pretty good for the day.

Atif - 5.5
Bowled with nice flight and guile to pick up 2-22 in 4 overs. Looked decent with the bat, but got run out shortly after the break. Needs to work on his running between the wickets and calling.

Chucky - 2
Dropped a chance at long on and bowled two overs for no wickets, giving away 14 runs. Made only 8 runs and got out playing an unnecessary lofted stroke while chasing a relatively small target.

Umair - 2
Dropped a chance with the sun being in his eyes. Looked good with the couple of strokes he played, but got out early for just a solitary run.

Prateek - 7
Dropped a chance off Atif after doing the hard part of adjusting to the edge. A smart stumping and two alert run outs added to some decent work to the swing bowlers early on. Batted defensively to get to 22 runs and got run out after having taken the time to settle in. Needs to embrace the "small ball" principles.

Bala - 4
Showed some of his quickness in the outfield while trying to escape the sprinklers. Displayed some batting prowess before he got run out, although he did not get to double figures.

Gowtham - 2
Was absent minded at a couple of occaisions while fielding. Also had trouble with his throws as he kept rushing them. Did not get much opportunity to bat and was 0 not out at the end of the innings.

Akhil - 4
After dropping the oppositions highest scorer, Akhil's day in the field got much better as he affected two runouts and had some sharp stops. Did not bat particularily well and got bowled for 2 runs.

Result - Titans lost by 73 runs.