UCC v/s PSCC match report
PSCC scored its first win of the 2006 season against UCC in the WMCB south league tournament. UCC having won its first league game against ACC was ahead of PSCC in the points table and a win was needed to be in contention for the championship game. In addition the PSCC players geared up for the competition because of the league decision last season in which the game was abandoned during the round robin trophy due to a player being injured robbing PSCC of its chances to make it to the semifinals of the trophy. But with two bowlers short, PSCC was on its backfoot in the match.
PSCC stand in captain for toss and vice captain Vivek lost the toss but PSCC was delighted with the decision of UCC opting to field first. With a stronger batting lineup, PSCC hoped to put up enough runs on the board to make up for the deficiency in the bowling department. Charan and Abhishek opened the batting and had a slow but sure start. The UCC bowlers bowled good line and length making it difficult for the PSCC batsmen to free their arms. Once again when it looked like PSCC had gotten a good start of 22 runs, Abhishek was runout with yet another direct throw from the cover. He must feel real unlucky to have been out in the same fashion twice in two matches. The high scorer from last match Shiv joined Charan int he middle and the batsmen set about to build a big partnership. The going was slow but the batsmen were willing to grind it out. A partnership of 25 runs in 8 overs and Shiv got out caught at slips in trying to go for a drive. Samsi and Mahesh never got going and the good start was lost with PSCC precariously positioned at 60/4. Charan was still in the middle and grafting out a patient innings. But the tight bowling and good fielding of UCC put pressure on the batsmen and in trying to go for an expansive drive, Charan was bowled and PSCC was losing its way at 69/5.
Vivek joined Rajaraman (Razaa) and started turning the strike over but Vivek got out when he lost his balance and was stumped by the keeper Manish Doshi with a good take. Razaa was batting well and picking up runs and Ramesh (Cheeru) supported him well to put up a partnership of 25 in around 6 overs. Finally the run rate was picking up as PSCC crossed the 100 run mark. Once again PSCC lost 2 quick wickets of the set batsmen Razaa and Cheeru to set PSCC at 106/8 at the 34 over mark. The inform batsmen duo of Gautam and Venkatesh got together for the second time to put up a breezy partnership of 38 runs in less than 6 overs. While UCC were licking their chops and hoping for a quick wrapup of the PSCC innings, the two batsmen frustrated them and put up valuable runs in the process as well. Having crossed the total from the last game of 142, PSCC got all out at 144 when both the batsmen got out caught in trying to get to 150 mark in the last over.
With Herman not playing, Venkatesh opened the bowling with Razaa and PSCC got an early breakthrough once again with Shiv taking an awsome catch at cover point off the bowling of Razaa. The ball was dying as it reached Shiv but he managed to get his fingers underneath. The jubilation of PSCC fielders was short lived as UCC one down batsman Laughton Sargent came in to bat and took an attack to the PSCC bowlers. Two huge sixes and a series of boundaries saw UCC score 34 runs of the next 2 overs and all the momentum had shifted to UCC. Captain Cheeru immediately made a double switch in bowling bringing in Mahesh and Charan to bowl and they quitened the storm. With the powerplay in action ot was difficult to contain the batsman and the situation was worsened by some missed catch chances by Gautam and Razaa. But the bowlers kept on going and finally PSCC got a breakthrough with the opener Reza Damani holing out to Karthik at short thirdman off Mahesh's bowling in the 8th over. Two balls later, Mahesh dug one in to climb up on the dangerous Sargent and Cheeru took a great running catch and PSCC was back in the driver's seat.
UCC went about building a partnership but Mahesh and Charan bowling in tandem were keping things tight. Mahesh who was bowling well at this time became a little frazzled when the umpire called him for a noball for a suspect action. Cheeru immediately made a bowling change bringing back Razaa and he picked up a wicket off his first ball of the second spell when he bowled Samir Dharia. Charan was finally rewarded for his good bowling as the new batsman Faraz holed out to Razaa at deep midon and Razaa added another scalp getting the UCC wicketkeeper Manish lbw to take PSCC to the second drinks break needing 4 more wickets to get the victory. Sajid Masood was in the meantime batting well and ticking the score along and the new batsman Bilal went about trying to whack everything in sight out of the park not connecting half of the time. A couple more dropped catches and missed chances and PSCC was getting frustrated. Charan bowled out his spell and Cheeru brought in Gautam to replace him. In his second over Gautam finally bowled Bilal with a straight one. Sajid running out of partners tried to score some runs to get close to the target and a drive of Mahesh saw a thick edge to gully only for Gautam to drop another tantalizing one. But he redeeemed himself when he picked up Sajid's wicket in the next over as Vivek took an easy catch at cover. With the only set batsman gone, Mahesh wrapped up the UCC innings by bowling with good pace and PSCC won a close one with a margin of 23 runs. Mahesh with a spell of 23/4 was awarded the match ball.
The final scores - PSCC 144 All out in 39.5 overs (Charan - 25, Razaa - 21, Venky - 20) and UCC - 121 All out in 27.3 overs (Mahesh - 23/4, Razaa - 40/3, Gautam - 11/2). The enitre scorecard can be viewed here.
PSCC stand in captain for toss and vice captain Vivek lost the toss but PSCC was delighted with the decision of UCC opting to field first. With a stronger batting lineup, PSCC hoped to put up enough runs on the board to make up for the deficiency in the bowling department. Charan and Abhishek opened the batting and had a slow but sure start. The UCC bowlers bowled good line and length making it difficult for the PSCC batsmen to free their arms. Once again when it looked like PSCC had gotten a good start of 22 runs, Abhishek was runout with yet another direct throw from the cover. He must feel real unlucky to have been out in the same fashion twice in two matches. The high scorer from last match Shiv joined Charan int he middle and the batsmen set about to build a big partnership. The going was slow but the batsmen were willing to grind it out. A partnership of 25 runs in 8 overs and Shiv got out caught at slips in trying to go for a drive. Samsi and Mahesh never got going and the good start was lost with PSCC precariously positioned at 60/4. Charan was still in the middle and grafting out a patient innings. But the tight bowling and good fielding of UCC put pressure on the batsmen and in trying to go for an expansive drive, Charan was bowled and PSCC was losing its way at 69/5.
Vivek joined Rajaraman (Razaa) and started turning the strike over but Vivek got out when he lost his balance and was stumped by the keeper Manish Doshi with a good take. Razaa was batting well and picking up runs and Ramesh (Cheeru) supported him well to put up a partnership of 25 in around 6 overs. Finally the run rate was picking up as PSCC crossed the 100 run mark. Once again PSCC lost 2 quick wickets of the set batsmen Razaa and Cheeru to set PSCC at 106/8 at the 34 over mark. The inform batsmen duo of Gautam and Venkatesh got together for the second time to put up a breezy partnership of 38 runs in less than 6 overs. While UCC were licking their chops and hoping for a quick wrapup of the PSCC innings, the two batsmen frustrated them and put up valuable runs in the process as well. Having crossed the total from the last game of 142, PSCC got all out at 144 when both the batsmen got out caught in trying to get to 150 mark in the last over.
With Herman not playing, Venkatesh opened the bowling with Razaa and PSCC got an early breakthrough once again with Shiv taking an awsome catch at cover point off the bowling of Razaa. The ball was dying as it reached Shiv but he managed to get his fingers underneath. The jubilation of PSCC fielders was short lived as UCC one down batsman Laughton Sargent came in to bat and took an attack to the PSCC bowlers. Two huge sixes and a series of boundaries saw UCC score 34 runs of the next 2 overs and all the momentum had shifted to UCC. Captain Cheeru immediately made a double switch in bowling bringing in Mahesh and Charan to bowl and they quitened the storm. With the powerplay in action ot was difficult to contain the batsman and the situation was worsened by some missed catch chances by Gautam and Razaa. But the bowlers kept on going and finally PSCC got a breakthrough with the opener Reza Damani holing out to Karthik at short thirdman off Mahesh's bowling in the 8th over. Two balls later, Mahesh dug one in to climb up on the dangerous Sargent and Cheeru took a great running catch and PSCC was back in the driver's seat.
UCC went about building a partnership but Mahesh and Charan bowling in tandem were keping things tight. Mahesh who was bowling well at this time became a little frazzled when the umpire called him for a noball for a suspect action. Cheeru immediately made a bowling change bringing back Razaa and he picked up a wicket off his first ball of the second spell when he bowled Samir Dharia. Charan was finally rewarded for his good bowling as the new batsman Faraz holed out to Razaa at deep midon and Razaa added another scalp getting the UCC wicketkeeper Manish lbw to take PSCC to the second drinks break needing 4 more wickets to get the victory. Sajid Masood was in the meantime batting well and ticking the score along and the new batsman Bilal went about trying to whack everything in sight out of the park not connecting half of the time. A couple more dropped catches and missed chances and PSCC was getting frustrated. Charan bowled out his spell and Cheeru brought in Gautam to replace him. In his second over Gautam finally bowled Bilal with a straight one. Sajid running out of partners tried to score some runs to get close to the target and a drive of Mahesh saw a thick edge to gully only for Gautam to drop another tantalizing one. But he redeeemed himself when he picked up Sajid's wicket in the next over as Vivek took an easy catch at cover. With the only set batsman gone, Mahesh wrapped up the UCC innings by bowling with good pace and PSCC won a close one with a margin of 23 runs. Mahesh with a spell of 23/4 was awarded the match ball.
The final scores - PSCC 144 All out in 39.5 overs (Charan - 25, Razaa - 21, Venky - 20) and UCC - 121 All out in 27.3 overs (Mahesh - 23/4, Razaa - 40/3, Gautam - 11/2). The enitre scorecard can be viewed here.
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