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Most of the teams have now completed their 14 games of the season.
In Div 1, United's fate is hanging on the result of the game between AAA and CCI. Eagles have already been relegated to Div 2. The play-off teams have been finalized with just the positioning may change based on the results in the last week.
Div 2 too has the same situation with respect to the play-offs.
In 30-30, most of the play-off spots have been decided but the last week games will decide the final 2 play-off teams.
And last but not the least, Congrats to the Challengers for winning the ABNT for the 6th time. And thanks to Pak Gym and Challengers both for providing a wonderful game of Cricket. The Final was a match to remember.
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I was checking some statistics about our blog and I found that we are getting some 12 visits from Russia .. Wonder who is there ???
Maybe, they are trying to start a league in Russia. Trying to model it on the best (I'm sure this will be questioned hahaha) league in america.....
Alpesh,
Interesting choice of Poll on the main page. I hope we get a good response to it. The Div 2 issue is the biggest issue facing our league, and the decisions that this management take could have a huge impact for the future.
Congrats to the Challengers for winning and to Pak Gym for being the Runners-up. It seems that only Pak Gym and Challengers can beat each other - depending on whether it is in the Finals or in the playoffs in the ALNT - talk about domination!
What were all those trophies for?
I noticed that the presentation ceremony happened right after the game - which is a change, but a good one.
Can we expect the same for the other Division finals?
Adi,
We'll see what we can do for the finals.
Everybody have a wonderful labor day weekend!!
Alpesh,
Can you also start a Poll which says if peole would like the playoffs to be moved one more week so our stars can represent Midwest in Western Conf in LA?
I hear that all the players are not going to play in LA because they dont want to miss playoffs here?
Let's see what the bloggers vote for.
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Adi,
Why wud u wanna do the trophies after the finals?? What wud we do in the banquet then??
Last year was my first time at the banquet and it was fun :)
AAA beat CCI so United you are safe and can sleep peacefully at night now
Challangers beat Phoneix
Illinois vs Rogers Park still on going and might last till 7 or 730 PM.
Rogers Park beat Illinois ..
So Div 2 QF match up looks like -
Arena vs Illinois
Mil Panthers vs Titans
QC Kings vs Hammond
Rogers Park vs Jaguars
Waiting eagerly for the next weekend ...
Titans are #7 and Illinois are #8, as Titans have more quality wins (against play-off teams) 3 as to Illinois's 2 wins ... We tie on the first 3 criteria ...
What happened to the Hammond vs. Rangers game?
Rangers gave a walkover to Hammond..
What happened to Hammond vs Rangers match? I mean who gave walkover to whom.
Per few weeks update Hammond gave walkover per Rangers. Later noticed that game was rescheduled to last weekend due to a death in the family.
Did Rangers gave the walkover to Hammond now?
Yep .. Rangers gave walkover to Hammond, as they were short of players ..
Flames vs St.Louis result? This might affect the points table a little.
Flames won by about a 100 runs vs St Louis..
good luck all the teams who made it to playoffs
Best wishes for all the playoff teams!
There's one point of confusion:
#WR>#WG
How is that possible? Shouldn't the numbers be identical?
Let's do some predictions guys!
All top 4 seeds in div 1 make it to semis.. :)
In div 2, RP and Titans pull off the upset :)
And in a spot fixing bonanza, Alpesh plays the first over he faces as a maiden.. he does that anyway and decided why not make some money while you are at it :)
hahaha..nice Dinesh...
goodluck to all teams!!
This schedule seems to be favoring DeePark/challengers their division 1 players play 30/30 on Saturday and div 1 game on Sunday... Let me guess is it because president is part of both teams.. why not same treatment for rest of the teams.............
Looking forward to answers from mgmt..
If you cant answer resign or ban guest players from your 30/30 team.
MCC ..
Which other 30-30 team is having a clash as per the current schedule?? Did they send in a scheduling request to the Scheduling committee??
Was anybody following Pollard's inning today .. 72 of 30 balls ... towards the end .. sixes of almost every ball ...
Will somebody pull up a similar effort this weekend ..?? If somebody can do it .. it would be Sikander from Bears ...
Predictions:
Challengers
Flames
Pak
Peoria :)
Arena
Titans
Q.C.Kings
Desi Tigers
Nighthowlers
Juggernauts
DeePark XI
Rajiv,
Why is there a smile against Peoria? :-)
Interesting preview for Western Conference --
http://www.dreamcricket.com/community/blogs/usa_cricketer/archive/2010/09/15/usa-cricket-western-conference-2010-tournament-preview.aspx
Dinesh,
Just wanted to find out if that was the plan. I like the banquet presentation concept too.
Looks like the "bloggers" voted overwhelmingly to not postpone the playoffs due to the western conference championships.
I really think that USACA needs to figure this out better. September is playoffs in most leagues across the country - why schedule this "championship" then? These should really be played in the middle of summer!
Speaking of playoffs, good luck to all the teams. The best 8 teams in Div 1 are the ones that qualified - that's for sure.
Ok, here are my predictions:
Div 1
Challengers have too much depth for the impressive Bears team.
Muslim Gym upsets the Flames due to a batting blitz by all 3 brothers
Wildcats use their experience to out-hustle Peoria
Pak Gym win big over Purdue
Div 2
Arena bt ICC if they can get a proper XI to travel.
Titans upset Milwaukee despite Alpesh's spot fixing!!
RPCC find form and pull out a close win against the Jaguars
Hammond struggle against QC Kings, but pull out another hard fought win.
Div 3
Deepark rolls over Hawks despite some awesome glovework by Arpan!
Rockers upset Nighthowlers due to some awesome batting from my 20 year old friend.
Juggernauts keep a tight leash on the Panther's batting lineup for a win.
Desi Tigers maintain their #1 seed with a good win over CCC despite Pardeep's bowling heroics.
Remember, I'm not a pundit and my predictions count for nothing - so good luck to all. :)
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Aditya said...
I really think that USACA needs to figure this out better. September is playoffs in most leagues across the country - why schedule this "championship" then? These should really be played in the middle of summer!
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They really do, yes. Its never been this late before anyway.. last year it was in August. But they wanted to avoid clashing with Ramadan in August too I suppose (and with Eid Labor Day weekend)..ideally Labor day weekend is the best IMHO, its already 3-days (players dont have to take a day off work), its not a clash with most league-games etc.
South-West, after being beaten by our guys last year, is coming back with our old pal Tarun this year. And they have 2 new Ranji Players from Gujarat! Amit Sood played a few Ranjis (and is 30).. one ton against Bengal (but then, as Adi knows, making runs vs Bengal bowlers is easy ;-) The other is Timil Patel, who has a v strong pedigree... he was an India U19 player (played in the same U19 team as Raina, Irfan, Rayudu etc).. there was a time he was considered a future India prospect as a leggie-allrounder.. he's 27, not that old, I wonder if he's moved to LA or just playing as a "pro"?
Should be a fun tournament - hope our Four Musketeers do well!
c8w
Aditya,
What do you mean by proper XI lol.
I am sure every team comes with the best combination they can find. So the Arena team travelling is proper XI minus improper me. :)
May the best team win.
CER batting first against CW ..
13/2 after 4 overs .. Fahad out in the first over ...
Check here for updates - http://community.dreamcricket.com/community/forums/p/4031/39407.aspx
Good luck to all the playoff teams i hope everyone does really well. In the last few days i have been checking the match schedules and the umpires have been changed 2-3 times now and there only being changed for the the Muslim and Flame game. Now Aditya is the umpire of the game and he predicted that Muslim is gonna upset Flame. I sense this being bias towards Flames to try to make the Flames lose there playoff game.
shamayam,
I believe my name is just a place holder and will be updated soon. I am not umpiring any of the games and there certainly is no "bias".
Why would you think there would be any bias?
Rain is on the way!!!
Wow .. CER won a close match .. just by 3 runs ... looks like our Asif Sir took many wickets ...
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Alpesh said...
Wow .. CER won a close match .. just by 3 runs ... looks like our Asif Sir took many wickets ...
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Brilliant win by CER, actually. Pitch with slow spongy bounce apparently, bit of a struggle for the pacers and the batsmen - Fahad unfortunately fell first over, but Ashhar got 25 or so, and Asif 18 IIRC.. Abhijit Joshi got 28 and captain Shahid Malik of GLCC (MOM of the CER final for 64* vs our guys) got 72*, to take CER to 172.
In reply Raheel bowled v well early, beating former-US-player Rahul Kukreti often (got special mention from US coach Clayton Lambert post-game). But CWest was going well at 111/3 at one stage (ie needing 61 in 28 overs IIRC). But then Asif Mahmood worked the magic he's done so often in our league - amazing spell by him, 10 overs, 3 for 12! Reduced CWest to 120/6, match-turning (and eventually match-winning) spell of spin bowling.
CWest continued fighting after Asif's spell ended, and dragged it to 169/9, only 3 runs away. But then the ball was thrown to Raheel.. and he promptly bounced and drew a popup to short square leg, to end it all. Clutch bowling, and terrific win for CER!
Good luck to them tomorrow - when they take on North-West (and familiar face Samarth Shah, formerly of United and CCI, who played 5 years in our league).. NW this year has Ryan Crostwaithe playing for them, brother of current first-class cricketer in Australia (Ryan apparently top-scored today for NW in their loss to SouthWest). They also have leggie Saurabh Verma, who played for the US 2 months ago.
Good luck to our guys!
c8w
All The Best to all the teams for the playoffs!!
May the Best Team Wins ...
Any update on today's playoffs?
bw humiliating loss for CER today. All Out for less than 200 chasing 330
NightHowlers Vs Rockers: NightHowlers batted first and scored 141. Rockers need to score 30 more runs in 6 overs with 5 wickets in hand. Game will be continued next week some time. It will be an anxious week for both the teams :)
Mil Panthers - 12/1 in 4.1 overs against Titans .. match should continue some time next week ...
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Sikki said...
bw humiliating loss for CER today. All Out for less than 200 chasing 330
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Yes, very bad loss today, in a very important game - a win would have assured advancement to the Nationals.
To start with, politics raised its ugly head before play began..Raheel, the best paceman of the day yesterday, was left out of the playing XI! He had bowled beautifully yesterday..with only 3 runs to defend and lots of overs, he was the one the team had had the confidence in to throw the ball to.. and he had delivered with the clutch winning wicket. He had drawn special praise and advice from USA Coach Clayton Lambert at the end of hte day. Yet, he was left out of the XI today!
NW, with a batting lineup reputedly a little fragile, promptly took advantage, taking the pace bowlers to the cleaners. When I got an update, Nauman and Crostwaithe were takign the bowling to the cleaners - Asif had bowled 7 overs for less than 20 runs (repeated yelled advice from outside to the batsmen to "just play this guy out" every time he bowled, apparently) but the score was already 198/2 in 34 overs by then! Nauman got a ton, Crostwaithe 87.. and with wickets in hand and the PowerPlay overs at the end, everyone got hit (including Asif in his last 3 overs, apparently), as NW powered to 330.
A huge score, and CE never really had a good chance, eventually ending 164 allout IIRC.. our guys fought hard in a losing cause, Fahad 30, Ashhar top-scoring with 45, and Asif (sent in to bat at #8!) 30.. a little over 100 (out of 164) from 3 guys, but too high of a target, and little support.
Very tough loss though - NW had lost yesterday, and a win today (it bears repeating) would have put CER into the Nationals..(Iam still stunned they wouldnt play Raheel in a game as important as that!) As it is, its now 1-1, and taking on South-West (who are 2-0) tomorrow (while NW now plays 0-2 Central-West)... in addition, of course, the Net-Run-Rate, which might come into play, has taken a beating.
c8w
what are the latest results ?
Juggernatus Vs Panthers will be rescheduled because of rain
curious to know the results of other 30/30 games
WC need 40 runs in 40 balls with 4 wickets in hand.
Satish and Surya are playing in the middle.
We are chasing 250 runs against Peoria.
Ok .. some results that I heard from my "sources" ...
Upset of the week -- CCC beating Desi Tigers in 30-30 Quarter Finals ... So #1 seed already out .. and #2 seed already fighting out with Rockers ... should be an interesting and nervous wait now for NightHowlers ..
Div 1 --
Challengers beat Bears
Pak Gym beat Purdue
Flames were in 80 odd for 7 chasing 200 something against Muslim Gym ..
Div 2 --
QC Kings beat Hammond big time by 9 wickets and 20 overs to spare !!!! Hari Kiran 80 odd, Mangesh 56* and Anuj - 42* in 15 balls ...
congrats to the finest team in the 30/30 the chicago cricket club and all of its players for defending a low score and beating desi tigers. This is the game of the season if anybody can dispute it must not watch cricket. Needless to say, despite playing without some of the regular players, which management banned for the playoffs, chicago cricket club still won and have beaten the number #1 team in this division. Bilal, Matee, Pardeep, Aman made it possible for the chicago cricket club to clinch this nail biter from tiger's nest......
MWCC: PLS. CLARIFY
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26. PLAYOFFS:
26.1.STRUCTURE:
26.1.5. If the Playoff game cannot be completed due to bad light or weather, league will schedule the game on the next available date and will not start over but will continue from where it was stopped
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CAN SOMEBODY CLARIFY THE TERM "completed" in the clause (26.1.5) above.
Thanks,
ssharathh, Read my post above. We (NightHowlers) already batted and Rockers need 30 more runs in 6 overs with 5 in hand. We would very much like to win the game BUT I think it will go down to the wire :)
oh my - ....
totally got it wrong Mithul - good luck to you guys man :)
Dee Park / Hawks game:
Hawks are 34/4 in 11.3 overs and stopped cause of the rain.
most likely the game will continue next saturday...
congrats to all the teams who made it to semis..
THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS CCC BEATING DESI TIGERS. WOW WOW WOW....congrats CCC.
Peoria beat WildCats by 13 runs in a nail-biter ... So, Challengers-Peoria and Muslim-Pak will play the semi-finals ...
Sunil,
What part of 'completed' you don't understand?? The clause seems pretty clear to me..
Alpesh,
any match summary on Peoria Vs Wildcats? looks like that was the only match which was close in Div 1 matches!
Sadiq Sir should do the honors as he was the umpire for that match ... But WildCats were chasing 250 and at around 22 over, they required 7.5 RPO with 8 wickets in hand .. Ajit Sir batted a great knock before he was run-out .. The light also affected their chase, but WildCats being the perfect gentlemen team continued playing as they did not want Peoria to travel again to play the few overs ..
Congrats to Peoria and Hats Off to the WildCats team, who are the best ambassadors of Cricket in MWCC !!!
Wow!!! must have been fascinating contest. Did any other teams have issues with light? even after the matches started early?? It must have been poor management of time on the field then? or were there any delays?
Why did pak/purdue and Peoria/wilcats played 45 overs match when midwest homepage says 40 overs games
Aditya your prediction on the Chicago Cricket Club was completely wrong and you should not participate in being a part time pandit. Nobody in this league has any idea of Chicago Cricket Clubs strengths and depth and it seems like Aditya you are one of them. So here is the question? who is the No#1 team now after beating Desi Tigers...........?
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats!
Div 2 - 0/1. Congrats to QC Kings.
Div 3 - 0/1 (kind of). CCC did win, but I was right about Pradeep's heroics.
Congrats to the teams moving on and good luck to all those playing this weekend.
JAGGI (very funny),
Don't take it so personally. Fortunately, the only thing that counts is what happens on the field. The rest of it is all just fun from the sidelines. Don't cry about my prediction - be happy in your win. I'm happy for you guys.
What I do know is that the top ranked seed left in the Div 3 playoffs are the Nighthowlers. If they fall, then it's DeePark. You're still ranked the #8 seed as per the regular season. 1 round of the playoffs means very little in the end - except that you guys played well and won a tough game.
But, if you can win the next two games, then you will be the Champions of the Division. And then CCC will be the #1 team in Div 30/30.
Good luck and try and relax. This is a recreational league where we play for fun and blog for fun.
When is the schedule for the upcoming week's game is going to be announed and publishe? Anyone has any clue????
The schedule for the upcoming week's games is going to be published by EOD today - I think it's already up. Check the MwCC home page - all details for playoff scheduling is on that page.
Thats the attitude of a champion Pradeep Sir ... All The Best for the Semis ...
I am not sure if this JAGGI guy plays for CCC and if he does i would definitely like to know who this guy is?? I understand the excitement after beating desi tiger,but still it doesnt make us the no#1 team unless we win the championshit.So,PUTTAR thalley baith aur kela kha KELA dont b overconfident n hope for good for the next round...peace ;)
ALPESH i will definitely convey ur msg to pradeep...lol
hahahha...my bad ,let me correct it..CHAMPIONSHIP.
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats!
I meant Peoria.
Any new poll questions ???
All you stalwarts here is something for you to read in leisure.
http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/478286.html
very good article.
and by the way good luck to all the guys still playing.
-preetam
nice article Preetam. Thanks for posting the link.
Can someone tell me about the procedure for teams not updating or posting their match scores which i heard is mandatory? If a team does not post its score, they will be fined? If that is true, is management taking any action against those teams?
Thanks for recommending the article preetam..I shud have known its abt keepers as you are one too :)
Tough luck man, that you guys are relegated. So, you guys gonna play in Div 2 or play thirty thirt next year?? I think CCI will play div 2 as they have no other choice..
Poll question suggestions..
Who will win div 1?? Div 2 etc
Early favorites for relegation next year in div 1??
Will shekhs win the next election?? :)
13th Man: Asif Mehmood Khan, Central East – When batsmen from the other three teams in the Western Conference were surveyed for the most impressive and difficult bowler they faced, without hesitation the answer every time was Mehmood. In a 3-run win over Central West, he bowled 10 overs, including 4 maidens, on his way to taking 3 for 12 as Central West defended 172. In that game, he claimed the key wicket of Corns and then the high run scorer Rahul Kukreti to spark Central West’s collapse. In all, he took five wickets in three games at an economy of 2.90 runs per over.
Straight from Dreamcricket website!!
Asif, you made us proud.... :-)
Top 5 Players in Contention for Selection to USA Senior Team
1. Ryan Corns – The future is now. Corns didn’t bang down the selection door this weekend, he took a flamethrower to it when he torched North West’s bowling attack on Sunday.
2. Asif Mehmood Khan – For the second year in a row, he has had a very solid showing in the Western Conference and has emerged as a top candidate to fill a left arm spinner’s role that the team is desperately seeking.
3. Nauman Mustafa – USA could use an experienced keeper-batsman as insurance in case Carl Wright’s dip in form continues.
4. Neil McGarrell – The former Guyana captain with Test match experience playing for the West Indies has age counting against him, but could be considered as a left arm spinner if Mehmood is not up to scratch.
5. Glen Hall – He toured with USA in February, but only made it onto the field as a substitute fielder. However, his solid form could see him getting another opportunity.
congratulations to all the winners overall 6 six games finished.Only 2 were close wildcats/peoria and ccc/desi tigers.other 3 were blow out wins pak/purdue- pak too good
challs vs bears- challs chased in 27 overs.
hammond vs qc - hard to believe but chased 203 in 20 overs. good luck to div 1 teams for semis this week . div2 for quarters and 30/30 for quarters. hope all will be close encounters
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who_what said...
13th Man: Asif Mehmood Khan, Central East – When batsmen from the other three teams in the Western Conference were surveyed for the most impressive and difficult bowler they faced, without hesitation the answer every time was Mehmood.
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As we in MCC have long known would be the case, one might add :-) Its turf wickets in LA, where a real spinner can come into his element - as Asif did.
The above comment is a testimony - especially on a team that was frankly relatively weak (with only 3 MCC players playing 2 of the games). In Game One (the only game CE won), Asif basically turned it around himself, with his 10-4-12-3.
In the other 2 games, lack of support counted hugely. In Game 2 Asif came on after 6 overs were bowled (and 50-odd were on the board already!).. he bowled his first 7 overs for 13 runs (after 34 overs, NW was 194/2.. of which Asif had conceded 0/13 in 7 overs! 180 had been scored off the other 27 overs! Among this was James Crostwaithe being dropped on Asif's 2nd ball - Crostwaithe, the 23-year-old who played fc cricket in Australia, made fifties in all 3 games of the tournament, eventually got 87 in this game). Asif bowled his last 3 overs in the PowerPlays at the end.. and ended with final figures of 10-0-33-1 (out of NW's final score of 330 in 50 overs)! He then made 35 with the bat (2nd highest score, after Ashhar's 43).
In Game 3, CE got 150 allout, and SW chased it for 3 down in 27 overs. Asif came on to bowl after 5 overs (44/0 in 5 overs)..and bowled 10 overs on the trot, 10-0-34-1 (as 150/3 were scored in 27 overs).
As Peter Della Penna pointed out in his "list", this is by far one of the best performances of either tournament (Western Conf and Eastern Conf) that took place last weekend. Way to go, Asif!
c8w
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Shekhs said...
Straight from Dreamcricket website!!
Asif, you made us proud.... :-)
Top 5 Players in Contention for Selection to USA Senior Team
3. Nauman Mustafa – USA could use an experienced keeper-batsman as insurance in case Carl Wright’s dip in form continues.
4. Neil McGarrell – The former Guyana captain with Test match experience playing for the West Indies has age counting against him, but could be considered as a left arm spinner if Mehmood is not up to scratch.
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While Nauman did well with the bat in this tournament, Ashhar is konwn as the better gloveman.. and Ashhar had 90 runs (to Nauman's 120-odd) in this tournament). And while Nauman's century against "defending champion Central-East" is of course creditable.. the fact remains that our CE side this year wasnt as good as last years (especially in this game, with Raheel being left out!) Hopefully they will give Ashhar the consideration he deserves!
And while Neil McGarrell is a terrific spinner (played test matches with West Indies after all!)... he isnt a US citizen or anything, has not been here *that* long (he was playing first-class cricket for Guyana until 2008).. one would suspect he shouldnt be qualified for playing for the USA (just like Jermaine Lawson, who played Eastern Conference too, isnt qualified; or Adam Sanford, or Timil Patel who played Western Conference etc).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
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Aditya said...
Div 1 - 3/4. Purdue outhustled the Wildcats
I meant Peoria.
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Yes indeed,Peoria. Terrific game it was, too!
Wildcats bowled well early, kept it tight (given the Hammond ground).. but Peoria played with the plan of holding wickets for a late push, building their innings. 84/2 in 20 (solid 51 for Tarun). Aggressive 38 from Ravi changed the momentum.. but 140/3 in 30 (after Ravi fell) turned into 170/6 in 37 overs as the Wildcats bowled very well to take control. But then Yousaf-bhai and Madhu had a match-turning partnership, staying there and then accelerating (togehter till the final over). 170/6 in 37 was turned into 251/6 in 44.3 overs,. a huge 81 run stand.. before 2 runouts in the final 3 balls saw 252 in 45 overs. Yousaf-bhai was terrific with 69* as 82 were added in the last 8 overs. 2/36 for Sanjay, 3/38 for Surya, both in 9 overs, good efforts with the ball.
Wildcats responded in kind - building an innings, keeping wickets in hand. A 60-run opening partnership between Romeen and Javed in 14 overs. It was 91/2 in 23 overs at break, when Ajit came in - 162 to win in 22 overs.
Ajit then proceeded to play IMHO the best innings Ive seen in a year and a bit at least. Hammond is an outstanding outfield for batting.. and you watch that sort of innings and realize what good batting really is :-) Everything was played solidly, broad bat, safe.. good balls defended, bad balls stroked (driven, flicked, pulled) mostly along the ground into gaps. And the runs flowed.. Nikhil and Mushtaq fell, but with Ajit and Vikram it was 184/4 in 35 overs (93 runs in 12 overs). Then there was a slight misunderstanding, a good throw, and Vikram was runout (185/5).
Still, Satish joined Ajit and the runs continued to flow. It went to 214/5 in the 39th over.. before a misunderstanding between Ajit and Satish saw the runout of Ajit, changing the entire game. Ajit had played a fantastic innings - 71 off 55 balls, hardly put a foot wrong all day until near the end (when a hard-hit ball was dropped at short cover). 123 runs had been scored in 16 overs while he was in the middle - almost 8/over, with hardly any risks taken. At 214/6 in 39 overs, it was 39 to win off 6 overs.. until the runout the Wildcats had been in control.
It all changed quickly after that. Kalyan was brought on, and bowled terrifically at the death... and a couple of mistakes by the Wildcats cost them wickets, and increased pressure. The light was no longer the perfect either,which didnt help.. but to their everlasting credit, none of hte Wildcats even hinted at asking for it. An amazing caught-and-bowled off Satish by Kalyan almost ended it.. and eventually the Wildcats finished 12 runs short.
A fantastic game, some high-quality cricket from both sides all day, hard-fought all the way, and played in wonderful spirit by both teams to the end. Everything a playoff game should ever be IMHO (but so often isnt).
c8w
It is as if i am watching the tamil movie BASHA. If i say it once it feels as if i am saying it a hundred times. Cut it with the echoing finger.
"September 23, 2010 1:15 PM
Go Lakers said...
Thanks for recommending the article preetam..I shud have known its abt keepers as you are one too :)
Tough luck man, that you guys are relegated. So, you guys gonna play in Div 2 or play thirty thirt next year??"
It has not been a very good year for us. apart from 1 game we never had a eleven. That is a big morale crusher. Add to it the lack of application.
We dont know what we will be doing next year. Our start of the year team meeting should decide that. I am hoping we will be able to play in DIV 2 play well and come back. But we have to see.
But it is a good time to rebuild.
For those who like guessing game:
NightHowlers Vs Rockers: NightHowlers need to bowl 6 more overs. Rockers need 30 runs, 5 wickets in hand.
It has been scheduled at Hanover Park @ 10:00 AM on Sunday.
Predict? :)
I still think its night howlers chance - with both Srijay and Shwethal gone , I dont know who rockers have got in the bag
Good luck to both of your teams
Nobody was voting for Muslim Gym .. So I just did ... :-)
ssharathh: Everyone who is coming in to bat for Rockers have scored 50s at some point of time.
Paresh: Scored 252 last season with an average of 31.5
Miral: Has had a 56 and and a 42 last season
Anil: Coming in from a 52 off 49 from the last game
Venu: Has been our find of this season. Consistantly been supporting with the bat in the few games he has played this year
Satya & I: Regular openers for Rockers for 4 years.
This game will go down to the wire!Whichever team will hold their nerve is going to the Semis!!
Updates from Washington Park
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Illinois were 115/4 in 19.2 overs at drinks break .. Post break, Jack hit Hansraj for 2 beautiful 4s .. Jack was going very strong ...
Rogers Park were about 150/2 in 27-28 overs .. Sarwar scored a 50 and was still batting ...
Illinois 207 all-out in the 35th over.. Arena - 78/1 in 14 overs ..
Illinois playing with 10 players and out of 9 wickets to fall, Hansraj claimed 7 wickets ...
Juggernauts wins over panthers in div 30/30 quarterfinal.
Juggernauts won over Panthers on 30/30 quarterfinal today and its a great victory for the team and our boys! Being the debut season in mcc we a thoroughly enjoying the season !
Our game with panthers was good - but we had minor glitches from supporters standing outside the feild who were going a little out of the line in commenting and passing cat calls on our families who were just sitting and watching the game - This is quite not acceptable , but thanks to Clarlie and Nilesh who took no time in reprimanding those drunken folks right away ! Regardless guys - we play for fun and these kind of non sportive behaviour and running down on the winning team do not add to the integrity of cricketing !
This should go into the books of mcc management - its pivotal to ensure that our families who watch cricket are not bothered !!
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Alpesh said...
Updates from Washington Park
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Illinois were 115/4 in 19.2 overs at drinks break .. Post break, Jack hit Hansraj for 2 beautiful 4s .. Jack was going very strong ...
Rogers Park were about 150/2 in 27-28 overs .. Sarwar scored a 50 and was still batting ...
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Wins for Arena and Rogers Park, who will now meet in the semis.
Illinois got 207 in the morning. It was a strange innings - starting from 11/1, it was 30/3 (Hansraj getting a short-ball-fended to slip, and an LBW).. before Jack and Ron took the attack to Arena and did very well. Ron fell right at break, after an 85-run stand - it was 115/4 in 19.2 overs. Collins and Jack continued attacking post-break, and set Illinois up beautifully.. it was 186/4 after 30 overs, and 193 in the 31st over when Jack fell after a terrific innings of 67 (caught at the boundary by Hansraj - the batsman wasnt happy because the fielder didnt stand there, but the umpire was certain he was inside the boundary and that was that). Hansraj then came back on to bowl.. it had been brutally cold in the morning, very windy, a struggle to bowl for everyone... but the sun broke thru right about this time. And Hansraj bowled an amazing 2 overs - got Collins clean-bowled and George caught at gully in the first over (to have Illinois 7-down).. and in his last over (the 35th) he had Rup clean-bowled and Dan lbw to finish the innings with 5 overs to spare! He ended 7/37, as Illinois got 207 allout (with 5 overs left).
On a flat astro wicket and a fast outfield, Arena stayed in control thruout in their chase. They were 39/1 in 8 overs (when JP fell, to a nice slower ball and c&b by Jack).. but Keshav and Hardik took the game away from that point. Fielding was difficult in the cold - very hard to catch the ball - it was overcast and *very* windy all day long, the temperature felt much below the 50s it probably was. It was 132/1 in 20 overs, Keshav batted brilliantly for his 103 (and fell with about 15 runs needed).. Arena finally got 208/2 in 28 overs.
Meanwhile RP got 235 in their 40 overs against Jaguars - Sarwar got 81 I think (I saw him hitting some big shots while umping my game)... Jaguars were 120/8 in 28 overs when I visited during break (Shameer was going strong at 50+ notout).. they were allout a little bit later...
c8w
End of the season for NightHowlers. Rockers won by 4 wickets and with 1 over left. We will try to do better next season.
Good luck to all the remaining teams, which are better and good enough to play next weekend ;)
Damn Mitul you are quick! Good luck next year.
The game went exactly how we had hoped. We had planned not to lose wickets in the first 2 overs and thats what happened.
Paresh and Miral scored 27 runs off 29 balls to take the game away from NH. Anil came in with a 1st ball four and sealed the game.
Needing 30 runs off 6 overs, we started cautiously trying not to lose wickets in the first couple of overs. Both Miral and Paresh started with some solid hits. Priyank opened the bowling and gave away only 2 runs. Venkat bowled the next over giving away 6 runs, leaving Rockers 22 to win off 24 balls. Priyank bowled a 5 run over leaving us with 17 off 18 balls. This is where both batsmen decided to go after the bowling. Mitul’s over went for 8 runs leaving us 9 runs off 2 overs. Naren was bought in and Paresh got 6 runs off the first 4 balls. He started cramping up and was stumped the next delivery going for the winning runs. 3 runs were needed off 7 balls. Anil stepped in and hit Naren for a four on square leg and finished the game for us with 1 over remaining. Truly a team effort that has gotten us to the semis.
some results for the those who were not at the washington park.
1. Pak Gymkhana beat Mulsim Gymkhana convincingly despite Kamran good knock.
2. Challengers beat Peoria with a comfortable margin
Won our first play-off match yesterday .. A good match ...
So now the match-ups for the remaining play-off matches looks like -
Div 1 (Finals)
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Challengers vs Pak Gymkhana
Div 2 (Semi-Finals)
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Arena vs Rogers Park
QC Kings vs Titans
Div 30-30 (Semi-Finals)
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Juggernauts vs Chicago Cricket Club
Deepark vs Rockers
Mitral ...
I believe Srijay's knock was a decisive one .. A quick 25 from him at the top gave your other batsman chance to relax and play the patience game ...
Alpesh,
Srijays knock was decisive to some extent but you cannot discount the effort that everyone put in. We bowled the NightHowlers for 141, which happens to be their lowest score in the season. Fielding was sharp on our end with consitant direct hits. Srijay scored a very quick 25 which helped us but there were more runs to be scored to win. Whatever rocks your boat :P
Great win Appu..congrats...
It shud be a great semi final between titans and qc kings...also, the winner cud be in div 1 directly if arena beats rogers park..so, everything to play for in the semi finals...
Shud be a great weekend with a lot of good games..hopefully the weather gods will be kind to us... :)
Srijay also picked up three wickets which along with his rapid 25, sealed the deal for us
Good luck Rockers in your next round
Thanks Dinesh .. Yes, the semis should be great as we always have had close encounters with QC Kings so far ...
why only the winning teams are entering their scorecards?
good luck to all the teams who made it finals and semis looking forward to a wonderful weekend of cricket specially pak vs challs should be a cracker jack of a game hopefully other games are on same day.
It's already Wednesday and no news yet on the semifinals schedule. Can somebody can to address this soon? Thanks
any predicitions on 30/30 ?
Guest_rule said : It's already Wednesday and no news yet on the semifinals schedule. Can somebody can to address this soon?
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a change from previous years.
DeePark beat Rockers today by 16 runs ..
Season is over for Rockers. Needing 195 to win from 30 overs, we were 86/1 from 14 overs with both Romeen and Shwetal well set. Shwetal got out trying to sweep a straight ball on the middle stump. We lost Romeen in the over after that when he was run out. This opened the flood gates. There were 6 run outs and the asking rate kept piling up. In the end we were short by 14 runs and Dee Park got a well deserved win for keeping their cool.
This season was nothing less than spectacular for us. Lost 4 games in the row, won the 5th and lost 6&7. After that there was no going back. 7 wins and a win against the NightHowlers in the fist play off game. We rose from the ashes and nearly pulled of a heist :)Good luck to the teams going into the finals!
Juggernauts won against CCC. Its Juggernauts vs Dee Park for Div 30-30 Final.
Juggernauts scored 213 batting first and CCC were all out for 107. Manoj top scored for Juggernauts with a classic 92 with great cameos from other batsmen and Ram grasped 4 wickets to close the deal.
Good Luck Dee Park and see you in the final.
Congrats to Challengers...they are clearly the most dominant team in MCC..maybe someone can rise up and stop them a next year :) congrats to pak gymkhana on a great season guys!
Great results from div 2. Rogers park and qc kings for the finals..rogers park will love to get back to div 1 with a win and they would be deserving champs for they went and slugged it out in div 2.
Back to back division 2 finals for qc proving that last year was no flash in the pan. They are equally deserving of a div 1 spot after showing great consistency in the last 2 years.
Congrats to Juggernauts and Deepark too.. good luck this weekend to the finalists...
Hello Sheiks
Wanted to clarify a rule, how many Div I players can represent in a team in 30/30 - Since we will be playing you in finals , I wanted this to be clarified before the game
I have been hearing things about Dee park plays more than 2 div I players in 30/30, so wanted to check with you guys offhand and not on the game day
Appreciate your response
Congrats to the Winners this weekend ..
We once again lost to QC Kings .. I would say that Aggressive cricket beat Defensive/watchful cricket ..
All the Best to the Div 2 and 30-30 finalists next weekend !!!
Thanks everybody!!
Ssharath,
Only 2 guest players (Div 1 or Div2) can play in a game for any 30-30 team.
Who said Deepark plays more than 2 guest players? We only have Bhavesh and myself as guest players.
Thanks Sheiks for clarifying - what I heard was unwarrented so dont even bother, which is why I wanted to check
So , do we know which ground and what time is the finals - Please send us the flier so that we can pass it across to our supporters
Looking forward for the finals
Interesting Fact --
#3 seeded teams in the regular season in all divisions have made it to finals ... Pak Gymkhana, QC Kings, DeePark.
But Pak Gymkhana lost in the finals ... does this indicate QC Kings and DeePark will also lose in the finals ? :-)
Thanks Appu...for jinxing us...hahaha
we'll have to wait and see...
still waiting for game summaries from sadiq
DeePark became the 30-30 champions today beating Juggernauts in a nail-biter by 5 runs and 2 balls to spare ...
Deepark were all-out for 218 with Pratik, Nirav and Shekhs doing bulk of scoring ... Juggernauts chased brilliant, but were all-out for 210 when their last batsman was runout.
Congratulations DeePark and to Juggernauts too for a wonderful run in their opening season ...
Sorry .. Juggernauts lost by 8 runs ...
QC Kings 35/3 in 7 overs ... Aamir got 2 wickets in his first over - Anuj and Vishnu out for 0 ..
QC Kings all-out for 66 ...
It was a heart breaking loss for Juggernauts in the 30/30 finals .
We fell short by 7 runs when we had 3 more balls to spare - We had the most controversial run out decision against us in the worst situation we could dream - The crucial wicket of Rupesh Mandala who was on 51 was given run out when we wanted 14 more runs to win in 8 balls, it was blatant decision from the leg-umpire.
Juggernauts had a great debut season, great work boys - just be proud of yourself and good luck to mcc management - oops sorry I meant Deepark XI :) !!
RPCC wins Divsion 2 beating QC Kings by 9 Wkts.
Thanks everyone for the support during the season.
QC Kings were absolutely gracious in defeat, and are one of the best spirited team we have played.. Good Luck to you guys next season..
Congratulatio ns Shiraz!
Welcome back to Div 1. Yup, QC kings are great opponents. They play hard and fair!
Tough luck QC!!
Congratulations Rogers Park for moving back to where you came from .. Div 1 ...
QC Kings - hard luck !
Its amazing how both div 1 and div 2 finals were such a low scoring affair..I wonder if the pressure of the finals got to the players or what.. both Pak and QC have powerful batting line up and it was surprising to see the scorecards...
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ssharathh said...
We fell short by 7 runs when we had 3 more balls to spare - We had the most controversial run out decision against us in the worst situation we could dream - The crucial wicket of Rupesh Mandala who was on 51 was given run out when we wanted 14 more runs to win in 8 balls, it was blatant decision from the leg-umpire.
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It was a terrific final - the best final of the 3 that were played by far, and an excellent chase of a big score by the Juggernauts. But this above is a little inaccurate, no? Werent there 17 needed to win off the last over? (ie must have been more than 14 off 8 balls?). Some tremendous hitting had brought it down to 29 to win off 3 overs.. but then Pratik bowled a terrific over for 6 runs IIRC, and then another 6 (or 7?) came off the penultimate over, leaving a very big ask in the last over.
It finally came down to 15 to win off 3 balls and looked ovver.. but then the bowler bowled a 5-wides! So it was 10 to win off 3, and still game on...but next ball was only a single, and a near-suicidal 2nd run was tried resulting in a pretty big runout, and thus allout (final margin 8 runs, 2 balls left). Terrific game, fought all the way to the end - even from 80-odd for 5 in 15 overs, the Juggernauts batting lineup took the fight all the way to the end.
Terrific game, and awesome weather for the finals too - it was sunny and 80 degrees, wish we could have all playoffs in that sort of weather :-)
c8w
It was a great game and I think we chased wonderfully to get there.
Dee Park IX played great initially to put a great total for chase esp Pratik's performance has been spotless. Great death bowling too from Pratik.
Juggernauts chased it perfectly and you cant ask more from the batsmen. I think we gave a few extra runs away upfront.
FingerOfDeath: Your numbers are accurate and I was the last man not out to witness all of this :(
Sharath and rest of the team is a little bit dissapointed with the runout decision of the Rupesh but its part of the game and we will come back next time.
Enjoy the off-season guys!
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Shyam said...
It was a great game and I think we chased wonderfully to get there.
Juggernauts chased it perfectly and you cant ask more from the batsmen. I think we gave a few extra runs away upfront.
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Yes, it was a quite outstanding chase, honestly. 218 in 30 overs is a lot, especially in a final.. a terrific start, and 40-odd for no loss in about 4 or so overs.. but then wickets fell, and it was 80-something for 5 in 15 overs. At that point the target seemed *very* far away to me.
But the Juggernauts kept coming, and kept it just about within reach. It was 95 or something needed in 10 overs, it was 56 in 5 or so IIRC (even then probably too far I thought)... but then some terrific hitting brought it down to 29 in 3! That was an amazing effort (huge six off Bhavesh in that over), match very much up in the air again. But then Pratik and Bhavesh bowled 2 very solid overs (6 and 7 apiece IIRC), to keep it to 17 in the last over, which is a lot to ask, really.
Awesome game though, and terrific first season by the Juggernauts. The last 2 seasons have seen this in 30/30 - last year in 2009 Centurions were new to our league with their South African contingent, and promptly won the 30/30 title before their players dispersed (mostly to Division One).. this year Juggernauts joined new, and went all the way to the finals. Great effort.
Meanwhile, BTW, Bhavesh and Sheks have probably become the first MCC players in history to ever capture a "TripleCrown".. they were part of Challengers as Challs won both the Division One title and the ALNT 20/20 title, and both were part of DeePark's 30/30 title this weekend as well. I dont think this has ever actually been done before in our league.
c8w
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Shiraz said...
RPCC wins Divsion 2 beating QC Kings by 9 Wkts.
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RPCC turned this into a very one-sided final (which I missed most of, caught partly in Chicago Marathon traffic :-) Apparently QC were 30/0 in 5 overs to start with.. and then Hari fell, and Aamir got both Anuj and Vishu in the same over. Arif then took 5, and Faraz 2 in an over, and it was 66 allout in 17 overs! Quite outstanding bowling effort, and an easy win in the end.
Terrific performance from RPCC - and a genuinely well-deserved title win. They deserve enormous credit - our league's history is littered with Division One teams that folded when they were relegated to Division Two, teams that broke up and dispersed, teams whose players had too little team-unity and too much arrogance to be willing to play in Division Two.
This is a shining example of one team that did things the right way - they took their demotion like men, they came down and played in Division Two, they stayed together as a group, with not a single player leaving their squad. They took their Division Two demotion the way everyone should but so few do, not as an end, but as an opportunity for a new beginning. To gell together as an outfit, to rebuild for the future with new players, to help veterans regain confidence and form - all of which not only won them the trophy this year, but will help them in their efforts in Division One next season.
RPCC deserves congratulations for winning a title and making it back to Division One. But more than that, this year they also deserve congratulations for doing the Right Thing.. and its nice to see that bring its well-deserved reward.
c8w
Shyam .. this is not fair .. if it numbers then I will beat Sadiq Sir ... :-)
Juggernauts required 68 from 7, 56 from 5, 43 from 4, 29 from 3, 19 from 1 overs .. and then 18 off 5 balls, 16 off 4 balls, 15 off 3 balls, 10 off 3 balls and and then there was the final run-out .. :-)
Ssharath,
It clearly shows your spirit for the game when you accuse us for fixing that game.
Just to clear your thought, you guys needed 19 runs of the last over.
The same Rupesh was plumb LBW on my bowling when he got hit by a fulltoss and asked for the runner.
The umpire didnt give him out then...I wonder why...maybe because the game wasn't FIXED...
Try to take the defeat in the right spirits and stop blaming the unmpire and the management for you loss....stand up..
I lost the respect I had for you guys, just because of your lacklustre accusation...but I'm glad you opened my eyes...
Thanks Sadiq for the kind words. And to all Division 1 Teams, this was not a walk in the park by any means. The rules are so competitive to make it back, that either almost a perfect season, or a perfect playoffs would guarantee a road back to Division 1. And being fallen many a times to a single bad day leading to the end of the season and your goals to get back to Divison 1, this is no small undertaking and no team can guarantee that kind of performance. This was a lot of hard work, and commitment on part of our guys. Rogers park through this has also made history, as the only Team in MCC to have won championships in both Divisions. Hopefully we will continue to enjoy our cricket back in Division 1, like we have had this year.
Awesome season Shiraz and RPCC!!!
You guys, alongwith AAA set a good example for a relegated team to win it all and get back to Div 1.
Well done!!
Welcome back to Div 1!!
Brendon Mcullum keeping without wearing pads .. Interesting !!!
appu
i think that he is wearing the new keeping pads that are pretty much like shin guards that hide inside the pants are fit to the leg so they are not visible. i had read something along these lines quite a while ago. although keeping without pads would be an interesting scenario.
Another interesting stuff ..
'Rauf called no-ball as soon as Shoaib over-stepped and Shoaib, smartly, pulled out of the delivery in the nick of time. Dead ball, and Shoaib walks back that mile!'
Just realised today that QC Kings had defended 165 even in 2009's semi-final. Had I known this earlier, would had given them one run more ... :-)
The Ranji Trophy began yesterday in India, with an amazing scorecard.. thought a few people here (Preetam, Madhu etc) would find it interesting.. sorry :-) Background - for the first time in history, Hyderabad was relegated last year to Division Two of the Ranji Trophy, yesterday they played their first-ever Div2 game vs Rajasthan..
http://www.cricinfo.com/indiandomestic2010/engine/current/match/465466.html
This was Chahar's debut match.. maybe a name to watch for the future too..
c8w
Finger said-
" Background - for the first time in history, Hyderabad was relegated last year to Division Two of the Ranji Trophy"
What division is Keral in...hahaha Div 10?
Finger said-
" Background - for the first time in history, Hyderabad was relegated last year to Division Two of the Ranji Trophy"
What division is Keral in...hahaha Div 10?
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Shekhs said...
Finger said-
" Background - for the first time in history, Hyderabad was relegated last year to Division Two of the Ranji Trophy"
What division is Keral in...hahaha Div 10?
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Only two - like County Cricket in England, Indian domestic cricket went to a 2-tier system a few years ago. Every year 2 teams get promoted to Div1, and 2 get relegated to Div2, just like in our league :-)
Also, BTW, in Ranji Trophy Cricket, the top 2 Div2 teams that earn promotion to Div1 actually join the Div1 playoffs *that year itself*. That is, if Hyderabad (or Kerala) finishes this season as one of the top2 Div2 teams, they will join the Div1 playoffs this year itself in the quarterfinals (the top 2 Div1 teams this year in the regular season will earn a bye in the first round of the playoffs as a reward for their regular season performance). Our league used to do this too until a few years ago... maybe we should consider going back to it as well :-)
(a few years ago, Milwaukee United earned promotion from Div2.. and actually beat 2 Div1 teams in the Div1 playoffs and made it all the way to the semifinals of Div1 before losing. This was the first team a team had come up from Div2 playoffs to beat a Div1 playoff team.. and so the format was promptly changed at the end of that year :-)
c8w
With the emergence of BPL ACC is going to loose few of its grounds, don't they eye on HP and WP, anyone thought about it ?
Thanks Finger...for the update..
Cricidiot,
Yup..we did think about that and are aware of that fact.
Appreciate the heads up. Good call.
Article by Samarth Shah on Cricinfo -- http://blogs.cricinfo.com/stripesandstumps/archives/2010/11/captain_a_club_side_no_thank_y.php#more
One more from Samarth Shah and it's about our ALNT
http://blogs.cricinfo.com/stripesandstumps/archives/2010/11/twenty20_the_weekday_wonder.php
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