PSCC v/s Crescent CC Match Report
There was one prime objective for PSCC in the match against Crescent CC held at Mark Twain Grounds on June 24, 2006 and that was to win the game, and win it big to make up for the lean net run rate in the league so far. Riding on the back of a morale boosting batting display against Washington CC and also with an added fillip of Maninder Bola coming into the team, PSCC scored an almost unassailable 200 runs -batting first- for the loss of 9 wickets in 40 overs. Although there was not a great opening partnership, the opening batsmen made their intentions very clear upfront. They were looking for runs and went about their jobs very aggressively. Charan should feel trifle unlucky to have been caught down the legside off his glove. In walked Maninder, who stitched a 58 run partnership with Sathya in quick time. Sathya played well all around the wicket but was especially severe on anything pitched short. The batsmen picked singles up at will. Maninder's wicket fell against the run of play when he tried to pinch a run to mid-off and got out to a direct hit. Sathya's wicket was more due to the ruthless heat than anything else. On the last ball of the 15th over, Sathya was out caught at first slip after a few dot balls where he tried to go for big shots but missed. His score of 37 ended up being the top score of the match. Next came the most entertaining period of batting when Matter and Shiv made a mockery of the bowling and boundaries were flowing. Although Matter had some good fortune go his way, Shiv went about his business at ease and hit a flurry of boundaries - 5 in all - and a six. The pick of matter's shots was a straight-driven six that landed well outside the boundary, after the bowler had brought in couple of extra close-in catchers. Splendid, really! Vivek and Herman carried on the good work although they started slow but made sure 200 will be reached. In all, it was a very good mixture of stroke-making and opportunistic running between the wickets. While Shiv and Matter were in the middle, a score in excess of 225 seemed quite possible but knowing the bowling resources of PSCC, a score of 200 was plenty.
Herman opened the bowling along with Subash, and it was quite clear right away that Crescent CC would try to knock of some early runs using some lower order batsmen. Therefore, the idea was to bowl back of length and protect boundaries on the leg-side. Lo and behold, Herman struck with the second delivery, after the first was hit across the line for a boundary, with Charan taking a comfortable catch at mid-on. Subash struck in his first over as well, with Maninder taking a good catch at mid-wicket boundary. Herman got another wicket in his 4th over (30/3) with peach of a delivery that came into the batsman and caught him in front. Subash kept matters quiet at the other end. The first bowling change saw a flurry of boundaries, as Maninder's rust showed a little bit while he struggled to hit one line. However, Matter was introduced soon and made things a lot harder for the batsmen with his pace and bounce. He quite deservedly took 2 wickets in his 2nd and 3rd overs. The fielding effort from PSCC was a mixed bag with Shiv, Maninder and Matter taking remarkable catches while Subash and Cheeru dropped absolute sitters - Subash, infact, two. Shiv's catch at the deep off the bowling of charan deserves a special mention as he ran a good 15 yards in and dived headlong to pull off a great catch, just few inches off the ground. Maninder was brought back into the attack and bowled a lot better than his first spell and finished off the proceddings when he had the batsman edging to Shiv at second slip. Charan finsihed as the top wicket taker with 4 wickets for a measly 8 runs in 5 overs.
Overall, PSCC outplayed Crescent in all three facets of the game and deservedly, earned a huge victory by a margin of 95 runs.
Inn 1: PSCC - 200/9 in 40 overs (Sathya - 37, Shiv - 33, Herman - 25)
Inn 2: Crescent CC - 105 All out in 25.1 overs (Charan - 4/8, Mahesh - 2/15, Herman - 2/23)
The entire scorecard can be viewed here.
Report by: Gaja
Herman opened the bowling along with Subash, and it was quite clear right away that Crescent CC would try to knock of some early runs using some lower order batsmen. Therefore, the idea was to bowl back of length and protect boundaries on the leg-side. Lo and behold, Herman struck with the second delivery, after the first was hit across the line for a boundary, with Charan taking a comfortable catch at mid-on. Subash struck in his first over as well, with Maninder taking a good catch at mid-wicket boundary. Herman got another wicket in his 4th over (30/3) with peach of a delivery that came into the batsman and caught him in front. Subash kept matters quiet at the other end. The first bowling change saw a flurry of boundaries, as Maninder's rust showed a little bit while he struggled to hit one line. However, Matter was introduced soon and made things a lot harder for the batsmen with his pace and bounce. He quite deservedly took 2 wickets in his 2nd and 3rd overs. The fielding effort from PSCC was a mixed bag with Shiv, Maninder and Matter taking remarkable catches while Subash and Cheeru dropped absolute sitters - Subash, infact, two. Shiv's catch at the deep off the bowling of charan deserves a special mention as he ran a good 15 yards in and dived headlong to pull off a great catch, just few inches off the ground. Maninder was brought back into the attack and bowled a lot better than his first spell and finished off the proceddings when he had the batsman edging to Shiv at second slip. Charan finsihed as the top wicket taker with 4 wickets for a measly 8 runs in 5 overs.
Overall, PSCC outplayed Crescent in all three facets of the game and deservedly, earned a huge victory by a margin of 95 runs.
Inn 1: PSCC - 200/9 in 40 overs (Sathya - 37, Shiv - 33, Herman - 25)
Inn 2: Crescent CC - 105 All out in 25.1 overs (Charan - 4/8, Mahesh - 2/15, Herman - 2/23)
The entire scorecard can be viewed here.
Report by: Gaja
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