"Pak gym defeated Rivercity. Rivercity got all out at 65 which Pak chased in 10 overs. Farman got 4 wicks. Pak Gym is on a roll here... and we are facing them in 2 weeks!"
Don't worry Nasir, we go easy on ex-Pak Gym players hehe. You have Challenegers next week, think about that first;)- good luck.
I'd like to add that the ball was swinging unbelieveably, ofcourse Farman can swing an orange, but when my deliveries on off-middle stump were being collected in front of 1st/2nd slips (to my own astonishment) you knew it was other than pure ability. I don't think I've beaten the outside edge so many times over the course of my entire (although brief) MCC career! There wasn't a cloud in sight nor too much wind, so must have been the ball - I have saved it and would request MCC management to find more like this one! ;)
yes he did... Krishna(our captain)'s friend is a friend of Asela. He was coming down to Detroit to play(on Sunday), but instead came on Saturday to play for us. We were seriously short on players. I didnt go, but from what I have heard and read on cricinfo, he is supposedly the next Jayasuriya.
"Flames Challengers - Challengers demolish Flames by atleast 150 runs or 9 wickets"
I think it might be closer than that! Flames has some good players.
Some interesting results this weekend with regards to playoffs: Rogers Park beat Muslim, Milwaukee CC beat Phoenix, MUCC won by 1 wicket vs Rogers Park, Flames beat Chargers, St Louis beat United, Wildcats beat Rivercity. Who do you think will be the top 8 teams in Div 1 (playoffs)?
I think, Pak Gymkhana, Challengers, Milwaukee United, St Louis, Flames and Purdue will go thru. Bears, Wildcats/Muslim Gymkhana will fight for the remaining 2 spots.
Bears are to play Muslim, Challengers and St Louis. Muslim play Bears, Milwaukee and United. Wildcats play Phoenix, Milwaukee United(this will be interesting) and Flames.
On the other end of the spectrum, there are a bunch of teams fighting to stay alive in div-1. Milwaukee by winning against Phoenix, has almost secured itself of staying in div-1. Rogers Park won an imp game against Muslim.
I think its a three way fight between Tigers, Chargers and Rivercity. We(Tigers) are playing Chargers this weekend. Extremely important for us to win this.
Challengers' batting is not clicking these days and I wouldn't call Nasir and Zeeshan 'slow and old', Flames also has Dr. Rafiq, Sufian and Mateen who can score, Challengers might be a better team but on the day anything can happen.
I don't think I care too much, and yea I thought it might be someone from the Bears, as we don't have too many MUCC or St Louis people talking on here (other teams who have beaten Falmes).
Romeen, I think your questions might have been answered this season. Last season Div 1 finalists: Wildcats / Pak Gym vs Div 2 finalists: Purdue / Phoenix.
Another thought, instead of all star game, how about Div 1 and 2 champions game? Since it's gonna be played after the 2 finals anyways and a team is not made over-night (as proved by the ICC World XI vs Australia mismatch!) and Mr. Jack here is confident that ICC can beat any Div 1 team, let's see if ICC can win Div 2 title and then pit them against Div 1 winners. What do you guys think?
Personally, I prefer All-stars of div-1 against All-stars of div-2. It will get more teams involved and hence can expect a bigger audience. It can also be used as a reference to select players for future tournaments that we will participate in.
Why is it that when an intersting discussion comes up some dweeb ends it by picking on some bowler or batsmen that either bowled him out or hit him around the ground....
We have a chance here to discuss the cricket we play and not pick on players that you have something against...
This is what Rup did in the night game against a mediocre Div 1 team:
Rupnarine Seenarain st Vipul Patel b Bharat Patel 31 19 1 2 after being dropped twice.
And...
Rupnarine Seenarain 1 0 13 1
that one wicket was a catch in the outfield not a bowled or lbw or ct behind or even ct in the circle. Nasir, Arshad Yousuf, Zeeshan, Asif, Siraj - all bowled better than him. His only contribution was 3 catches in the outfield.
C'mon guys stop this mudslinging! I saw that night game and Rup did a good job, those 3 catches were very important to the outcome of the game (ask Royals who dropped so many!) and his boundaries at the end of the Inns pushed the score over 150.
So i guess this week is "ICC bashing Week" Guys you do know if we talked more about cricket it'd be fun.. and for the bashers this bashing shit could go on during the offseason...
Hey RUP i think the only time these guys talk is on the blog.. Usually they shut up and wish they were home when they face your bowling.... this is their weeping i mean dressing room......
Jack win the Div 2 title then we can have a match of Div 1 vs Div 2 champs, you might come up against a team like Pak Gymkhana, Challengers, Wildcats, Milw United etc. and you can test your skills against them.
There was no hatred for Purdue last year...bcuz there was no blog last year to write about match situations, second of all they don't seem to be the kind of guys who would boast about their lineup. I have not played against them. But then there this thing called reputation. Ashwin's email in an earlier thread conveyed a message that they are confident, but not arrogant.
Umpiring issues have come to the fore because of this medium. More people are talking about it. No one team can publicly accuse the other of a victory because of umpiring decisions, especially those teams whose reputation is not something to speak about. Its a well known fact that there are few biased umpires in our league. Its for the benefit of all of us that they are sent to lunatic assylum.
May be next year, all teams can review the umpires and inform the management about their opinions and preferences. While doing so, it would be great if all teams can volunteer umpires as well. This way, while sending out the third-rate types, we can get good umpires.
Slightly different topic: We played Peoria CC over the weekend and we lost (nothing new here ...we are experiencing a losing streak!). They are a good team and above all good bunch of folks. Good luck to Peoria CC in the playoffs.
Romeen, when you say Gaurav, is it Gaurav Dhar? Would be interested to get more info about the indoor games in Detroit.
Honestly, I have no clue about the talent in div 30/30. It would be good to see some of it. I will fwd the message from 1down to the management as well.
Guys remember Shoaib Akhtar and Andy Caddick. These two had a tendency to boast off in the press about how they would be bowling to some superstars in their next match. Next thing you know, they are whacked all over the ground. Best example is the India/Pak encounter in 2003 world cup. Shoaib got a treatment that took him some time to recover.
On the other hand, Wasim Akram or a Waqar Younis have never boasted to the press about how they would rip the middle stumps. And we all know how well they did it in the 90's. They are real performers and champions.
I think some of our good players have to behave as one.
Removing the logo "ATTITUDE" from their sleeve will help them in the playoffs.
Priyank is a good bowler. I think Phoenix's bowling is better than their batting - just my view. Plus usually good bowlers stand out when they don't have 'competition' within the team, e.g. Asif, he is the only wicket taker in his team. In Pak Gym, we have 3-4 bowlers in the most wickets column - Bakhshi has 20, Myself and Rashid bhai have 19 each and Shahid has 17, we have to "fight" eachother for wickets;).
"Raheel, If there is one good bowler in the team. Then any good opposition would just play him out without taking any risks. Just my personal opinion."
Thats what people try to do against Asif, last time I checked he had 29 wickets!
"Very cool. For the first time on this blog, we are all actually praising a player rather than doing some BS talk about being lucky and all....!!!"
Too late alph! ..
"Of course Pak Gymkhana has the greatest, bowlers, batsmen and fielders...who fight among themselves for wickets and when they loose they fight with umpires and other teams...Tsk Tsk"
Asela played one game for us and I am not sure if he will play more. As Sadiq mentioned, the man is playing in two leagues regularly- LA and Michigan. Not sure if he will find the time to come back.
Dear bloggers.. I am attaching the email that was just sent out to all teams. We require your help in ensuring that the playoffs go on smoothly. Please participate and help spread the message !!
Dear MCC Members,
The playoffs are fast approaching. We would like to build a pool of volunteers to help us out with umpiring and scoring.
We request all the teams to sign up a minimum of two players for the same. Please send out volunteer's name, email id and phone no to umpiring@midwestcricket.org
I don't think I'm anywhere near the best, so direct that at Mehul. Jehangir is or shall i say was good as he doesn't play in MCC anymore. He hit somethin like 74 in 35 balls against us in 2003 when I played for IIT, but I also bowled him twice on no-balls (the scorecard doesn't record that). I get frustrated more by batsmen who have a solid defense more than the hitters, because against hitters you always have a chance somehow. I think Romeen from Wildcats is very good, he always stays at the crease and scores 40-odd without taking risks and other batsmen can bat around him.
Vijay - You are right. I was referring to the Eagles/Purdue game last year. I did not play that game.
Pradeep - Have you mistaken me for some body else? If not for this blog, none would even know who I am! BTW, so many people have referred IIT as ITT and it used to piss us off before. Some CTA bus drivers passing thru the campus used to refer to it in the same way. Not a pleasant thing to hear.
We missed a great opportunity against eventual Champions last year.
I am not sure if Purdue played a closer game than this one.
Speaking of rains: This year, against Jaguars, we spent two hours doing yard work at Heritage Park after heavy rains overnight, played a 30 over game and the result was decided on the field. It was not a close game though. We were the host, but Jaguars gladly helped us in getting the ground ready. Both the teams wanted to play. We used buckets to drain the playing area, and filled soggy areas with mulch (~15 bags), decided to bowl from only one end and then played the game.
We took a 30 minute break just to start the match after getting the ground ready...Lot of us were very tired even before the first ball was bowled!
I am watching the match live right now, he's cutting the ball in both directions off the same length and getting a bit of swing too, some deliveries have moved in both directions before reaching the keeper! I don't think anyone is missing Sami except the Eng batsmen may be ;).
Pak V/s Challengers - Pak chokes again and Challegeners win a close game.
Div 2 Finals,
ICC V/S IIT - ICC wins:: Jack/Simon get Laxmi's wicket and IIT's batting collapses to 150 all out. ICC wins by 4 wickets
*********************************** Ur Prediction for the Div II final is far too away...Let the quaters n Semis get over first ....
N reg ur prediction...Jack/Simon
IIT's batting is not Laxmi alone... We have a very experienced batting line up..
Vasu ( who has played more than 60 games in MCC ) , Ajay Gandhi , Arka Mukherjee ( our skipper ).
n getting Laxmi's wicket...its not a piece of cake ! :)...remember what happened even in the ICC V IIT match which we lost...Laxmi was unfortunately run out after he slipped when he was in his 30's..His Best is yet to be seen...n we too r not playing anywhere near our peak .
Chargers chased 220 against Muslim.. holy cow !! I saw the very first couple of overs of the game, saw Imran dropped by Irfan and then Kamran(muslim) launch one into the orbit... one of the biggest sixes I have seen.
Uh oh.. we play the chargers this weekend in a do-or-die match for both teams fighting to stay in div-1. Should be interesting !!
Congratulations to the Chargers !!
Mehul said "I really urge all GOOD players to come out and do some volunteer umpiring. It will help league and raise level of cricket immensely. " Well said Mehul !!
Romeen, they have scheduled you for Monday night game.
Guys, we had Prakash(from Tigers), Mehul(United) and Romeen(Wildcats) come forward and umpire. Can we get more for the games next week?
I've played with Lakshmi and bowled at him in the nets, he doesn't really have a weakness, I think he only gets out due to his impatience sometimes, trying to force shots that aren't on. When on song he is very aggressive and great to watch and one of the few batsmen in the league (both divisions) who can pull really well.
I'm not givin away any secrets ;) you should adhere to the Glenn McGrath rule of every delivery in the corridor and try to hit the top of off stump :-p - good luck!
No one can predict any outcomes - I don't know what the outcome will be if we play tomorrow at Lords for instance! However, we did beat them at Washington Park too last season. Who moght you be Mr. cricketer ;) - Challengers fan?
By SC do you mean Southern California, because is stands for South Carolina ;). Well Cali defenitely has better weather (hence more cricket) and better facilities, so I would believe the standard of cricket will be a little better too, but I don't think MCC is as bad as you're making it out to be!
I wonder what was said that's been deleted! Lol scrappy why do you hate Flames so much? What did they do to you (something serious by the looks of it).
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The standing will be in 1-8 from 16 teams. not groupwise."
That system is flawed, so a team could end up playing a team from their group in the quarter finals whom they have already played in the group matches?!
So i guess, it doesnt matter if we have the anonymous option enabled or disabled...its still going to be a huge headache for the blog admin to monitor this blog.
Things definitely got out of hand. A bunch of folks, tried to bring down the blog by using abusive language and talking about things that had nothing to do with cricket.
Hari and I have decided to monitor this blog. This means that every single comment will have to be approved by us. It definitely is a lot more work for us, but something we will do to ensure that we continue the good discussions.
I hope we all continue to have the discussions and get used to not seeing some of the comments immediately. We will try our best to ensure that the comments show up quickly.
83 comments:
"Pak gym defeated Rivercity. Rivercity got all out at 65 which Pak chased in 10 overs.
Farman got 4 wicks.
Pak Gym is on a roll here... and we are facing them in 2 weeks!"
Don't worry Nasir, we go easy on ex-Pak Gym players hehe. You have Challenegers next week, think about that first;)- good luck.
I'd like to add that the ball was swinging unbelieveably, ofcourse Farman can swing an orange, but when my deliveries on off-middle stump were being collected in front of 1st/2nd slips (to my own astonishment) you knew it was other than pure ability. I don't think I've beaten the outside edge so many times over the course of my entire (although brief) MCC career! There wasn't a cloud in sight nor too much wind, so must have been the ball - I have saved it and would request MCC management to find more like this one! ;)
Phoenix losing to Milwaukee is also creating a problem for us(Tigers). We are dead last at this point and now need to fight it out to stay in div-1.
Congratulations to all the winners. It looks like St Louis won a close game against United. Can anybody give us an update on that?
Hmm... didn't he play in LA 20-20? I vaguely remember that name Asela Jayasinghe? Can anyone confirm this please?
yes he did... Krishna(our captain)'s friend is a friend of Asela. He was coming down to Detroit to play(on Sunday), but instead came on Saturday to play for us. We were seriously short on players. I didnt go, but from what I have heard and read on cricinfo, he is supposedly the next Jayasuriya.
A Jayasinghe c. R Akhtar b. B Sarna 8 13
http://www.laopen2020.com/scorecards.php?matchid1=32&action=search&season=2006&schedule=yes
Raheel.. thats why you remember him :-)
Haha right on Jaggi! Yea I held his catch at the long on boundary off Bhavneet's bowling!
"Flames Challengers - Challengers demolish Flames by atleast 150 runs or 9 wickets"
I think it might be closer than that! Flames has some good players.
Some interesting results this weekend with regards to playoffs: Rogers Park beat Muslim, Milwaukee CC beat Phoenix, MUCC won by 1 wicket vs Rogers Park, Flames beat Chargers, St Louis beat United, Wildcats beat Rivercity. Who do you think will be the top 8 teams in Div 1 (playoffs)?
I think, Pak Gymkhana, Challengers, Milwaukee United, St Louis, Flames and Purdue will go thru.
Bears, Wildcats/Muslim Gymkhana will fight for the remaining 2 spots.
Bears are to play Muslim, Challengers and St Louis.
Muslim play Bears, Milwaukee and United.
Wildcats play Phoenix, Milwaukee United(this will be interesting) and Flames.
On the other end of the spectrum, there are a bunch of teams fighting to stay alive in div-1. Milwaukee by winning against Phoenix, has almost secured itself of staying in div-1. Rogers Park won an imp game against Muslim.
I think its a three way fight between Tigers, Chargers and Rivercity. We(Tigers) are playing Chargers this weekend. Extremely important for us to win this.
Challengers' batting is not clicking these days and I wouldn't call Nasir and Zeeshan 'slow and old', Flames also has Dr. Rafiq, Sufian and Mateen who can score, Challengers might be a better team but on the day anything can happen.
What team do you play for s_p?
I don't think I care too much, and yea I thought it might be someone from the Bears, as we don't have too many MUCC or St Louis people talking on here (other teams who have beaten Falmes).
Welcome back Sadiq bhai .. you've been AWOL!
Sadiq Bhai, good analysis - can we also do something like that for teams who have gotten the most wickets or have bowled out sides most often?
Romeen, I think your questions might have been answered this season. Last season Div 1 finalists: Wildcats / Pak Gym vs Div 2 finalists: Purdue / Phoenix.
Sadiq - According to you, which two teams are well equipped to go to Div 2 this year?
oops typo above...must read Div 1
Hey Vijay, you're in Div 1 now! Stop taking Div 2's side! ;)
Another thought, instead of all star game, how about Div 1 and 2 champions game? Since it's gonna be played after the 2 finals anyways and a team is not made over-night (as proved by the ICC World XI vs Australia mismatch!) and Mr. Jack here is confident that ICC can beat any Div 1 team, let's see if ICC can win Div 2 title and then pit them against Div 1 winners. What do you guys think?
I just noticed that post again ... ICC in World XI stands for Int'l Cricket Council and ICC after that is Illinois Cricket Club ;) !
Personally, I prefer All-stars of div-1 against All-stars of div-2.
It will get more teams involved and hence can expect a bigger audience. It can also be used as a reference to select players for future tournaments that we will participate in.
Good post suburbunite!
THUD!
That is the sound of Jack falling from the beanstalk and coming back to Earth!
Why is it that when an intersting discussion comes up some dweeb ends it by picking on some bowler or batsmen that either bowled him out or hit him around the ground....
We have a chance here to discuss the cricket we play and not pick on players that you have something against...
cric_fan,
its because some bowler or batsman lets his ego speak...that too in a consdescending manner!
Game to WATCH - ICC vs Suburban
Does any team record their games? If so any links to view them? Thanks in advance
suburbanite
What do you think will be the outcome of the Game ??
cheers!
Vipul
Jack,
I would let your BALL do the talking .. for others here is the current standing stats
Challenor Jack Illinois Cricket Club 11 71.6 7 248 23 10.78 3.46 5-18 (at #4 on Div II top Bowler list)
This is what Rup did in the night game against a mediocre Div 1 team:
Rupnarine Seenarain st Vipul Patel b Bharat Patel 31 19 1 2
after being dropped twice.
And...
Rupnarine Seenarain 1 0 13 1
that one wicket was a catch in the outfield not a bowled or lbw or ct behind or even ct in the circle. Nasir, Arshad Yousuf, Zeeshan, Asif, Siraj - all bowled better than him. His only contribution was 3 catches in the outfield.
C'mon guys stop this mudslinging! I saw that night game and Rup did a good job, those 3 catches were very important to the outcome of the game (ask Royals who dropped so many!) and his boundaries at the end of the Inns pushed the score over 150.
Let's have that Div 1 v Div 2 match management!
So i guess this week is "ICC bashing Week" Guys you do know if we talked more about cricket it'd be fun.. and for the bashers this bashing shit could go on during the offseason...
Hey RUP i think the only time these guys talk is on the blog.. Usually they shut up and wish they were home when they face your bowling.... this is their weeping i mean dressing room......
Jack win the Div 2 title then we can have a match of Div 1 vs Div 2 champs, you might come up against a team like Pak Gymkhana, Challengers, Wildcats, Milw United etc. and you can test your skills against them.
Nice idea, cricket in January! :) What kind of a place is this 'dome'? Any details available?
Jack,
There was no hatred for Purdue last year...bcuz there was no blog last year to write about match situations, second of all they don't seem to be the kind of guys who would boast about their lineup. I have not played against them. But then there this thing called reputation. Ashwin's email in an earlier thread conveyed a message that they are confident, but not arrogant.
Umpiring issues have come to the fore because of this medium. More people are talking about it. No one team can publicly accuse the other of a victory because of umpiring decisions, especially those teams whose reputation is not something to speak about. Its a well known fact that there are few biased umpires in our league. Its for the benefit of all of us that they are sent to lunatic assylum.
May be next year, all teams can review the umpires and inform the management about their opinions and preferences. While doing so, it would be great if all teams can volunteer umpires as well. This way, while sending out the third-rate types, we can get good umpires.
Slightly different topic:
We played Peoria CC over the weekend and we lost (nothing new here ...we are experiencing a losing streak!). They are a good team and above all good bunch of folks. Good luck to Peoria CC in the playoffs.
Romeen, when you say Gaurav, is it Gaurav Dhar? Would be interested to get more info about the indoor games in Detroit.
Honestly, I have no clue about the talent in div 30/30. It would be good to see some of it. I will fwd the message from 1down to the management as well.
Guys remember Shoaib Akhtar and Andy Caddick. These two had a tendency to boast off in the press about how they would be bowling to some superstars in their next match. Next thing you know, they are whacked all over the ground. Best example is the India/Pak encounter in 2003 world cup. Shoaib got a treatment that took him some time to recover.
On the other hand, Wasim Akram or a Waqar Younis have never boasted to the press about how they would rip the middle stumps. And we all know how well they did it in the 90's. They are real performers and champions.
I think some of our good players have to behave as one.
Removing the logo "ATTITUDE" from their sleeve will help them in the playoffs.
Pauly
I did not travel to Purdue to play that game last year. Wasn't it a very close game? close being an understatement...
Everyone is playing pundit today - how fun! ;)
it's I I T not I T T !
Priyank is a good bowler. I think Phoenix's bowling is better than their batting - just my view. Plus usually good bowlers stand out when they don't have 'competition' within the team, e.g. Asif, he is the only wicket taker in his team. In Pak Gym, we have 3-4 bowlers in the most wickets column - Bakhshi has 20, Myself and Rashid bhai have 19 each and Shahid has 17, we have to "fight" eachother for wickets;).
"Raheel,
If there is one good bowler in the team. Then any good opposition would just play him out without taking any risks. Just my personal opinion."
Thats what people try to do against Asif, last time I checked he had 29 wickets!
"Very cool. For the first time on this blog, we are all actually praising a player rather than doing some BS talk about being lucky and all....!!!"
Too late alph! ..
"Of course Pak Gymkhana has the greatest, bowlers, batsmen and fielders...who fight among themselves for wickets and when they loose they fight with umpires and other teams...Tsk Tsk"
Pak Gym bashing is in vogue again lol.
Asela played one game for us and I am not sure if he will play more.
As Sadiq mentioned, the man is playing in two leagues regularly- LA and Michigan. Not sure if he will find the time to come back.
Dear bloggers.. I am attaching the email that was just sent out to all teams. We require your help in ensuring that the playoffs go on smoothly. Please participate and help spread the message !!
Dear MCC Members,
The playoffs are fast approaching. We would like to build a pool of volunteers to help us out with umpiring and scoring.
We request all the teams to sign up a minimum of two players for the same. Please send out volunteer's name, email id and phone no to umpiring@midwestcricket.org
Regards
Management
I don't think I'm anywhere near the best, so direct that at Mehul. Jehangir is or shall i say was good as he doesn't play in MCC anymore. He hit somethin like 74 in 35 balls against us in 2003 when I played for IIT, but I also bowled him twice on no-balls (the scorecard doesn't record that). I get frustrated more by batsmen who have a solid defense more than the hitters, because against hitters you always have a chance somehow. I think Romeen from Wildcats is very good, he always stays at the crease and scores 40-odd without taking risks and other batsmen can bat around him.
Do we have more test cricket fans here or ODIs? or even 20/20 ;)?
Guys - How about starting a bloggers club and meeting once in a while during the off-season.
any interest/takers?
Vijay - You are right. I was referring to the Eagles/Purdue game last year. I did not play that game.
Pradeep - Have you mistaken me for some body else? If not for this blog, none would even know who I am! BTW, so many people have referred IIT as ITT and it used to piss us off before. Some CTA bus drivers passing thru the campus used to refer to it in the same way. Not a pleasant thing to hear.
We missed a great opportunity against eventual Champions last year.
I am not sure if Purdue played a closer game than this one.
Speaking of rains:
This year, against Jaguars, we spent two hours doing yard work at Heritage Park after heavy rains overnight, played a 30 over game and the result was decided on the field. It was not a close game though. We were the host, but Jaguars gladly helped us in getting the ground ready. Both the teams wanted to play. We used buckets to drain the playing area, and filled soggy areas with mulch (~15 bags), decided to bowl from only one end and then played the game.
We took a 30 minute break just to start the match after getting the ground ready...Lot of us were very tired even before the first ball was bowled!
I am watching the match live right now, he's cutting the ball in both directions off the same length and getting a bit of swing too, some deliveries have moved in both directions before reaching the keeper! I don't think anyone is missing Sami except the Eng batsmen may be ;).
***********************************
Player No. 1 said...
Div 1 Finals,
Pak V/s Challengers - Pak chokes again and Challegeners win a close game.
Div 2 Finals,
ICC V/S IIT - ICC wins:: Jack/Simon get Laxmi's wicket and IIT's batting collapses to 150 all out. ICC wins by 4 wickets
***********************************
Ur Prediction for the Div II final is far too away...Let the quaters n Semis get over first ....
N reg ur prediction...Jack/Simon
IIT's batting is not Laxmi alone...
We have a very experienced batting line up..
Vasu ( who has played more than 60 games in MCC ) , Ajay Gandhi , Arka Mukherjee ( our skipper ).
n getting Laxmi's wicket...its not a piece of cake ! :)...remember what happened even in the ICC V IIT match which we lost...Laxmi was unfortunately run out after he slipped when he was in his 30's..His Best is yet to be seen...n we too r not playing anywhere near our peak .
Raju
IIT-an
Chargers chased 220 against Muslim.. holy cow !! I saw the very first couple of overs of the game, saw Imran dropped by Irfan and then Kamran(muslim) launch one into the orbit... one of the biggest sixes I have seen.
Uh oh.. we play the chargers this weekend in a do-or-die match for both teams fighting to stay in div-1. Should be interesting !!
Congratulations to the Chargers !!
Mehul said "I really urge all GOOD players to come out and do some volunteer umpiring. It will help league and raise level of cricket immensely. "
Well said Mehul !!
Romeen, they have scheduled you for Monday night game.
Guys, we had Prakash(from Tigers), Mehul(United) and Romeen(Wildcats) come forward and umpire. Can we get more for the games next week?
@ Jack !!
Everyone knows u guys r the best..
I have nothing more to say..
All the Best for taking the Championship ! :)
Raju
I've played with Lakshmi and bowled at him in the nets, he doesn't really have a weakness, I think he only gets out due to his impatience sometimes, trying to force shots that aren't on. When on song he is very aggressive and great to watch and one of the few batsmen in the league (both divisions) who can pull really well.
I'm not givin away any secrets ;) you should adhere to the Glenn McGrath rule of every delivery in the corridor and try to hit the top of off stump :-p - good luck!
Raheel,
are you scared of laxmi?
Not really, he's a little guy, quite adorable actyually ... nothing to be scared of !
No one can predict any outcomes - I don't know what the outcome will be if we play tomorrow at Lords for instance! However, we did beat them at Washington Park too last season. Who moght you be Mr. cricketer ;) - Challengers fan?
By SC do you mean Southern California, because is stands for South Carolina ;). Well Cali defenitely has better weather (hence more cricket) and better facilities, so I would believe the standard of cricket will be a little better too, but I don't think MCC is as bad as you're making it out to be!
By the way, Tarun Reddy used to play in Div 2 here, last I checked he was in the allstar SCCA team ;).
The scorecard for the Chargers Vs Muslim game is up. Incredible stuff:
http://www.midwestcricket.org/asp/Score88.asp?id=2376
Can somebody give us more details please? It looks like the Chargers won of the last ball.
What do you guys think would be the match ups in playoffs (i.e. quarter finals)?
Wides seems to be the difference in that scorecard - Chargers bowled 10, Muslim 22.
sheks said "Mehul how did it change from 2 overs 20 to 2 overs 13..
Extras? Thats huge.. "
Mehul said "Imran bowled a high fulltoss to Rafi which ended up over midwicket boundary."
Am assuming this was a no ball and they scored maximum.
I wonder what was said that's been deleted! Lol scrappy why do you hate Flames so much? What did they do to you (something serious by the looks of it).
now this is getting UGLY!!! what do you have against Flames! Scrappy
cheers!
Vipul
now this one "IMHO" was pattented by SADIQ... What you will do now Sadiqbhai??
Vipul
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I'll stick my neck out and name the playoff teams:
Pak Gym
Challengers
MUCC
St. Louis
Bears
Flames
Wildcats
Muslim (very close with Purdue/Phoenix)
Scrappy who are the non-losers in your eyes? Since you keep labelling individuals and teams as 'losers' quite liberally!;)
Does anyone on here know how the night playoffs work? Is it like Group A1 plays Group D2 and A2 vs D1 and the same with B and C ?
"Raheel, Its 1-8 2-7 3-6 5-4.
The standing will be in 1-8 from 16 teams. not groupwise."
That system is flawed, so a team could end up playing a team from their group in the quarter finals whom they have already played in the group matches?!
Raheel,
So far that's how the Night Game playoffs have been done (last 2-3 yrs)
raheel... the top 2 from the 4 groups advance to the playoffs. The 8 teams are seeded 1-8 based on points and net run-rate. 1 plays 8, 2 plays 7 etc.
Thanks Jaggi yes I got that.
I'll let you know in a month and a half or so ;) sit tight.
So i guess, it doesnt matter if we have the anonymous option enabled or disabled...its still going to be a huge headache for the blog admin to monitor this blog.
Things definitely got out of hand. A bunch of folks, tried to bring down the blog by using abusive language and talking about things that had nothing to do with cricket.
Hari and I have decided to monitor this blog. This means that every single comment will have to be approved by us. It definitely is a lot more work for us, but something we will do to ensure that we continue the good discussions.
I hope we all continue to have the discussions and get used to not seeing some of the comments immediately. We will try our best to ensure that the comments show up quickly.
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