Overall club record:Ý Won 24Ý Lost 15

Saturday League 7&5 (inc. 1 walkover; 1 rain out)

Sunday League 6&6 (inc. 1 walkover; 1 rain out, 2 cancellations)

PresXI 11&4

PresXI vs Snyder

Good day for cricket. We won the toss and made 175 all out in 32 overs with

Laks (in partnership with Siva) and extras making most of the runs. The

bowling all day was very much a mixed bag. Snyder still contrived to record

6 ducks varying in length between 0 and 10 balls faced. One good batsman who

finally lost patience as he lost partners and they were all out for 135 in

28 overs. Furqan the pick of the bowlers.

Good to see 3 new faces on the field for CUCC; Apurva, Donald, Chris. An

entertaining knock from Apurva, but they will all probably be looking to

improve for next week and next season.

ÝÝÝÝÝ CUCC

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct VijayÝÝÝ KhurramÝÝÝÝ 6

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

VishnuÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 53

SivaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ SamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 20

ApurvaÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ KhurramÝÝÝÝ 16

DonaldÝÝÝÝÝ ct HarishÝÝ KhurramÝÝÝÝ 1

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

GhannamÝÝÝÝ ct SaadÝÝÝÝ OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras (6nb 24w 7lb 4b)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 42

TOTAL all out in 32 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 175

FoW 16 Mad 22 Ashok 24 Vishnu 90 Siva 129 Laks

134 Donald 136 Apurva 145 Chris 146 Ghannam

KhurramÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 30ÝÝÝ 3

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 18ÝÝÝ 3

AbbasÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 24ÝÝÝ 0

NiyiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 14ÝÝÝ 0

HarishÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 19ÝÝÝ 0

SamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 1

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 17ÝÝÝ 3

ShariqÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 14ÝÝÝ 0

ÝÝÝÝÝ Snyder

HarishÝÝÝÝÝ bowled ÝÝÝÝ VishnuÝÝÝÝÝ 69

SuhasÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (10b)

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct AshokÝÝÝ FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 10

VijayÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (1b)

AbbasÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (3b)

KhurramÝÝÝÝ LBW ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (6b)

NiyiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (0b)

AdeelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run out ÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ Ý7

SamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

ShariqÝÝÝÝÝ c MadhuraÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 14

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (1b)

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras (4nb 26w 5b)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 35

TOTAL all out in 28 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 135

FoW 12 79 79 79 100 100 125 134 135 135

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 12ÝÝÝ 1

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 0

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 27ÝÝÝ 3

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 3

SivaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 13ÝÝÝ 0

VishnuÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 1

ÝÝÝÝÝ Columbia won by 40 runs.

Sunday League Quarter Final

ÝÝÝÝÝ Warriors

HardeenÝÝÝÝ ct MikeRÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 43

JodhanÝÝÝÝÝ ct VishnuÝÝ MichaelRÝÝÝ 9

AhmedÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 2

KhanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 43

MohammedÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 45

Z.AliÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct MikeRÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 21

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 62

UbaidÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ RameshÝÝÝÝÝ 2

LarryÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 5

F.AliÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

#11

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras (1nb 2lb 1b 12w) ÝÝÝÝÝ 16

TOTAL for 8 wickets 40 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 255

MichaelRÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 56ÝÝÝ 1

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 47ÝÝÝ 1

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 2

MichaelPÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 18ÝÝÝ 0

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 62ÝÝÝ 3

RameshÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 1

ÝÝÝÝÝ CUCC

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ AmjadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 31

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ AmjadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ AmjadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝ stumpedÝÝÝÝ MohammedÝÝÝ 39

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 25

MichaelPÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

VishnuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

GhannamÝÝÝÝ stumpedÝÝÝÝ HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 0

RameshÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 11

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ MohammedÝÝÝ 0

MichaelRÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 22

TOTAL all out 30.1 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 144

ShamsundarÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 28ÝÝÝ 0

AhmedÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 17ÝÝÝ 0

AmjadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 3

HardeenÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 0

HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 4.1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 25ÝÝÝ 3

MohammedÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 2

ÝÝÝÝÝ Warriors won by 111 runs

Saturday League Final Sep 21st

CUCC lost in the finals of the Saturday league to New York City CC, the only

team that finished higher than us in the final rankings. Just as the

semifinal was one of those days when everything seems to just go right for

you, the final was one of those days when we didnít get any of the breaks.

Going in with a team very strong in both batting and bowling, the match was

effectively over in the first 7-8 overs of the day. We began horribly when

Nabil was given out caught behind- one of the three horrific umpiring

dismissals we were to receive in the day. Their opening bowler bowled

superbly, removing Faisal, who had scored a hundred against them earlier in

the season, and Ashok, while their first change accounted for Siva, so that

four of our top five were gone far too early. Only two fine spells of

batting from Michael and Venu saw us get past 100. They were the only two

who reached double figures.

Again, all of our bowlers were in top form last week, and nearly the same

attack saw all of us being wayward and far from penetrative. And the

fielding fell into the same pattern, as we never curtailed singles, and

dropped a few chances. Not a memorable day. And the third league final that

CUCC has lost.

In the end, though, a word of thanks from me to all of those who got us this

far. Aside from the 11 men on the field on Saturday (Ashok, Nabil, Faisal,

Michael, Siva, Venu, Ghannam, Madhura, Vishal, Furqan)- Nasser (our

skipper), Omar, Bob, Jay, Hassan, Haseeb, Malik and Saad all had valuable

contributions that helped get us to the final. Weíve got a few more weeks of

cricket to come, with Cornell, a side that we have yet to beat, visiting us

on Saturday.

Final: CUCC all out for 115 in about 23 overs (Venu 46, Michael 30)

NYC CC 116/4 in about 22 (2 for Faisal, 1 each for Madhura and Asad).

ÝÝÝÝÝ CUCC

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ LalitÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ LalitÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ LalitÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

MichaelÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ HarpalÝÝÝÝÝ 30

SivaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled ÝÝÝÝ HariÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ HariÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 46

GhannamÝÝÝÝ stumpedÝÝÝÝ SandeerÝÝÝÝ 8

VishalÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ HarpalÝÝÝÝÝ 1

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ HarpalÝÝÝÝÝ 0

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 15

TOTAL all out in 24.3 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 115

LalitÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 3

PranavÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 0

HariÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 2

VibbyÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 0

HarpalÝÝÝÝÝ 4.3ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 3

SandeerÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 20ÝÝÝ 1

VikramÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0

ÝÝÝÝÝ NYC CC

SandeerÝÝÝÝ ct GhannamÝ AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21

AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 9

VikramÝÝÝÝÝ ct AsadÝÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 20

PranavÝÝÝÝÝ ct & bÝÝÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 9

AshwinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 31

HarpalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

ÝÝÝÝÝ ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26

TOTAL for 4 wickets 28.2 0versÝÝÝÝÝ 119

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 0

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 24ÝÝÝ 1

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 22ÝÝÝ 1

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 16ÝÝÝ 1

VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 1.2ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 0

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0

ÝÝÝÝÝ NYC won by 6 wickets

Saturday League semi-final Sept 14th

Asia CC is a side of many faces- they beat us summarily in our first

encounter this season, proceeded to wipe out the Sunday league side by 9

wickets and then brought a bunch of kids to play us in our second Saturday

match, so we were not quite sure what to expect at Kissena on Saturday.

There was only one kid in the side, but many of the other faces we didnít

recognize. We lost the toss and were asked to bowl. Haseeb arrived and ran

onto the ground- laces untied- just as Madhura was ready to send down the

first ball. That was good enough to allow him to share the new ball. In

about the third over, ACCís senior opening batsman pulled up with a

hamstring injury. He first requested a runner, but then decided to just sit

down and let it recover. Their number three was a youngster who scored a few

against us last time. He came out looking to drive, and did so too early off

of Madhura, straight into the waiting hands of Michael at mid-off. But from

the other end, disaster in Haseebís third over- as he bowled his second

ball, he heard a ëpopí in his knee and could barely hobble around on it. He

said that he would complete his over, off of a two step runup, and did a

fine job with those four balls. This did, however, require an early bowling

change, with Furqan coming on to replace Haseeb and striking in his first

over, knocking back middle and leg with one that cut in ferociously. Furqan

struck again, beating the outside edge this time, right into his brotherís

waiting hands behind the stumps. Asad replaced Madhura from the other end

and bowled a low full toss with his first ball that the batsman tried to

drive, but Furqan pulled off a superb catch, timing a jump immaculately and

catching the ball almost in his fingertips.

At this point, a nice stand began to develop, but in the first over after

drinks, with Nasser deciding that the ailing Haseeb needed to stay in slips

to avoid movement, Asad induced and outside edge that carried through to

Haseeb, very low, and to his left that he took brilliantly, just inches off

the ground. At this point, we were beginning to wonder just what the value

of that second leg was to Haseeb. Another nice stand developed, and again,

Asad induced the outside edge, this one, straight to Haseeb for a much

easier chance. From the other end, Furqan came off after 6 excellent overs.

Vishal replaced him and had early success as well, knocking back the stumps.

Vishal continued a great spell, but with Asad done, Furqan was brought on in

an effort to wrap things up, and when that didnít work, Saad came on to face

a very belligerent ACC skipper who took his toll. With the overs winding

down, Nasser turned to Haseeb who proved yet again that he had reinvented

himself, getting the ACC skipper to give Michael a regulation edge, again

bowling off of just two steps. With that done, Madhura came back on and took

another, while Asad and Michael combined to run out the final pair.

Excellent all-round bowling performance from all, backed up by some very

sound fielding. Very welcome change with the team rising to the occasion.

Chasing 4 an over was not a mentally challenging target- still, we had yet

to win a game on this ground this season. With Omar and Nabil being

sporadically available, and Prabhu and Mushtaq missing most of the season

with injury, weíve struggled to find a partner for Ashok at the top of the

order. On more than one occasion Madhura has filled in and done a superb

job- more than once doing more than just seeing off the new ball. He was to

have another good day with the bat. Ashok and Madhura laid into the ACC

opening pair, who looked far from potent. Both batted patiently, taking

their time to settle down at the crease, but then hitting anything loose, so

that after the 7th over, we were always at around 6 an over. The opening

stand was for 66 runs, with Madhura falling to the first ball of the

left-arm spinner. Unfortunately, in the same bowlerís next over, Ashok was

gone again, and Michael joined Siva for a stabilizing partnership. While

Michael was looking a little streaky, Siva looked comfortable until he

walked, on stumping decision that Saad looked in no mood to give! Nasser

went in for a cameo, while Ghannam didnít last long. With the target not

being far off, we were not really concerned, but getting close. Vishal

joined Michael though, and took full toll of anything loose. The two of them

batted sensibly, as we always had overs in hand, and made sure to get the

job done quite comfortably in the end.

CUCC vs ACC (semifinal), at Kissena Park

ACC innings:

IsaacÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

RamdatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

SammyÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MichaelÝ b. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

AshishÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7

VashishÝÝÝÝ c. FurqanÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 6

ShakeelÝÝÝÝ c. HaseebÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 7

PaulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. HaseebÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 18

SanjeevÝÝÝÝ c. MichaelÝ b. HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32

AmitÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

AtiqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 22

ChinarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run out (Asad/Michael)Ý 7

Extras- (nb1, w25, lb3)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 29

Total (in 37.2 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 159 all out

CUCC bowling:

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 7/1/32/2

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 5.2/0/16/1

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 8/2/22/2

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8/2/24/3

VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 8/1/28/1

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1/0/13/0

CUCC batting:

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝ b. AtiqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 24 (31, 3x4)

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Atiq ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 33 (36, 5x4)

SivaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ st. ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RamdatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23 (34, 1x4)

MichaelÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 29 (47, 3x4)

NasserÝÝÝÝÝ c. SammyÝÝÝ b. AtiqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 10 (7, 1x6)

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AtiqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (3)

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 14 (13, 3x4)

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras- (nb2, w10, lb6, b10)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 28

Total ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 160/5

Fow- 1/66 (Madhura), 2/77 (Ashok), 3/114 (Siva)Ö

ACC bowling:

AmitÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/23/0

ShakeelÝÝÝÝ 3/0/12/0

PaulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/26/0

AtiqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/23/4

AshishÝÝÝÝÝ 5.4/0/21/0

VeshishÝÝÝÝ 4/0/20/0

RamdatÝÝÝÝÝ 2/0/10/1

CUCC win by 5 wickets.

PresXI vs Rutgers Sep 7th

After much effort on Friday, we ended up making the trip to Rutgers with

only 10. Vishal had to first wait for Hassan, and then had issues with the

van before they went to pick up Madhura, who was running down Riverside

drive, chasing the match ball. Usual Saturday morning for Columbia.

Meanwhile, back at Rutgers, the other 7 of us were moving back and forth

between grounds, as the pitch that we were meant to play on was being used

for soccer, and the second choice was not a very good pitch. We finally

ended up at a park where a NJ league team was having nets for a Sunday game

and we were told that we could use their pitch once they were done. By the

time the van arrived, nets were over, and we had lunch, it was a 2:15 start.

Good toss to win, and we batted first. Going in with what I thought was a

relatively thin batting lineup, we proceeded to put together one of the most

well paced innings I have seen this season. Madhura opened with Ashok. In

the second over Madhura picked up a full length ball on his legs and picked

it up superbly for a big six over square leg. Given that the pitch was on

top of a hill, and the outfield was heavy, this was going to have to be the

tact for the day. Unfortunately, the pitch, though of very even bounce, had

variable pace in it, and when Madhura looked to drive in the next over, he

spooned one up that was easily taken. Nabil joined Ashok and after a few

uneasy moments as he adjusted to the pace of the wicket, he and Ashok

settled into a groove. The bowling was far from penetrative, but the middle

bowlers bowled within themselves, with the left arm spinner in particular

bowling pretty decently. Both batsmen though waited for the loose balls and

made sure to hit them well. By the time Ashok was finally dismissed (though

weíre still not sure how, Madhura gave him caught behind, while I gave him

stumped!), the two had put on around 100 runs.

At about 110 or so around the 20th over, we were well poised to step on the

accelerator. Hassan was promoted and took advantage of their skipperís loose

bowling, launching a couple over the ropes before missing the line. When

Nabil was out soon after, Ghannam and Omar were at the crease together and

continued the pace with a combination of well placed boundaries and singles.

Ghannamís dismissal provided a moment of entertainment as he pulled one to

square leg that the fielder took with the help of his ample tummy.

Rutgers was facing a mental challenge, chasing 190 to win in 30 overs, even

with us being a fielder short, was never going to be easy. And they didnít

start well. In Asadís first over the opener looked to pull a shortish

delivery and ended up skying it back to the bowler. Their skipper came in at

3, looking to redeem himself after a bad bowl and looked like he enjoyed

driving the ball. A couple of overs later, he looked to pick one up off of

his legs, but did so uppishly and straight to Nabil. Their number 4 lost his

middle stump a few overs later and they were in deep trouble. In ambled

their big opening bowler to join the lefty, who was unnerving Madhura a bit,

because of having to change his line. It looked like these two would be the

last resistance. Vishal replaced Madhura and bolwed a superb over to the

lefty, getting him to provide the nick from the last ball after flirting

outside of off stump all over. After an Asad maiden to the big number 5, he

launched into Asadís last over, with his second shot falling at Madhuraís

feet because he ìcouldnít see shitî! But Furqan replaced Asad and bowled the

big boy in his first over, ending all resistance.

From there, it was time for Furqan to run through Rutgers, returning

phenomenal figures and insuring an easy win for Columbia.

Iíve left out much of the entertainment value of the game, but Iím sure

Hassan has expanded his horizons on just how much equipment can be fit into

that ample rear end of his. And Nabil will not be making any more personal

calls while Columbia cricketers are standing around him!

CUCC at Rutgers, CUCC win the toss

CUCC batting:ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4sÝÝÝ 6s

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ st.ÝÝ b. RohanÝÝÝ 34 (51)ÝÝÝÝ 3

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝ b. RajuÝÝÝÝ 8 (4)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝ st.ÝÝ b. RohanÝÝÝ 47 (69)ÝÝÝÝ 4

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MihirÝÝÝ 18 (10)ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 2

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 30 (22) ÝÝÝ 1

GhannamÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝ b. BurabÝÝÝ 26 (12) ÝÝÝ 3

VishalÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4 (4)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (1)

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras (4b, 3lb, 9w, 4nb)ÝÝÝÝ 20

Total (for 7 in 30 overs)ÝÝÝÝ 189

Rutgers bowling:

RajuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/35/1

BurabÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/37/1

VedantÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/36/0

SujoyÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2/0/16/0

RohanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/20/2

MihirÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/42/0

Rutgers batting:

RohanÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. VishalÝÝ 17

PuravÝÝÝÝÝÝ c &ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 1

MihirÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. NabilÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 4

PrayannÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 3

RajuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 24

SujoyÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 3

AakeshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 6

SukenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Furqan Ý Ý3

VedantÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Saad ÝÝÝ Ý0

MananÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. HassanÝÝ 1

DhavalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝ 0

Extras- (3b, 7w, 3nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13

Total (all out in 21.2 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 76

CUCC bowling:

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 4/0/18/0 (3w)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/1/25/3 (2nb)

VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 4/1/18/1 (2w, 1nb)

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 4/2/5/4

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/7/1 (2w)

HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 0.2/0/0/1

CUCC wins by 113 runs

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Sunday Aug 25^th vs Bronx All Stars ñ Cancelled

Sep 11^th activities in VCP prevented this much anticipated clashÖ

Sat league vs Clippers Aug 24^th

We actually played cricket in the drizzle on Saturday, and it turned into

quite a good, if moist, game.

Madhura lost the toss and we were asked to field of course with heavy rain

predicted. A fairly light drizzle fell for most of the game but not enough

to stop the enthusiast! I don't think we dropped any catches which makes a

pleasant change but we only managed to take 5 wickets as they took advantage

of the short boundary to score 186/5 off 30 overs. A good catch down by his

ankle by Ashok and a good spell by Furqan were the highlights.

We knew we'd have to score quickly at the start as the ball would get soft

and heavy soon. Omar and Ashok started us off well with 26 off 4 overs

before Omar lost his off stump, and Ashok had the castle rearranged too.

Nabil was joined by Robyn, but then a strange event as Robyn missed the

ball, was in his crease, then wandered down the pitch for some standard

gardening, but the keeper took the bails off and claimed a stumping. Much

debate about the ball being dead, and whether there was intention to run,

resulted in Robyn being given the finger (and the shaft). Nabil was looking

comfortable and stylish until a top edged pull off a long hop first ball

from the first change bowler. Siva and Ed then put on about 80 to get us up

to about 150 and needing a run a ball, not so bad because there were singles

everywhere with some awful fielding by Clippers. Sadly Siva played on off an

inside edge, Ed did the same 4 overs later, Ghannam was given LBW, and

Madhura, Furqan, Anwer and Saad fell trying to chase the run rate from the

first ball. 170 all out, loss by 16 runs.

Madhura is fucking useless at copying up sorecards so some of the details

below, I've guessed.

ÝÝÝÝÝ Clippers

CurtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 8

LeslieÝÝÝÝÝ c. AshokÝÝÝ SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 61

CarbonÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

AntoineÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13

McLeanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 25

CharlieÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ AnwerÝÝÝÝÝÝ 35

DurandÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 15

Jolly

Blomnow

Shady

Dwyer

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 10

TOTAL for 5 wickets 30 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 186

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 25ÝÝÝ 0

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 0

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 1

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 1

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 1

AnwerÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 1

ÝÝÝÝÝ CUCC

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13 (13b 2x4)

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13 (11b 1x4)

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ McLeanÝÝÝÝÝ 27 (30b 3x4)

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝ st/run outÝ CharlesÝÝÝÝ 1 (4)

SivaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ CharlesÝÝÝÝ 36 (30b 3x4)

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhuranÝÝÝÝÝ 42 (41b 4x4)

GhannamÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12 (10b 1x4)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1 (4)

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3 (5)

AnwarÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ DhuranÝÝÝÝÝ 9 (9)

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (1)

ÝÝÝÝÝ ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

TOTAL all out 29.2 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 170

CarbonÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 33ÝÝÝ 0

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 31ÝÝÝ 2

McLeanÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 1

CharlesÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 1

McKenzieÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 17ÝÝÝ 0

PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 3

DhuranÝÝÝÝÝ 2.2ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 2

ÝÝÝÝÝ Clippers win by 16 runs

Sat. LeagueXI vs AsiaXI Aug 17th

Saturday saw us pitted against Asia 11, one of the teams that had given us a

sound thrashing earlier in the season, and had many of the same members as

Pak America, the side that had given our Sunday team a 9 wicket thrashing as

well. Considering that, we had a very strong side, hoping to counter these

guys. Unfortunately, the team that showed up was not even a shadow of what

we expected. They had 3 guys who must have been in their 40's, maybe 2 in

their 20's/30's and the rest were a bunch of kids, well under 20. Having

seen this, losing the toss was not a happy situation for us, heat and

humidity aside.

We were asked to bowl, and with Mark still unsure about how his ankle would

respond, Madhura and Asad opened the bowling. Madhura bowled a tidy first

over. Asad picked up the outside edge with his second ball, but it didn't

carry through. The next ball though saw a slightly thicker edge, that

Ghannam picked up with a nice extension to his right. Their number three was

an interesting bat who liked to flash at the balls that offered him some

width, but left alone deliveries that were perilously close to his off

stump. He survived a fair number of these from Madhura and Mark, who

replaced Asad. Furqan replaced Madhura and Mark struck, with Venu taking his

first of two sharp slip catches for the day. Furqan struck soon as well,

with Faisal taking an excellent running catch from point, at a deep

backwards gully. At this point, their number 4 and 5, who were not as bad as

we thought, put together a nice little stand, though the runs were never

coming at a very good rate. The righty finally came to terms with Mark's

pace and was able to lean into a few and pierce the offside field for a

couple of boundaries. But they both mishit the ball into the gaps without

much control. For Furqan, we had an offside field of a slip, a gully,

backwards point, and point, with only one person in front of the wicket.

Mark finally broke the stand, after watching the righty play an over from

Furqan and noticed that he had no real defense to the shortish ball on the

body. He placed Madhura right on the batsman's hip, dropped it in short, and

squeezed out the catch, which Madhura used his ample mid-section to

cushion(!).

After about 20 overs of right arm seam bowling, we decided to shake things

up and brought on Faisal to bowl some spin. The move paid off with his first

ball, as he was struck straight to Gokul at long on. Faisal continued to

frustrate the batsmen, flighting the ball, and varying his pace and length,

and picked up wickets at regular intervals. From the other end, Kabir was

brought on, and the batsmen seemed a little more at ease against his flatter

deliveries. Having Madhura constantly applaud any shot played off of Kabir

no doubt encouraged them as well! He did induce the false strokes though,

and with Faisal, wrapped up the innings. Not before their number 10

successfully executed a reverse sweep off of Faisal that only left the

bowler smiling wryly though.

Fielding was good. One simple catch went down, while a couple of more

difficult ones did as well. But we took plenty, making sure they didn't

score more than they should have.

Chasing 147, with an incredibly strong batting lineup meant that only two

fifties could be had. Nabil and Gokul looked determined to make those. Nabil

began the innings pulling the first ball bowled superbly to the backwards

square leg boundary. From there, they slowed a bit, but the bowling had

nothing in it, so they took singles and doubles and made sure anything loose

made it to the boundary. After about 8 overs, the rains came, and they had

to come off for about 10 minutes, but then we were able to continue. Nabil

finally lost his patience and hit one in the air, and the catch was taken.

Kabir was determined not to waste time, but to get after the bowling. That

approach didn't quite work. But when Michael joined Gokul, it looked like a

comfortable 8 wicket win was on hand. Gokul was retired as soon as he

brought up his 50, and that proved to draw things out longer than needed be.

Venu joined Michael and saw him get run out. Ghannam played a half-hearted

shot to mid off and to his dismay, Faisal had to come out and bat. Though he

hassled Venu plenty at the crease, the two were able to wrap things up for a

pretty leisurely day of cricket.

This should qualify us for the post-season. So lets win this Saturday and go

in on a winning note.

CUCC lost the toss and was asked to field

Asia XI innings:

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JessieÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. VenuÝÝÝÝ b. MarkÝ 11

RamdattÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. AsadÝÝ 0

SammyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. FaisalÝÝ b. Furqan 3

SanjeevÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ b. MarkÝ 30

JassamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. VenuÝÝÝÝ b. Kabir 20

PatelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AsadÝÝÝÝ b. Faisal 1

SanjeetÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝc. GokulÝÝÝ b. Faisal 2

KassimÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw Faisal 0

ImranÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. FurqanÝÝ b. Kabir 33

ChandraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

ChopraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Faisal 5

Extras- (nb2, w18, lb2, b5)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ27

Total (in 35 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 147

CUCC bowling:

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/17/0

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/14/1

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/1/13/1

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/27/2

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8/0/35/4

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/1/25/2

CUCC innings:

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GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ retdÝÝÝÝÝ 50(52)

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Sanjeev 29(31)

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RamduttÝ 5(18)

MichaelÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21(13)

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ13(11)

GhannamÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RamduttÝ 1(3)

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8(12)

dnb: Madhura, Mark, Asad, Furqan

Extras: (w11, lb9)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 20

Total (in 22.5 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 148/4

Asia XI bowling:

SanjeevÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/22/1

CheerianÝÝÝÝ 4/0/28/0

RamduttÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/42/2

AJÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2/0/18/0

WasikÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/15/0

SammyÝÝÝÝÝ 1.5/0/12/0

CUCC win by 6 wickets

LeagueXI vs Warriors, VCP1 Aug 11th

Excellent batting from Uday with good support from Gokul saw us off to a

good start against Warriors after winning the toss. Kabir carried on the

good work after Gokul was stumped on the stroke of drinks. At 108 for 1 off

20 overs we looked set for 250 plus. Unfortunately, their leggie (their best

bowler by far) bowled pretty well and we wound up with a half decent 224/9

with some late run outs. On a fast outfield it certainly wasn't a really big

score.

We didn't bowl nearly well enough. The lefty opener took full toll as we

bowled a succession of leg side balls and by the time he skied one off

Haseeb, then Ed got the #3 via a leading edge, they weren 123/2 off 14 at

drinks and needed only 100 off 25 overs. We would have to bowl them out.

Lakshmanan then came on and was the pick - after an expensive first over his

next 7 went for only 21 and he picked up the other opener, a very good bat.

Faisal alos slowed the scoring but they didn't really need to push it. Then

came the controvesial moment. Their keeper smacked Faisal way out to long on

where Madhura took a very well judge catch on the boundary. The batsman was

not happy believing that it was a 6, I think for no other reason than he

thought he hit it as far as he could. The boundary out by the house at VCP1

is pretty deep, and Madhura was well inside the boundary as far as I was

concerned. Many of the Warriors poured onto the field claming that the cone

had been moved back by a family playing baseball there (not exactly an

unusual occurrence...). Lots of shouting, pushing, swearing etc etc. But the

umpirse finger remained up and that was that. They were clearly upset

because thay didn't have alot of batting left, but on an absolute belter of

a pitch we couldn't get them out and they scored the remaining 50 runs in

about 9 overs to win by 5 wickets with 9 overs to spare.

We're now at 5 & 5 and with ACS on the horizon we'll have to play well to

finish above .500

ÝÝÝÝÝ CUCC

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝ stumpedÝÝÝÝ S.KhanÝÝÝÝÝ 24

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ A.KhanÝÝÝÝÝ 74

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ Shamsun.ÝÝÝ 27

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ AhmadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 30

MichaelPÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ AhmadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 19

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ stumpedÝÝÝÝ UbaidÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ AhmadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

YaminÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

MichaelR

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras (4b 7lb 16w)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 27

TOTAL for 9 wkts, 40 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 224

FoW 88 Gokul 112 Uday 158 Kabir 187 Faisal

194 MikeP 207 Ed 222 Laks 224 Haseeb 224 Yamin

Shamsund.ÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 1

AhmadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 44ÝÝÝ 3

A.KhanÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 47ÝÝÝ 1

S.KhanÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 39ÝÝÝ 1

HardinÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 45ÝÝÝ 0

UbaidÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 1

ÝÝÝÝÝ Warriors

HardinÝÝÝÝÝ c. MikePÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 41

A.KhanÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 61

AhmadÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GokulÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 20

S.KhanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

Z.AliÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 15

UbaidÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 42

F.AliÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

Larry

Vishnu

Mohammed

Harripers.

ÝÝÝÝÝ Extras (15b 1lb 10w 6nb)ÝÝÝÝÝ 32

TOTAL for 5 wkts, 30.2 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 226

MichaelRÝÝÝ 6.2ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 39ÝÝÝ 0

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 27ÝÝÝ 0

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 48ÝÝÝ 1

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 35ÝÝÝ 1

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 22ÝÝÝ 1

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 33ÝÝÝ 1

ÝÝÝÝÝ Warriors win by 5 wickets

Scheduled: PresXI vs Cavalry. They didnít show up.

Well, another bad weekend for the Saturday side. We were all at the ground

for a noon start, and when I called the opposition to see how far they were,

I was told that 4 of their guys had backed out, and they didn't have a team.

Nice of them to tell us. Another team we won't be playing again.

With the matting already down, we decided to make a day of it and play some

double wicket, with my name randomly drawn to partner both Aamir and

Ghannam. Format- each pair would receive 5 overs in which all runs would

count, and any dismissal would cost them 5 runs.

First pair up was Sarkar and Vijay, and the two of them posted a fine total

of 42. Should have been more, but they lost a fair number of wickets.

Madhura and Ashok followed them, and posted a total of 44, managing to

psyche the fielders out a couple of times by laughing madly as they settled

under the ball for a catch, and both times the ball dropped through.

Third pair was Asad and Aamir, and they posted a modest total of 23, largely

due to two wickets from Madhura's last two balls.

After a break for drinks, Bob and Furqan came out and batted sensibly,

losing only wicket en route to a solid 52. Michael and Saad followed with a

modest 27, and it was up to Asad and Ghannam to see if they could take 53

from 5 overs. Furqan's first cost 14, and they managed to level the scores

with one Madhura over to come. For those who remember last year's over/under

30 game, you'll know that Madhura is something of Ghannam's bitch. Needless

to say, Ghannam belted 4 boundaries from the over to give the pair a 16 run

win.

It was decided in the beginning that the winning pair would get everyone's

match fees for the day. So we went to the pub for a round of beers and

cranberry/orange juice, with sandiwches from next door.

Honors for the day went to Ghannam for a solid batting display, and Vijay

for conceding only 9 runs in his 3 overs. Asad had dubious honors of being

bowled 4 times, twice by Sarkar.

In the end, a fun day for all.

LeagueXI vs Pak America Aug 4^th VCP1:

No report, limited scorecard, sorry ñ I wasnít there!

Uday 45

Rubaiyat 0

Faisal 18

Kabir 46

Gokul 33

Bob 15

Dhruv 3

Haseeb 7

Mark 2

Madhura 4*

Michael R. 2*

209/9 (40 overs)

Pak America:

Ashraf 78*

Hafiz 36

Arshad 86*

DhruvÝÝÝÝ 8/0/52/0 (6w,1nb)

HaseebÝÝÝ 7/0/57/0 (1w)

MarkÝÝÝÝÝ 8/0/28/1 (2w)

MichaelÝÝ 8/0/31/0

MadhuraÝÝ 7/0/42/0

CUCC lost by 9 wickets

ÝÝÝÝ

Sat leagueXI (not) vs PunjabiXI Sat Aug 3^rd **NB Friendly Game**

There was a pitch shift due to lack of permit. The game was eventually played as a 30

over friendly, so goes down as a PresXI gameÖ

This is last saturday's scorecard. It's ugly, but in all fairness, we need

to report it all!

PUNJABI XI vs CUCC

Toss won by Punjabi XI

Punjabi XI

1. GillÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ B. SuhailÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

2. TonyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ B. RajeshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 47

3. RazaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. Ghannam, B. FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13

4. BillaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. Madhura, B. RajeshÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23

5. GirdeepÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. Ghannam, B. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝ 90

6. BittuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. Madhura, B. NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝ 19

7. JassiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. Michael, B. NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

8. Bang ??ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 14

Total:- 259 for 7 in 30 overs

Extras: Byes 11, Leg Byes 17, Wides 32

Bowling :

MadhuraÝÝ 6 1 35 1

SuhailÝÝÝ 5 0 37 1

FurqanÝÝÝ 6 0 42 1

SaadÝÝÝÝÝ 6 0 59 0

PrajeshÝÝÝ 3 0 27 2

NasserÝÝÝ 4 0 27 2

CUCC

1. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7(10)

2. OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝc & b. RazaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 49(46)

3. NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ B. JesseÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2( 2)

4. MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. keeper, b. GirdeepÝÝÝÝÝÝ 18(13)

5. GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. keeper, b. BillaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 25(17)

6. RiadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 15(18)

7. SuhailÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9( 8)

8. FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. keeper, b.TonyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11(15)

9. PrajeshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. TonyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0( 1)

10.SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ0( 0)

Total:- 152 in 23.1 overs all out

extras:- no clue as the scorer left his duty and went socializing

with the the rest of the team. but until i was there we had a total

of 3 byes, 2 leg byes, and 14 wides.

Bowling:-

Girdeep 6 0 48 1

JesseÝÝ 5 0 29 1

BillaÝÝ 6 0 38 1

RazaÝÝÝ 5 0 30 1

TonyÝÝÝ 1 0Ý 6 2

PinkaÝÝ 0.1 0 0 0

Sunday LeagueXI vs Melbourne July 28th

A very sticky day at VCP on Sunday with thankfully some cloud cover to keep

the sun off for most of the afternoon. Ed lost the toss and in to the field

we went. Dhruv and Michael both bowled relatively poor first overs and at 22

for 0 off 2 we were looking at a long hot day. Fortunately both bowled alot

better after that, with Dhruv taking the wickets with huge amounts of in

swing. All of the top 5 went to Dhruv in an inspired spell - his first ever

Michelle (five-fer). After getting the left handed opener to spoon to Faisal

at square leg, Madhura was positioned precisely at short leg, and the #3

obliged by guiding it to him first ball. Dhruv then got a couple bowled and

a slightly dodgy LBW, but he'd been plumb before so no regrets there. Ed

then came on to beat the outside edge with away swing at least 10 times,

finally getting the edge that Venu held second time at slip. Robyn took a

catch off Ed, Madhura got a nick behind to Gokul, and Dhruv bowled the #9

for a 6 wicket bag. At 118 for 8 we fell into the same trap as usual and let

them score way too many for the last 2 wickets. The last stand had put on 44

before we mercifully put them away with a run out at 196 - about 60 more

than they should have got. At least 4 catches went down and there were 43

extras - clearly work to be done there. I'm sure we could be a bit more

clinical in finishing opponents off with either a leggie or a left arm

spinner, but they don't grow on trees. If anybody knows a left hand bat/slow

left armer sign him up!

After Ed went early again, splicing a pull, Rubaiyat looked a little

scratchy, but having score 87 and 100 in the previous 2 weeks, Faisal was

seeing it like a football. a stand of nearly 100 put us in the driving seat,

and although we lost wickets we made the target fairly comfortably. Faisal

top scored again with 44, Rubaiyat got 33, Robyn, Kabir, and Chris chipped

in, Chris with an entertaining if somewhat agricultural 16, then Venu and

Gokul saw us home by 4 wickets. Fortunately they bowled more wides than we

did which is saying something.

Well played Dhruv and Faisal.

Ý Melbourne

N.PersaudÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 24

BismarkÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. FaisalÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

V.PersaudÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

BudhaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

DooknahÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GokulÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 25

HazieÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. VenuÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

RamlallÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. RobynÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 15

S.PersaudÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

BacchusÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 50

FazalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7

Ý Extras (4b 4lb 35w)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 43

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ all out, 23.1 oversÝÝÝÝ 196

FoWÝÝÝÝ 25 25 35 43 53 79 98 118 152 196

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 42ÝÝÝ 6

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 33ÝÝÝ 0

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 44ÝÝÝ 2

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7.1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 39ÝÝÝ 1

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 0

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 0

Ý CUCC

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 33

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ VPersaudÝÝÝ 2

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ DooknahÝÝÝÝ 44

KabirÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ MPersaudÝÝÝ 18

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ MPersaudÝÝÝ 15

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ SPresaudÝÝÝ 16

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

Madhura

Dhruv

Michael

Ý Extras (1b 4lb 46w)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 51

TOTALÝÝ for 6 wickets, 35 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝ 200

FoW 14 (Ed) 111 (Faisal) 124 (Rubaiyat)

148 (Kabir) 157 (Robyn) 182 (Chris)

SpersaudÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 40ÝÝÝ 1

VPersaudÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 1

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 22ÝÝÝ 0

BacchusÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 19ÝÝÝ 0

DooknahÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 40ÝÝÝ 1

MPersaudÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 43ÝÝÝ 2

Ý Columbia win by 4 wickets

Sat leagueXI vs Kerela Sat July 27th

After the usual events of a match at VCP- waiting for Leslie to pick up the

upmire, we began about 35 minutes late, reducing the game to 35 overs each.

I won the toss and elected to bat on a day when rain threatened throughout,

but never fell. With what looked to be a potential short batting lineup,

Madhura went in as makeshift opener with Ashok. Disaster struck in the third

over when a ball jumped up and hit Ashok in the face. Lots of blood and the

seam put a deep gash in his upper lip. He went off to the hospital where

there was a 5 hour wait at the emergency room, so he went back to Jersey to

get stitched up there. Hope you're feeling better Ashok. Hassan went in to

replace Ashok and all chances of his being shaken up by the trauma were

dispelled with his whacking his first ball faced for a boundary. In this

time, Madhura had hit a fair share to the fence himself, milking the region

between the keeper and point, and between the hands of the slip cordon

fielders as well. Hassan had his wood-work rearranged soon thereafter,

bringing Michael to the crease. I had informed Michael before we began that

the lineup was to revolve around him today. And he took those words to

heart. Initially he played second fiddle, as Madhura continued to hit the

bowling that became very mediocre once the opening pair came off. He brought

up his 50 from his 49th ball faced. At drinks, he was told by everyone that

this was the bowling attack, and the fielders that he could score 100

against.

After drinks, Madhura and Michael continued to attack. Our rate was always

very strong with 81 in 10, and 136 in 20, we were well poised for a late

attack. Madhura finally skied one that was held onto for a well played 66

that is sure to remove the tag of 'makeshift' from his name. Venu joined

Michael and proceeded to step up the scoring rate, as he was clearly not

interested in running between the wickets. Unfortunately, he ran out of

steam and was retired for a brisk 41. At this point, we were beginning to

wonder if Michael would give us the second successive Saturday hundred,

after Faisal's ton last week. But he was tired, and the lost 5 overs didn't

allow him to get there. Clearly though the batting revolved around his well

paced 90 not out.

Losing Ashok meant that we would field only 10, but defending 252 with a

side packed with bowling should not have posed any issues. Haseeb made sure

to get us off to the right start with a wicket from his fifth ball. I was

gifted one from the other end with my first ball, and then watched the

umpire turn down two leg before appeals that had the non-striker asking how

they missed the stumps! No matter, as Haseeb continued to bowl with fire,

and picked up two more wickets in fairly quick time. At this point, a 14-odd

year old came in, lulled us into a sense of confidence, and then proceeded

to whack me around the park, and take 13 from Haseeb's last over as well.

Furqan replaced me and bowled as steadily as he always does. After Haseeb's

sixth from the other end, Saad came on, and struggled with his line, sending

down a fair number of wides. But when he was on line, he was deadly, as he

effectively ended the resistance. He took three- all bowled before Furqan

and a very gracious catch from Madhura off of Hassan ended their misery.

I've left off much of the bickering and shouting that was going on, amongst

our own team. Hassan was in rare form, so much so that the umpire asked me

is I had anyone else who could field in his place, as he was getting

irritated by him!

Good win. That's two in a row- lets keep up the momentum.

CUCC v. Kerala CC at VCP 1

CUCC batting:

--------------------------------------------------------------------

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ retired hurtÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (5)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. BijuÝÝÝ 66 (62, 10x4)

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. KamalÝÝÝ 7 (6, 1x4)

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 90 (90, 9x4)

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ retiredÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 41 (28, 4x4)

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RoyÝÝÝÝ 10 (8, 2x4)

SamratÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RoyÝÝÝÝÝ 2 (4)

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝdnb

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras- (nb3, w29, lb1, b6)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 39

Total (for 4 in 35 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 252

Kerala bowling:

KamalÝÝÝÝ 7/0/32/1

SantoshÝÝ 5/0/34/0

SunilÝÝÝÝ 1/0/15/0

BijuÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/69/1

SunnyÝÝÝÝ 6/0/38/0

RoyÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/26/2

ChoduÝÝÝÝ 4/0/27/0

Kerala batting:

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SantoshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. HaseebÝÝ 0

JijiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. SaadÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 0

KamalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. HaseebÝÝ 22

VenkatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw HaseebÝÝ 7

HuneienÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝb. SaadÝÝÝÝ 25

BijuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SaadÝÝÝÝ 30

JoelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 3

SunnyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SaadÝÝÝÝ 8

RoyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ b. HassanÝÝ 1

JujiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 2

IsaacÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝ ÝÝÝ7

Extras- (nb2, w15, b6)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23

Total (in 20 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 136

CUCC bowling:

HaseebÝÝÝÝ 6/1/28/3 (nb2, w3)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/2/29/1 (w2)

FurqanÝÝÝÝ 5/0/29/2 (w2)

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/36/3 (w7)

HassanÝÝÝÝ 1/0/9/1Ý (w1)

CUCC win by 115 runs.

PresXI vs St Columbaís CC (Newport RI) Sat&Sun July 20-21

CUCC managed to retain the ashes over the weekend in a good contest played

in exceptional weather - a good weekend all round. We won by 25 runs with

about 9 or 10 balls to spare in quite an exciting finish - they were up

with the rate until about 5 overs to go.

Having chosen to bat and being reduced to about 30/3 with Laks, Bob and

Rubaiyat falling to what were, we were assured, not typical SCCC catches -

all were good ones - Robyn and Gokul got us back on track. Gokul top scored

for the innings with 34 not out, Robyn had 31, Greg added 12, but Jay, Ed

and Mark went for ducks on the usual tricky pitch. Venu also managed his

fourth consecutive duck top edging a heave after "patiently" seeing out 3

balls. CB with 4 wickets, and Avinash with 3 were the bowling threats. 135

all out, 50 short of what I thought we should have scored.

Ed got their opener with some away swing, Mark was bowling quicker than

anybody else in the game off 3 paces and snagged the 3 and 4 batsmen

including James for a duck. The No. 5, Melvern, then swept an away swinger

from Ed off about middle and off to the square leg boundary! Clearly a good

eye, and he proceeded to swing the bat with good effect hitting almost

everything to leg, but with a good enough eye to get away with it. Venu got

the other opener LBW offering no shot to one that nipped down the slope, and

Laks got the skipper caught behind by Edwin (sharing the gloves with Bob).

CB and Melvern then put on the best partnership of the day to take SCCC

close to the CUCC total. Ed managed to get CB just before stumps and stumps

were drawn with SCCC 140 for 6. The tail was wrapped up efficiently by Mark

and Ed in the morning leaving Melvern 74 not out and SCCC with a lead of 32.

Bob and Gokul started our 2nd inns but Edwin had been struck down by food

poisoning and the only other person around was James - he had an appointment

at 1 o'clock so he batted at 3. Bob set off like a train and racked up 28

with some impressive aerial drives but was dubiously run out looking good.

James hit a quick 25 with his dog running around the outfield, and CB

barking. SCCC were not amused as James has scored a duck for them the

previous day. Rubaiyat also looked good with Gokul solid as ever. At about

100 for 2 I wanted to set them about 160 in an hour plus the minimum 20

overs in the last hour. Gokul, under instructions, went for it and was

eventually bowled for a good 36 (although it was listed in their book as

blowed which was interesting). Laks and Robyn had a go too with Rubaiyat

solid. Then came the race for the 4 guys on ducks to see who could bag a

pair, with Venu clearly starting favourite given recent history, but Ed,

Mark and Jay not so far behind on a pitch where getting that first run is

not so easy. Jay was first up and didn't make us wait - smoting the first

ball to deep mid-on who held on. Admirable team spirit in going for quick

runs, but perhaps a mite hasty. Greg looked good in getting 15, Rubaiyat top

scored with 38, Venu, Ed and Mark avoided the dreaded pair with Mark run out

last ball before I was to declare on 188 leaving them 157 to win in what

turned out to be 34 overs - a tough but fair target.

Exertions in Pink on the Sat night were having their effect as Ed took 2

quick wickets even whilst bowling rather raggedly. Mark looked good but

didn't get a wicket and Venu and Greg couldn't break through a partnership

of 75. Laks was the man as the last 20 overs started and the run rate crept

up, getting both and then CB first ball - clearly a turning point. a few

overs of CB hitting sixes the size of some from the day before would have

been disastrous. Glenn the left hander then smacked us about and kept the

rate close to the RRR with Greg bowling their skipper Sanjay. Mark got

Avinash, then in an effort to keep Glenn on strike Mac was run out. Mark

effectively ended the threat with Glen getting a steepling top edge to Bob

who camped safely underneath with the gloves. We needed only one wicket to

win, but SCCC gamely ignored the possibility of a draw with their last man

run out with 10 balls and 25 runs to spare.

I think a good time was had by all, the sea food was good, but Pink didn't

offer the same excitement. at least to Laks, as last year. I'm sure we'll be

back next year.

Ý CUCC 1st inns

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct MelÝÝÝÝÝ CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct KDÝÝÝÝÝÝ JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝ 16

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ ct ScottÝÝÝ CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

EdwinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct&bÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SanjayÝÝÝÝÝ 13

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 31

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 34

JayÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ ctÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

GregÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ctÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 12

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct BillÝÝÝÝ JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct BillÝÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 0

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ctÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 135

JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12ÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 32ÝÝÝ 2

CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 4

AvinashÝÝÝÝÝÝ 10ÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 37ÝÝÝ 3

SanjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 16ÝÝÝ 1

MelvernÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0

FyzeeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 12ÝÝÝ 0

Ý SCCC 1st inns

CarlÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct JayÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

FyzeeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

BillÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct Rubaiyat MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

MelvernÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 74

SanjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct Edwin ÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 28

AvinashÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct RobynÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

ScottÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct VenuÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

GlennÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

Ý TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 167

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 18.3Ý 6ÝÝÝÝ 44ÝÝÝ 4

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 14ÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 40ÝÝÝ 4

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 1

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 16ÝÝÝ 1

GregÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 0

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 10ÝÝÝ 0

Ý CUCC 2nd inns

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 28

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 36

JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct&bÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ GlennÝÝÝÝÝÝ 25

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 38

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct GlennÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 11

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 7

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct ScottÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 0

GregÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct ImranÝÝÝ AvinashÝÝÝÝ 15

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ SanjayÝÝÝÝÝ 6

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

Ý TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 188

CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 25ÝÝÝ 0

MacÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 0

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 25ÝÝÝ 1

SanjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 24ÝÝÝ 1

AvinashÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12ÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 49ÝÝÝ 5

GlennÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 19ÝÝÝ 1

ImranÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 10ÝÝÝ 0

Ý SCCC 2nd inns (target 157)

ImranÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

CarlÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

ScottÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 33

CBÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

GlennÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct BobÝÝÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 31

SanjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ GregÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

AvinashÝÝÝÝÝÝ ct BobÝÝÝÝÝ MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

MacÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

StefanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 131

MarkÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9.2ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 42ÝÝÝ 2

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 18ÝÝÝ 2

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 0

GregÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 35ÝÝÝ 1

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 3

Ý Columbia win by 25 runs.

Sat LeagueXIÝ vs NYC CC Sat July 20th

After much difficulty in getting together a playing 11, we made it on

Saturday morning with a pretty sound side. Nasser lost the toss, and we were

asked to bowl, after discussions of how hard it is to chase a 200-odd total

with the umpire.

Haseeb and Asad opened the bowling, to an unusually patient pair of opening

bats. The fielding woes of weeks past looked to be creeping in early when a

sitter went down in the gully in Haseeb's first over. After that, though,

the bowling was accurate, and the batsmen took few chances, seeing off the

new ball. After 10 overs, when the opening bowlers came off, the score was

only 24/0. Furqan continued the accurate bowling with aq couple of maidens,

but from the other end, Suhail struggled, and was carted about a bit. With

the introduction of spin from the south end in the form of Faisal, the

batsmen began going for their shots some more. It was not until the 19th

over though, that Furqan finally struck, trapping their more aggressive

opener lbw. A couple of overs later, the other was gone as well, in the same

fashion. But with their first wicket falling so late, and the field spread

out a bit for Faisal's spin, the batsmen were able to have a go at the

bowling. Faisal was finally rewarded with some tidy work behind the stumps

from Ghannam to pick up a stumping. But going into the 30th over, only 3

wickets were down, and their number 4 was beginning to open up. He just

managed to clear the long on boundary, but their skipper was not as lucky,

as Asad had to hold him on the boundary with a cry of 'catch it' from

Faisal, in total anguish! Haseeb and Asad came back on to close out the

innings, and a couple of more wickets fell, which helped contain them. Given

that they lost only 6 wickets in their 40 overs, we probably held them to

30-odd runs less than they should have made. 3-4 genuine chances went down,

but some generally accurate bowling held them well.

After spending 40 overs in the sun, chasing 217 was not going to be easy.

But they had shown us that the pitch was flat, and that patient batting

would get us there. We also had a major advantage in that they only went our

to field with 9 men. This gave our batsman extra confidence. Ashok opened

with Anand and after playing out a couple of slow overs, Ashok was gone for

a duck, as their opening bowler seemed quite accurate. This brought Faisal

to the crease, and he was to be there until the end. Anand was gone after a

little bit as well, which brough Nasser to the crease, with the intent of

playing a captain's knock. Faisal and Nasser both took their time in getting

to know the bowling, and played educated shots around the ground. With only

9 fielders, they were also sensible enough to keep the score ticking with

singles and doubles even when the bowling was accurate. But as their change

bowlers came on, and the fielders began to tire, both Faisal and Nasser were

able to open up. There was one scare for Faisal as he lofted an easy chance

to mid-on when he was on 49, but the ball was dropped to bring up a fine

fifty. This only served to remind Faisal that the task was not complete and

he buckled down to continue his innings. Nasser finally got out to a shot

that was belted, but straight down the throat of the mid wicket fielder. The

two had stabilized the ship though, with a 101 run stand for the third

wicket.

Ghannam joined Faisal and played very sensibly as well. He played out the

good balls, and made sure anything loose made it to the boundary. By this

point, the fielders were looking a bit defeated as well. But after Ghannam

fell, sharing a 62-run stand with Faisal, they perhaps sensed that it was

their last chance to run through what they hoped was the beginning of our

tail. Hassan came to the crease, and they brought back their opening bowler,

who at this point, had given only 14 runs from his 6 overs. Faisal took 3

from his first ball, and then Hassan belted him for 4 consecutive

boundaries, giving him a 19 run over. From there, the question was whether

Hassan would let Faisal get his well deserved hundred. But there were enough

runs still to get, and Faisal brought up his first three figure mark for the

club, after scoring 87 last weekend- clearly the batsman in form.

It was a great victory for the club, as we kept our cool chasing a strong

total, and our batsmen were sensible enough to pace their innings, and rally

around the rock that was Faisal, holding our innings together.

NYC CC batting:

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VinnayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw furqan 35

amanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw furqan 32

sandeepÝÝ st ghannamÝÝÝÝÝ b faisal 25

harpalÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 71

ashwinÝÝÝÝ c asadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b faisal 18

ajayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b asadÝÝÝ 8

ashwaniÝÝÝ c haseebÝÝÝÝÝÝ b asadÝÝÝ 2

rajatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

Extras- (nb5, w11, lb1, b1)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 18

Total (in 40 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 217/6

fow 71, 93, 121, 173, 192, 194

CUCC bowling:

haseebÝÝÝÝ 8/1/35/0Ý (5w, 2nb)

asadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8/1/32/2

furqÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8/2/28/2

sohailÝÝÝÝ 4/0/42/0Ý (6w, 3nb)

faisalÝÝÝÝ 8/0/50/2

hassanÝÝÝÝ 4/0/27/0

CUCC batting:

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ashokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. sandipÝÝÝÝ 0(8)

anandÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝ b. harpalÝÝÝÝ 9(28)

faisalÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 104(90)

nasserÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝ b.rajatÝÝÝÝÝ 33(41)

ghannamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b harpalÝÝÝÝ 29(33)

hassanÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 20(8)

dnb suraj asad haseeb sohail furqan

Extras- (nb1, w19, lb2, b4)ÝÝ 26

Total (in 34.5 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 221/4

fow- 1/3 (ashok), 2/25 (anand), 3/126 (nasser), 4/188 (ghannam)

NYC CC bowling:

sandeepÝÝÝ 7/2/35/1

vinayÝÝÝÝÝ 8/0/43/0

harpalÝÝ 7.5/0/45/2

amanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/32/0

ashÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/37/0

rajÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/021/1

CUCC win by 6 wickets

LeagueXI vs Spurwings VCP1 Sunday July 14th

Another hot day in VCP, so no hesitation in batting after winning the toss.

Unfortunately the make-shift opening partnership didn't last long with Ed

slashing straight to 1st slip in the second over. Dhruv stuck with Gokul for

10 overs though before a wild swing at the spinner, but then came 2 of the

best partnerships of the year. Gokul and Faisal put on 67 before Gokul lost

patience the ball after reaching a well earned 50, then Faisal really got

into the mood hitting beautifully through the line and picking out the gaps

to put on 94 with Ramesh. The outfield had been cut so there was full reward

for Faisal's sexy shots along the ground, with some excellent extra cover

drives and also some beefy bashes over midwicket. With only 3 wickets down

and 10 overs to go we had enough in reserve for a good slog and got up to

231/6 in 40 overs. Venu managed to get himself out for the third time in 3

balls for his 4th consecutive duck to streak ahead in the Mallard race. Best

paced innings of the year with 60 off 15, 150 off 30, then 230 off 40 overs.

Great stuff, and it left the Spurwings fielders exhausted.

Dhruv produced the classic Groovester first ball - looks like a juicy half

vollet outside off, swings like a banana through the gate, middle stump

gone! Dhruv took 3 in 6 overs, Michael another at the other end, which left

them 46 for 4 off 11. Ed got a little swing to get an LBW in his first over,

then Venu had an interesting 2 over spell with 2 wickets in 2 balls, but

mixing in 7 wides! Ed got another but we then ran in to the usual problem of

not finishing teams off - it took us another hour at least to get the last 2

wickets. Saad induced a knick behind eventually, but Vijay, Mohan and Ramesh

couldn't threaten. Faisal eventually uprooted all 3 stumps with his second

ball to put us all out of our misery with a win by 77 runs.

Excellent batting from Faisal and Gokul, decent fielding, good bowling to

start with but we need to keep at it. a solid team win especially with some

of our stalwart batsmen missing.

Ý CUCC

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ ChurmanÝÝÝÝ 15

*EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

+GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ SukhuÝÝÝÝÝÝ 53

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ D.Madramtoo 87

RameshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ D.Madramtoo 27

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ RamnayranÝÝ 0

MohanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

Vijay

Saad

Michael

Ý Extras (6b 3lb 23w)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32

TOTAL Ý for 6 wickets 40 oversÝ 231

FoW 7 Ed 53 Dhruv 120 Gokul 214 Ramesh 215 Faisal 216 Venu

D.MadramtooÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 45ÝÝÝ 2

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 47ÝÝÝ 1

ChurmanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 31ÝÝÝ 1

BudramÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 25ÝÝÝ 0

SukhuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 28ÝÝÝ 1

R.MadramtooÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 0

RamnayranÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 1

Ý Spurwings

SukhuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

BalgobinÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

ShivnauthÝÝÝÝ c. MohanÝÝÝ MichaelÝÝÝÝ 3

RamnayranÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

D.MadramtooÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 43

ChurmanÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MohanÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 16

RazakÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

R.MadramtooÝÝ c. EdÝÝÝÝÝÝ VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

BudramÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GokulÝÝÝ SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26

Ý Extras (4b 1lb 24w)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 29

TOTAL Ý all out 27.2 oversÝÝÝÝÝ 154

FoW 0 14 15 16 50 57 57 65 92 154

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 3

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 20ÝÝÝ 1

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 2

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 2

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 17ÝÝÝ 1

VijayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0

MohanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 14ÝÝÝ 0

RameshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 0

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0.2ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 1

Columbia won by 77 runs

Sat leagueXI vs Rockaway July 13^th Kissena

As per Dr Edwards request, here is a brief summary of Saturday's game vs Rockaway at

Kissena Park. Weather was about just right, loss the toss, fielded with 9 to

begin with, shortest boundaries ever played at Kissena Park which was

apparently the doing of the umpire, 4s and 6s were flying everywhere,

Nasser's car was broken into, Rockaway scored 299 for 10 with their star

batsman Kundan, the cat with 11 lives in his case, scoring a huge 169. The

"11 lives" of course = 11 dropped catches. CUCCÝ ended up with 170 for 10.Ý

Nasser's 45 (probably the quickest) and Ghannam's patiently earned 61, were

the best efforts of the day. A day to be less remembered....

Ashok.

Ý Rockaway

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

AllyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 27

PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. HaseebÝÝ VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21

KundanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 169 (16x4 9x6)

RandyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

JimmyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

KenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ 18

EjazÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

VickeyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 2

ImranÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 0

ZannyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 36

TOTAL Ý all out 40 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 299

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 2

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 59ÝÝÝ 1

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 48ÝÝÝ 0

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 53ÝÝÝ 3

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 49ÝÝÝ 1

VijayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 0

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 2

Ý CUCC

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ RandyÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ VickeyÝÝÝÝÝ 1

NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝ 45

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ RandyÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝ 62

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ EjazÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

RiadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ KundanÝÝÝÝÝ 16

HaseebÝ ÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ KundanÝÝÝÝÝ 9

FuraqnÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ RandyÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

KishamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ KundanÝÝÝÝÝ 3

VijayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

Ý ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ all out 32 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 170 (1 more than Kundan!!)

EjazÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 20ÝÝÝ 1

RandyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 46ÝÝÝ 3

VickeyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1

PeterÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 2

HafeezÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 31ÝÝÝ 0

KundanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 3

Rockaway win by 129 runs

Sat LeagueXI vs Clipper June 29th

CUCC Presdent's XI won by 4 wickets chasing 191 in a shortened (35 overs)

game. We won largely thanks to a great knock of 65 not out by Michael

Partridge rescuing us from 56/4.

Sketchy scorecard attached - have pieced together whatever I recall and

was in the scorebook (Madhura needs to clean up his scorecard copying

technique!)Ý

CUCC President's XI vs Clippers

VCP1, June 29th, 2002

Toss: Clippers

Result: CUCC President's XI won by 4 wickets

Clippers Batting

DwyaiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý retd.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 40

HarperÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý b BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 41

CharlesÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý b SaadÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 2

ParisÝÝ c Michael b MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 24

# 5ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ??

GreenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý not outÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 2

ExtrasÝ (? ? ? ?)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ

TotalÝÝ (35 0vers)Ý ÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 190/3

CUCC Bowling

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-??-1

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-1-16-0

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-??-1

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-??-1

RiyadhÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-??-0

CUCC Batting

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b ChrisÝÝÝ 12 (12)

AshokÝÝ c ??Ý b MichaelÝ 21 (23)

BobÝÝÝÝ c ??Ý b MichaelÝ 1Ý (2)

RobynÝÝ c ??Ý b MichaelÝ 0Ý (3)

MichealP ÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝ 65 (88)

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b #4ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 16 (18)

Madhura c ??Ý b ChrisÝÝÝ 17 (33)

MalikÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝ 4Ý (2)

Anwar

Riyadh

Saad

ExtrasÝ (b 8, lb 4, w 35, nb 9) 56

TotalÝÝ (31 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 191/6

FoW: 1/28, 2/37, 3/55, 4/56, 5/112, 6/178

Clippers Bowling

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-24-2

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6-0-52-3

#3ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4-0-22-0

#4ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-45-1

CharlesÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7-0-33-0

Columbia win by 4 wickets

LeagueXI vs Albion June 23rd Kissena

Something wrong with the card below - their #6 scored ALOT of runs and was

not out at the end, but he is not in the card we copied up later.

Anyway, it was hot, we ran around a lot and dropped catches for fun. Usually

safe hands like Kabir dropped straight forward chances, and he was by no

means the only one. I think at least 10 chances went down.

Michael bowled the best, Anuj and Vishal were steady, Ed got some expensive

wickets late with the short boundary very inviting. We had them at 140/5

after 30 overs but gave up 100 runs in the last 10. If we had taken the

catches earlier they would not have got close to that many...

Ed and Rubaiyat both were bowled by good away swingers, and they took the

catches we couldn't. Faisal batted well, and after a flourish from Anuj

including the biggest 6 of the day, we were all out for 114.

Ý Albion

KalimutuÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝ 67

ChinsamyÝÝÝÝÝ c. EdÝÝÝÝÝÝ AnujÝ 18

SewakÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c RubaiyatÝ MikeÝ 1

BakshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. BobÝÝÝÝÝ MikeÝ 10

PermaudÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝ 21

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝ ?? 60ish

SabatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝ 13

ShivnarineÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ Dhruv 2

DassÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ Haseeb 14

TonyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝ 0

Gopi

Ý Extras ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 40

TOTALÝÝ for 8 wickets 40 oversÝ 241

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 35ÝÝÝ 1

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 47ÝÝÝ 1

Michael ÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 32ÝÝÝ 2

AnujÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 20ÝÝÝ 1

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 59ÝÝÝ 3

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 25ÝÝÝ 0

Ý CUCC

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ Singh 20

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DassÝ 0

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DassÝ 2

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ Singh 7

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ TonyÝ 27

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ Singh 0

AnujÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ TonyÝ 15

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ TonyÝ 0

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ TonyÝ 13

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝ 4

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ Baksh 10

Ý ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 15

TOTAL all out 28.1 oversÝ 114

FoW 3 Ed 10 Rubaiyat 23 Kabir 32 Bob 32 Ashok

67 Anuj 67 Vishal 83 Faisal 92 Dhruv 114 Haseeb

DassÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 37ÝÝÝ 2

SinghÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 3

TonyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 4

GopiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0

BakshÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ 3.1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 13ÝÝÝ 1

Ý Albion won by 127 runs

Sat leagueXI vs AsiaXI Jue 22^nd Kissena

Saturday league side lost to AsiaXI by 60 plus runs. Once again itís our

fielding that cost us the game (5 dropped catches and about 20 plus runs due to

poor ground fielding). Well gentleman we canít blame dropped catches on any oneÝ

but ourselves so lets try and do some thing about it, I suggest we meet 30

mins early and work on our fielding.

Madhura (score card to follow)

CUCC bowling:

MadhuraÝÝÝ 7/1/35/5

SaadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/28/0

HassanÝÝÝÝ 6/0/35/1

MushtaqÝÝÝ 7/0/34/1

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/32/1

PrabhuÝÝÝÝ 1/0/4/0

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/25/0

Catches: Prabhu, Jay, Meezal, Mike

CUCC batting:

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

MeezalÝÝÝ 0

GokulÝÝÝÝ 40

VenuÝÝÝÝÝ 0

MikeÝÝÝÝÝ 40

MadhuraÝÝ 8

HassanÝÝÝ 14

MalikÝÝÝÝ 15

SaadÝÝÝÝÝ 0*

MushtaqÝÝ dnb

PrabhuÝÝÝ dnb

CUCC lost, though it's not clear by how much. Prabhu and Mushy didn't bat

due to injuries.

LeagueXI vs World Wide XI June 16^th VCP

Great batting from Uday, Kabir and Faisal, along with 34 extras saw us to

243 for 8 in 40 overs.

With large black clouds looming we were hustling to get in 15 overs to make

it an official game. Good stuff from Haseeb and Madhura, then Ed including a

belatedly recognised hat-trick (over 2 overs) by Ed on catches by Haseeb,

Robyn and Faisal saw them reduced to 60-5 in 15. Game pretty much over, but

after the rain at drinks the game was reduced pretty much to a farce with

them slogging a heavy wet ball around. Haseeb and Madhura eventually

polished off the tail for a total of 158 in 31.4.

I can't remember who took one catch off Vishal (see card below) - please let

me know.

Ý Columbia UCC

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SaleemÝÝÝÝÝ 60

SridharÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ BaHumBugÝÝÝ 5

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ AdamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ BaHumBugÝÝÝ 79

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 38

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ OrangeÝÝÝÝÝ 4

+GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 16

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ stumpedÝÝÝÝ HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 2

*EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ HassanÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Madhura

Haseeb

Ý Extras (1b 1lb 27w 5nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 34

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ for 8 wkts in 40 oversÝ 243

FoW 23 Sridhar 51 Rubaiyat 142 Uday 202 Kabir

206 Robyn 241 Faisal 243 Vishal 243 Ed

Ba-Hum BugÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 42ÝÝÝ 2

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 47ÝÝÝ 2

Adam (SLA)ÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 24ÝÝÝ 1

LegSpinnerÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 0

BaldyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 16ÝÝÝ 0

SaleemÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 48ÝÝÝ 1

OrangeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 28ÝÝÝ 1

Ý World Wide XI

AshishÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GokulÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 2

ShaiwalÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. HaseebÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

IsmailÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. RobynÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21

AnjumÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. FaisalÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

KamalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GokulÝÝÝ VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 29

SunnyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled ÝÝÝÝ SridharÝÝÝÝ 0

AkhilÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. HaseebÝÝ VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 9

QasimÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 36

AtaqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 2

WahabÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. KabirÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 15

MahulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý Extras (2b 2lb 16w 6nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ all out 31.4 oversÝÝÝÝÝ 158

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 47ÝÝÝ 2

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6.4ÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 33ÝÝÝ 2

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 17ÝÝÝ 3

SridharÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 33ÝÝÝ 1

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 21ÝÝÝ 2

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý Columbia win by 85 runs

Sat league XI vs Kerela

Kerela didnít show up ñ CUCC claim points on a walkover.

LeagueXI vs QuickXI Sunday June 9th

Good to see CUCC winning both games over the weekend, speaks volumes about

the depth of talent in the club that we can put out 2 league sides and win

both games.

However, Sundays game was alot closer than Saturdays. We think QuickXI may

be based on the Friends team that we have played very close games with in

the past - Mushtaq and Madhura recognised some of their players. On a hot

and sticky day in VCP, it was a relief to finally win a toss, and against

the umpires (!) better judgement I decided to bat. Uday and Laks opened

steadily on a slow-ish pitch with an even slower outfield, Laks falling in

the 8th over hitting one to mid-off with the score 20-1. Rubaiyat joined

Uday for a stand of 65 in 13 overs that ended with Uday given not out after

a direct hit for a run out - a close decision - then smacking the next ball

to backward point who held a good catch. Kabir then played the best knock of

the day - sensible all the way and with some good running. Unfortunately

Rubaiyet misjudged a second run and was done in by a good throw. QuickXI

certainly fielded keenly all day and had some good throwing arms. Of the 9

wkts to fall, 2 were run out, 7 caught so they fielded well, I don't

remember them dropping many, if any. Faisal guided one to fly slip and we

were 117 for 4 after 28, but with 6 wickets in hand, were set to push on at

a higher rate. This Robyn put in to immediate effect smacking 20 off about

12 balls, then the good work was continued by Subhas making his debut. After

a few balls to get his timing, the ball started disappearing over the

expanses of VCP1. Meanwhile Kabir had collected 39 runs over 16 overs and

fell in the 37th. Solid stuff. We managed to pick up 20 runs in the last 4

overs and were not bowled out for the first time in a while, Dhruv hitting a

nice 4 over long off to get us past 200, a very competitive score we thought

on a tough outfield.

Somehow, and this is GroundHogDay-esque in its repetitiveness, we struggle

to hit boundaries all day, then the opposition bat and the ball flies over

the outfield. Do they hit more in the air or do we just not hit the ball as

hard? Answers on a postcard please. They scored 4 boundaries in the first 3

overs, where we had 7 all day. I dived full length to get both hands to a

tough chance in Madhura's first over, but spilled it, Dhruv missed a couple

of return chances too, so we didn't start well, and probably put down 6

catches in all. Again, poor fileding is letting us down - we might have

conceded 15-20 with bad ground fielding too. This we need to address to be

successful. There were also 17 wides, and we didn't bowl a single maiden. If

we had caught and fielded OK and bowled straight we would have made our

lives alot easier... Anyway, the ball was at least going in the air, and

Robyn, then myself took catches to have them 29 for 2 off 5, something of a

come back. We did take wickets fairly regularly, but they were always up

with the 5 an over rate. I replaced Dhruv for a 4 over spell bowling their

No. 4 through the gate, and Laks was steady at the other end. They then had

their best partnership with a tiny little No. 5 (who had also opened their

bowling) playing some remarkable sweep shots off the medium pacers, from

balls on the stumps, with his head about a foot off the ground. There was

every chance of a helmet before wicket dismissal, but sadly this never

happened. Subhas warmed himself up with 2 overs of military medium, but did

win a rather dubious looking LBW against their opener who had 48 at this

point, and that may have ended up being the deciding wicket. "Mini-Me" as he

was labelled by Madhura was also trapped in front after Subhas had converted

to my preferred leg spin, although as he was bowling around the wicket, I'm

not sure how impressed the batsman was with this decision either. Well,

we've been on the wrong end of enough umpiring decisions. At 143 for 5 with

12 overs left they were still at exactly 5 an over. Laks finished his spell

then Madhura returned for a couple. After a quick water break they needed 48

off 9, and Mushtaq bowled a good over of flat-ish off spin giving away only

2 runs. When Subhas conceded only 3 they needed 43 off 7, but Mushtaq went

for a couple of boundaries. Madhura bowled his last at that end after a

great spell of 3 for 34 from Subhas, leaving Dhruv and I to bowl the last 4

with 25 needed and 4 wickets to get. Dhruv got the skipper (and probably

their last chance) first ball, caught behind, then I bowled the No. 9 and

they needed 14 off 2 with not much batting left. Dhruv finished a good spell

of 2 for 38 with only 5 off the last over, then after a dot ball, I got the

No. 8 to hit one to Uday who took a good catch coming in from long on. The

middle stump was sent cartwheeling next ball (almost turned to sawdust due

to express Edwards pace according to one comment...) for a nerve wracking 8

run victory. Good batting set it up, but we have to do better in all aspects

on the field. We've now won 2 lost 2, so let's push ourselves over .500 next

week.

Ý CUCC

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ VimalÝÝÝÝÝÝ 35

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ ChiragÝÝÝÝÝ 11

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ 25

KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PranavÝÝÝÝÝ 39

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PranavÝÝÝÝÝ 6

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PranavÝÝÝÝÝ 20

SubhasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PranavÝÝÝÝÝ 28

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PranavÝÝÝÝÝ 5

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

MushtaqÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý Extras (6b 6lb 14w 2nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 28

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ for 9 wkts, 40 oversÝÝÝ 203

FoW 20 laks 84 Uday 104 Rubaiyat 117 Faisal

139 Robyn 183 Kabir 191 Ed 195 Subhas 199 Mushtaq

PranavÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 32ÝÝÝ 5

ChiragÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 1

VimalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 44ÝÝÝ 1

BuntyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 38ÝÝÝ 0

BimalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 32ÝÝÝ 0

Chentan ÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 18ÝÝÝ 0

Ý QuickXI

AshishÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. RobynÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 6

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SubhasÝÝÝÝÝ 48

AnkurÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. EdÝÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

ChintanÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

PranavÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SubhasÝÝÝÝÝ 28

SaurinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. KabirÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21

VimalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. & b.ÝÝÝÝ SubhasÝÝÝÝÝ 19

BimalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. UdayÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 29

GaurangÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

BuntyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

ChiragÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý Extras (8b 3lb 17w 1nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 29

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ all out 39.3 oversÝÝÝÝÝ 195

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 38ÝÝÝ 2

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 1

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 42ÝÝÝ 0

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5.3ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 4

SubhasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 3

MushtaqÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 11ÝÝÝ 0

CUCC win by 8 runs

Sat LeagueXI vs PunjabiCC Sat June 8th

Another absolutely beautiful Saturday afternoon saw us resuming league play

after losing our first game, and being washed out the second time. Nasser

won the toss and we elected to bat, after a slight delay in waiting for the

umpire. Ashok and Nabil opened the batting against bowling that looked

wayward from the sidelines, as five wides went down during the first over,

but in the middle the ball was apparently swinging a lot. We lost our first

wicket in the second over, as Nabil chased one outside of his off stump and

got an edge that was well held by the ëkeeper, rather low. This brought

Nasser to the crease and he and Ashok spent a few overs consolidating before

Nasser opened up. He took 20 runs from the 10th over, 13 runs from the 12th,

13 from the 14th and 14 from the 16th, with our hundred coming up in the

15th over. Clearly we were cruising. Nasser had to have Nabil come out and

run for him after he tweaked his hamstring while turning for a run. Rather

than take advantage of this, by bringing in a slow bowler that Nasser would

need to use his feet against, the opposition kept feeding him. The two

stayed together, adding 119 runs for the second wicket before Nasser struck

one well, but right to the fielder at deep mid wicket. He scored 71 from 53.

Ashok, who had picked up his scoring rate as well, was joined by Bob and the

two continued milking the bowling to keep us ticking along at more than 6 an

over. Ashok was bowled one run short of what would have been his third half

century of the season. But this was enough of a base for the middle/late

order to launch into the bowling with strong knocks coming from Bob, Michael

and Ghannam, and a quick flurry at the end from Vishal and Asad, taking us

to a comfortable 261 for 7 in 40.

Madhura and Asad began against what was supposed to be a good batting side.

Asad struck in his first over, getting lucky with a widish delivery that the

batsman didnít get to the pitch of, lobbing a simple chance to Ghannam. And

the slide had begun. By the time Asad and Madhura came off after 14 overs, 5

wickets were down, through a combination of good bounce and movement from

the opening pair. Furqan and Vishal replaced us, and the only chance of the

day that went down came from the last ball of Furqanís first over, with

their slogger getting a touch that Bob couldnít hold. We all cringed as he

launched into Vishal in the next over, taking 13-14 runs before being overly

ambitious and missing one to see his off stump uprooted. Big sigh of relief

from Bob! From there, it was a formality. Furqan and Vishal both bowled well

enough to not require Nasser to bring on a fifth bowler. In the end, it was

almost like fielding practice, with one dismissal guided ever so kindly into

Hassanís hands at gully, and another being given to Nasser, who could not

move one step in either direction, at fly slip, right in his hands. We

wrapped them up for 94, for a big victory. The kind that gives a side

confidence- batting doing its job, bowling coming out aggressive, and

fielding supporting it well.

CUCC v Punjabi CC, at VCP 1

CUCC won the toss

CUCC innings:

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝ b. BillaÝÝÝ 1 (10b)

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. BinkaÝÝÝ 49 (55b, 6x4)

NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝ b. BinkaÝÝÝ 71 (53b, 11x4, 1x6)

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝ b. JessieÝÝ 27 (32b, 1x4)

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. GurdeepÝ 45 (41b, 2x4)

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Dillon 28 (26b, 2x4)

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (1b)

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7 (7b)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8 (8b)

Madhura ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras- (3nb, 22w, 3lb, 1b)ÝÝÝÝ 29

Total (for 7 in 40 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 261

Fow- 1/8 (Nabil), 2/127 (Nasser), 3/153 (Ashok), 4/189 (Bob), 5/232

(Ghannam), 6/233 (Hassan), 7/252 (Michael)

Punjabi bowling:

GurdeepÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/33/1 (10w)

BillaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/1/46/1 (3w)

JessieÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/34/1 (2w)

HappyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1/0/13/0 (2nb)

DillonÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/38/1 (2w)

BabbuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/41/0

BinkaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8/0/52/2 (3w, 1nb)

Punjabi innings:

GillÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 13

BillaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

RangaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 4

MinkaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

JassiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

BittisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26

DillonÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. HassanÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

BabbuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. NasserÝÝ b. VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

GurdipÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. VishalÝÝ 13

HappyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

PinkaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 0

Extras- (w15, lb1, b1)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

Total (all out in 22.5 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 94

Fow- 1/8, 2/23, 3/30, 4/40, 5/42Ö

CUCC bowling:

Madhura ÝÝÝÝÝ 7/1/14/2

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/26/3

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4.5/0/12/2

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/28/3

CUCC win by 167 runs.

LeagueXI vs Sportsmen Sunday June 2nd

No time for a full report. A beautiful day that was a bit too beautiful as

we ended up chasing a large total with the sun dropping behind the bowlers

arm at one end. That combined with being on the wrong end of the umpiring

saw us fall 20 runs short.

Great bowling from Raghu, good from Dhruv and Madhura, the rest of us didn't

do so well in the field with some catches going down, and shoddy ground

fielding, along with less than inspirational bowling. One hip high full toss

going a long long long way over the trees, and factory, at square leg.

Good batting from Rubaiyat led the way with contributions from Kabir,

Fasial, and Gokul, and wides getting us close.

Ý Sportsmen

Blackman ÝÝÝÝÝ c. AjayÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

PlunkettÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝ 47

HallÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ st KabirÝÝÝ RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝ 65

MumbyÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Faisal ÝÝÝÝ 15

CopelandÝÝÝÝÝ run out (Ajay->Ed)ÝÝÝÝÝ 25

AtwaleÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 0

HewittÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. RaghuÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 20

JordanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AjayÝÝÝÝ FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 14

BloodmanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26

ChopraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Knight

Ý ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝ (6b 2lb 18w 1nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 27

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ for 8 wkts, 40 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 241

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 37ÝÝÝ 1

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 40ÝÝÝ 2

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 36ÝÝÝ 0

RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 2

RameshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 0

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 69ÝÝÝ 2

Ý CUCC

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ "caught"ÝÝÝ HewittÝÝÝÝÝ 10

RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ KnightÝÝÝÝÝ 17 (1x4)

+KabirÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ KnightÝÝÝÝÝ 28 (1x4)

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ JordanÝÝÝÝÝ 41 (2x4 2x6)

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ HewittÝÝÝÝÝ 27 (1x6)

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 20 (1x4)

*EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ BloodmanÝÝÝ 15

AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 16

RameshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ BloodmanÝÝÝ 10

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝ (2b 4lb 26w)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ All Out, 39 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝ 218

FoWÝÝÝÝ 19 (Uday) 65 (Raghu) 75 (Kabir) 138 (Faisal) 162 (Rubaiyat)

178 (Gokul) 188 (Ed) 212 (Ajay) 216 (Madhura) 218 (Ramesh)

HewittÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 22ÝÝÝ 2

JordanÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 45ÝÝÝ 1

KnightÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 2

Bloodman 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 32ÝÝÝ 2

ChopraÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 0

AtwaleÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 49ÝÝÝ 0

Sportsmen CC wins by 23 runs

PresXI vs U Aalbany Saturday June 1st

An adventure of a day as we played host to the U. of Albany at VCP on

Saturday. The day began with us having a protracted argument with the West

Indian gents who were preparing to start a game on VCP 2, as they didnít

want us playing on the neighboring pitch. After we essentially told them to

f**k off, we went about trying to get our own game started. (And a good

thing that discussion ended there. Reportedly, they scored 410 runs in 45

overs!). Our own game was not to start until an hour after we had scheduled,

due to the fact that Columbia was late in getting our 11 to the ground, and

more importantly, the matting. With the opposition driving down from Albany,

and being there on time for a noon start, I was so embarrassed that I

conceded the toss to them, and they of course chose to bat.

Madhura and I shared the new ball, and from the beginning, we could see that

it was going to be a long day. Their burly West Indian opener was taking a

whack at everything, getting lots of edges, but finding the gaps in the

field. More than that, though, the trend was set very early in the day by

their umpires- no lbwís, and anything missing the bat would be called wide.

After a fair amount of heated exchange with them, I told their captain that

they were setting the standard for the day, reminded him that they would be

bowling second, and then proceeded with the game. Laks replaced me, and had

success in his first over, getting one to move away, and inducing a thick

edge, that Ajay held superbly, diving in the gully. A few overs later,

Hassan, making his comeback to the team, also struck in his first over, care

of a lunging catch from the skipper. Hassan had another, and then proceeded

to demonstrate to us the extremes of quick bowling, with his third over

being absolutely superb, extracting bounce and movement, and beating the bat

with all six balls, and then his fourth over being a combination of full

tosses and short stuff! Nonetheless, we went to drinks at 80 for 3 in 17.

After the break, I brought on Mushtaq, playing his first game of the season,

and the slide began. Mushy proceeded to fool their batsmen with good use of

flight, and the straighter ball, running through their middle order.

Unfortunately, Laks was not getting any help from the umpires at the other

end, and they kept calling wides, so the run flow kept up. All of their

batsmen were having a heave, and finding gaps. But in the end, we took some

very nice catches, with Hassan and Ajay taking hot grabs to end the innings,

and Mushy beginning the season with a five-fer.

Ashok and Omar began our reply, and it was clear that we wouldnít need much

help from the umpires, as their bowlers were going to send down a fair

number of extras on their own. Having said that though, when they were on

line, they werenít easy to get away. Ashok missed the line of one, and was

bowled for 4. As Laks and Omar set about consolidating, we saw a strange

sight (Omar, you knew this was coming!), as Omar walked off the field with

the score at 33, not being dismissed. He needed a bathroom break. Gokul

filled his shoes, and lost his wicket chasing a very wide ball. Omar came

back for a brief stay, and then the slide began, as we lost Ajay and Jay in

quick succession. Fortunately, Laks had remained steady, and in Michael he

found an able partner to bring us to within 40 runs of victory. But then we

had another flurry of wickets fall, as Laks fell 4 short of his fifty, as

Michael and Mushtaq went soon after. With 27 needed in just under 5 overs, I

joined Hassan, and the two of us proceeded to test the fielding. Their

placement was not good, and we picked the gaps, before Hassan sealed it with

four deliveries- 4244.

Good win in the end, as we remained focused enough to see it through, but

this is not a team that should have taken us this far. With league play

returning this week, we have work to do. Catching was very good, but there

were still overthrows, and some lazy ground fielding. And Iíve also noticed

that our bowlers tend to be better at getting out good batsmen, than they

are at dealing with mediocre ones. At any rate, we won, buoyed by very

strong returns from Hassan and Mushtaq, and fine batting from Laks and

Michael.

CUCC v U. of Albany, at VCP 1

Toss conceded to Albany

Albany innings:

JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. HassanÝÝ 28

ZohairÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. LaksÝÝÝÝ 10

SairamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw. ÝÝÝÝÝÝ MushtaqÝÝÝÝ 34

UlhasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. HassanÝÝ 2

AnsarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 23

AbhiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MushtaqÝ 11

HussainÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MushtaqÝ 7

RajeshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MushtaqÝ 1

SanthaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

SukretÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 2

TusharÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MushtaqÝ 6

Total (all out)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 168

CUCC bowling:

Madhura ÝÝÝÝÝ 7/1/30/0 (5w)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6.4/0/26/2 (4w, 1nb)

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/25/1 (7w, 4nb)

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/1/29/2 (7w, 4nb)

MushtaqÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/1/33/5 (4w)

CUCC batting:

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SanthaÝÝ 4 (10)

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. &ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RajeshÝÝ 19 (21)

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SanthaÝÝ 46 (53)Ý (1x4)

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RajeshÝÝ 11 (13)Ý (1x4)

AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RajeshÝÝ 2 (3)

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AnsarÝÝÝ 3 (9)

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AnsarÝÝÝ 20 (21)Ý (3x4)

MushtaqÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SanthaÝÝ 7 (10)

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 22 (14)ÝÝÝÝ (3x4)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9 (5)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras (3lb, w31, nb1)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 35

TotalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 172/8

Albany bowling:

SanthaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/1/28/3

TusharÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/29/0

ZohairÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5.4/0/36/0

RajeshÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/31/3

AnsarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/27/2

UlhasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1/0/10/0

CUCC win by 2 wickets

CUCC vs. TriCity CC Saturday May 26th

The less said about todayís match the better. As dominating as we were in

both games last week is just how badly we were dominated today. We made the

trip to Schenectady, NY of 2.5 hours with 10 guys. Fortunately, TriCity had

an extra. We won the toss and opened with Ed and Omar. Both were gone pretty

quickly, as both opening bowlers were bowling well within themselves, the

wilder of the two getting both wickets. Then we had a brief respite with

Lakshmanan and Rubaiyat, making his debut for the club, at the crease. It

was a pleasure to umpire at this point, as these two looked good.

Unfortunately, just when Rubaiyat received a ball short enough to pull over

the very short cover boundary, it kept low and he was trapped plumb in

front. TriCityís man, Manjit, joined Laks and the scoring slowed

significantly, as he was quite out of sorts. We were 55/3 in 17 when he

finally got out, as the first of five run outs for the day. Jay was run out

a ball later before Ajay joined Laks for a solidifying stand. But at this

point, their bowlers really contained us well so that both Laks and Ajay

were run out within deliveries of one another, in an effort to force the

scoring. Ghannam and I were able to strike the ball around a bit in the end,

but 154 on a ground where the square boundaries were barely 30 yards away

was always going to be tough to defend.

Madhura and I opened, and it was abundantly clear that their batsmen were

quite familiar with their short boundaries. We had a chance go down in the

second over, but aside from that, their batsmen were in complete control,

and none of our bowlers was able to come to terms with the poor runups, the

short boundary, or their belligerent approach. We didnít make much of a

match of it at all.

Only redeeming quality for the day was Laksí innings. Bowling ëhonorsí were

equally shared, as each one of us gave up two sixes a piece, though Laks got

honors for being hit the furthest!

Lets put this one out of our memories fast.

CUCC innings:

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. KevinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SurenÝÝÝ 4 (10)

OmarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. JohnÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SurenÝÝÝ 1 (3)

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 52 (79)ÝÝÝÝ (4x4)

RubaiyatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ SurenÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4 (10)ÝÝÝÝÝ (1x4)

ManjitÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2 (23)

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (1)

AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17 (20)ÝÝÝÝ (2x4)

Ghannam ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. LakeÝÝÝÝ 19 (18)ÝÝÝÝ (1x4)

Madhura ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ShamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MikeÝÝÝÝ 1 (2)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. LakeÝÝÝÝ 19 (12)ÝÝÝÝ (1x6)

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (3)

Extras- b4, lb2, w24, nb6)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 36

Total (in 33.2 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 154

FoW- 1/4 (Omar), 2/13(Ed), 3/22(Rubaiyat), 4/57(Manjit),

5/58(Jay)Ö9/149(Ghannam)

TriCity bowling:

SurenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/22/3

KevinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/23/0

JohnÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/2/22/0

LakeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6.5/0/23/2

MikeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/40/1

TriCity batting:

Alton Brisport c. ManjitÝÝ b. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 52 (5x4, 3x6)

Sham PersaudÝ c. GhannamÝ b. FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 27 (2x4, 2x6)

Mike PersaudÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 53 (3x4, 5x6)

HacoaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6 (1x4)

Extras- (2b, 4lb, 15w, 2nb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23

Total in 19.3 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 160/2

CUCC bowling:

Madhura ÝÝÝÝÝ 5.3/0/38/1

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2/0/18/0

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/25/1

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/32/0

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/22/0

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1/0/8/0

TriCity win by 8 wickets

LeagueXI vs Scorpions Sunday May 19th

A good win for the Sunday league side to even the record at a win and a

loss. The worst part of the day was Michael turning up an hour late and with

a bum shoulder and back so that he couldn't run or throw let alone bowl or

bat. Madhura asked him why he came at all...

Ed lost the toss again (CUCC skippers seem to be useless tossers), so out

into the field we went with 10 men. Madhura opened with Sridhar at the other

end. Madhura bowled a good tight 8 over spell, probably the best of the day,

with only 2 bad balls, both of which did travel to the boundary. After

Faisal dropped a hard hit chance at point off Sridhar (dark thoughts about

dropped catches again in the captains mind), I don't think we put another

one down, which was a mighty relief. Madhura won a dubious LBW appeal (not

the last of the day), then Faisal misjudged another but managed to fling

himself backwards to hold it one handed. The next two bats were their best,

but nothing to write home about. Ed replaced Sridhar and kept it tight,

getting some movement to induce false shots, but not getting the ball in the

right place enough. Laks took over from Madhura and also struggled with line

and length, with the batsmen still failing to cash in. We will face much

better batting line ups this year. Ed won another LBW, then Madhura was

still being moved to the right spot at gully while Laks came in to bowl. He

had just stopped moving as the ball was hit to him at knee high. From 80 for

4 they slipped to 118 all out with Ed taking one, Laks another 2, Ramesh 3

of the tail. Good catching was the key with Robyn, Vishal, Sridhar, and

Faisal a second, all taking good catches. We should have bowled better, and

will need to in the future, and there were way too many wides.

The only bummer after that was Sridhar had his bag stolen from under the

tree at VCP1. We'll have to watch that - it's the second time in 2 years

(Kabir had a bag stolen a while ago from the same place - both were smaller,

easy to pick up types).

Uday batted in mid-season form despite not having batted in the middle for 6

months. Excellent effort. Sridhar and Laks were both unfortunate to get the

finger, Edwin played too early second ball - the harder wickets to come will

please all. Faisal batted very comfortably for his 32 after being dropped

early. Uday was out with a few runs to get, and Robyn completed the

formalities. We successfully chased both totals in Sundays games which is a

good sign, and the fielding was hugely improved - a very solid win.

Ý Scorpions

K.PershadÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 9

SeepersandÝÝÝ c. FaisalÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 9

T.PershadÝÝÝÝ c. MadÝÝÝÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

KoostiyalÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

RamlalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ RameshÝÝÝÝÝ 7

KalikaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. RobynÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7

N.JagiahÝÝÝÝÝ c. VishalÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5

RamayaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

D.JagiahÝÝÝÝÝ c. SridharÝ RameshÝÝÝÝÝ 18

KhanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. FaisalÝÝ RameshÝÝÝÝÝ 1

R.PershadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

Ý Extras (22w 2b 3lb)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 27

TOTAL Ý all out in 30.5 oversÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 118

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 20ÝÝÝ 2

SridharÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 28ÝÝÝ 0

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 16ÝÝÝ 2

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 29ÝÝÝ 3

RameshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1.5ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 3

Ý CUCC

UdayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ RamayaÝÝÝÝÝ 64 (4x4)

SridharÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ PershadÝÝÝÝ 5

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ PershadÝÝÝÝ 4

EdwinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ PershadÝÝÝÝ 0

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32 (2x4)

RobynÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4

Vishal

Ramesh

Madhura

Ed

Michael

Ý Extras (6w 3lb 1b)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 10

TOTALÝÝ for 4 wickets, 26.4 oversÝÝÝÝ 120

FoW 10 (Sridhar) 26 (Laks) 26 (Edwin) 115 (Uday)

Seepernd.ÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 0

R.PershadÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 3

KhanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 0

RamayaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 17ÝÝÝ 1

K.PershadÝÝÝÝ 3.4ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 18ÝÝÝ 0

D.JagiahÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0

KalikaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 20ÝÝÝ 0

CUCC win by 6 wickets

PresXI vs Merion Sunday 19^th May

Merion CC is always a pleasure of a game, as those who have journeyed to

Philly know what a beautiful setting it is. And somehow, though their team

never seems too strong, we tend to struggle to win. Not the case today.

Nasser loss the toss, perhaps fortunately this time, as Michael and Vetri

were making their debuts for the club and neither Nasser nor I had played

with either Ajay or Saad before, so we were walking into the game with a

fair amount of uncertainty as to what our teamís strength would be like.

Nonetheless, we were predictably asked to bowl, and I opened the attack with

Ashok, having his first bowl of the season. While I beat the bat a few

times, Ashok took a few deliveries to get some direction, but seemed to

tempt CUCCís old ëcricket prostituteí- Charu, a fair amount. When Nasser and

I saw him loop one up and into a gap, we were afraid that that would be his

chance for the day. But in his third over, Ashok bowled the other opener off

of a no ball, and in his haste to keep strike, Charu scrambled for a single.

That turned out to be a mistake, as he was tramped plumb in front from

Ashokís very next ball. Always a good thing to get Charu out for less than

10. The next over saw their skipper David pop a catch up to Vetri who held

it well, from my bowling. Their number three looked not to be the most

technically sound batsman, but he was striking the ball hard. Vetri replaced

me, and had a bowl for the first time in four years and struck immediately,

as the number three strike one firmly, but right back at Vetri, which he

held for a great catch. That brought our old friend Craig Joss to the

crease. Heís a big hitter who was going to be the wicket to get. Their

number four also looked decent, though his back foot strokes lack any

footwork at all, which was eventually his undoing. The two put on a 40-odd

run stand before Saad trapped their number four in front, on the back foot.

From there, Craig was having to farm the strike, and was beginning to get a

little frustrated as Nasser came on to bowl some offies (though he did

welcome Nasser to the attack with an effortless, albeit monstrous, six!).

Saad mixed his bowling up well and finally bowled Craig from a slower ball

after he had survived a very close stumping. That was the end of the run

scoring, and though we didnít get them all out, we were pleased to restrict

them to 153 from their 35 overs.

Ashok and Ajay opened the batting and took the attack to them. Their opening

bowler struggled with his line and gave away a fair amount of wides. David,

who often troubles us with his looping deliveries, didnít have his stuff,

and so Ajay was able to open up his hitting fairly soon, and they brought up

a very comfortable 50 in 12 overs. Ajay did hit one too many into the air

though, and was soon gone for a well played 28. Nasser joined Ashok, who was

to regret this dearly. Nasser had decided that he was going to give Ashok

the workout of his life, as he ran him between the wickets very hard. Ashok

was tiring, after bowling 7 overs, but Nasser would not let up, and the two

really pushed the fielders. By the time Ashok retired for 51, we were at

around 130, and the match was well over. Nasser was bowled by a ball that

kept slightly low and Bob and Ghannam did the formalities, taking liberties

against the hapless bowling.

In all, a well-paced run chase by CUCC, chasing to win for the first time

this season. And a good day for recruiting, as all four of the unknown

players showed great promise.

Merion CC innings:

C. ChaudhriÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7 (22)

D. AnsticeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. VetriÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 6 (22)

P. HillÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. and ÝÝÝÝ b. VetriÝÝÝ 7 (21)

R. KhanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw SaadÝÝÝ 9 (20)

C. JossÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ b. SaadÝÝÝÝ 49 (50)

W. MarvinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. NasserÝÝ 7 (11)

M. MarcusÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23

D. RollÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MalikÝÝÝ b. SaadÝÝÝÝ 6 (12)

D. LimayeÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SaadÝÝÝÝ 0 (2)

D. AgarwalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2

D. MillerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras- (b2, lb1, w26, nb9)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 38

Total (for 8 in 35 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 153

FoW- 1/16, 2/28, 3/33, 4/65,5/109, 6/118, 7/128, 8/137

CUCC bowling:

AsadÝÝÝ 7/1/18/1 (5w)

AshokÝÝ 7/0/24/1 (5w, 6nb)

VetriÝÝ 5/0/25/1 (7w)

SaadÝÝÝ 7/0/41/4 (6w, 3nb)

NasserÝ 7/0/27/1 (3w)

BobÝÝÝÝ 2/0/6/0

CUCC batting:

AjayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. R. KhanÝ b. Chaudhri 28

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ retiredÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 51

NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MarcusÝÝ 37

BobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

Mike

Malik

Gaurav

Asad

Vetri

Saad

Extras- lb5, w18ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 23

Total (for 2 in 27.5 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 157

FoW- 1/58, 2/139

Merion bowling:

R. KhanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/48/0

D. AnsticeÝÝÝ 7/0/25/0

C, ChaudhriÝÝ 7/0/33/1

D. RollÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/30/0

M. MarcusÝÝÝÝ 2.5/0/17/1

CUCC win by 8 wickets.

Sat leagueXI vs Rockaway 11/5/02

Saturday was our first foray into the Saturday league system, and

unfortunately, it seems that I have to pick up my match report almost where

Ed left off last week. Clearly CUCC has some issues to sort out before we

make a dent into either Saturday or Sunday league sides.

We lost the toss and were asked to field- no surprise. On a beautiful day,

Madhura began from the south end of VCP 1, against a very aggressive opening

pair, with one guy in particular flashing at everything. With Madhuraís

third ball, he tried an ambitious shot and got a top edge straight up to

Ghannam, who lost it at the last second in the sun to spill him. Needless to

say, not the start we wanted. Fortunately, that one didnít cost us anything,

as Ghannam held a regulation nick from my fifth ball from the other end.

Their captain came in at number three and was rapped on the pads first ball

which clearly flustered him, as he set off for a non-existent run, and

Ghannam acted quickly to run him out. Two overs, two down. That brought

their number 4 to the crease, and he was clearly the strength of their

lineup. He was timing the ball well, and caused Madhura much frustration, as

he gave two difficult chances to Jay and Nasser, and looped up the ball in

the gaps probably 3-4 times. However, after that early period, he was spot

on, hitting some beautiful drives. From the other end, for the second time

this season, I managed to get a finger to a straight driven ball that went

onto the stumps, running out the non-striker. We went to drinks after 15

overs at 63/4. Furqan was introduced into the attack to replace Madhura and

had success almost immediately. He got their rather portly number five, who

had no off side strokes, to pop one up to one of the few safe pair of hands

on the field that day- Ed. Ed himself bowled very well from the other end,

being unlucky on numerous occasions not to find an edge, as he was bowling

with pace and getting movement. With the two of them bowling so well

together, their number four was getting frustrated, but Furqan put him out

of his misery with a beauty of a delivery that came into him late, and found

an inside edge onto his stumps.

Though Ed was not able to get a wicket, their 16 overs together had Rockaway

in considerable trouble, as Furqan bagged four from his end. Prabhu was

brought on as the fifth bowler and was clearly unnerving the batsmen as

well. Madhura, and then I came on from the other end to wrap things up, and

this was about the time that our fielding fell apart completely. We

proceeded to let down a few very simple chances, one adding insult to injury

by ripping the webbing on Prabhuís right hand, so that he had to leave the

field and could not complete his spell. They took advantage of these lapses

and added probably 40 more runs than they should have, making it to 167 in

the penultimate over.

With Prabhu gone to the hospital to get stitches, Ed and Ashok opened

against a decent opening bowling attack. Ashok looked completely at ease

from the first ball, while Ed was struggling a bit. The two managed to put

on 24 for the first wicket, in reasonable time, but this was to prove the

only substantial partnership of our innings. Ed had his stumps rearranged,

and then Madhura joined Ashok and two balls later set off for a suicidal

single, stranding Ashok. From that point, it was steadily downhill. The

skipper notched his first duck of the season, and our middle order rescue

team of Venu and Ghannam couldnít pull off the miracle that we needed. In

the end, we whimpered to a paltry 75 runs.

As a bowler I am obviously biased, but when the bowlerís are bowling their

hearts out, as we did on Saturday, such poor support from the field will

leave us with no other result than what we had on Saturday. Aside from that,

our batting lineup is clearly struggling. We need to work on putting

together partnerships and not gift our wickets away. League teams will

field/catch much better than weíve seen thus far, so we need to raise the

level of our game in response.

In the end, a fond word of well-wishing to our esteemed CUCC member Venu who

has played his last game as a bachelor. Venu is off to India to get married,

leaving CUCC at the top of the batting table. We all wish him well, and hope

to see him join us on the field again soon.

Rockaway innings:

G. KundanÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 0

R. SalaghoÝÝÝ run out (Asad)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

S. SinghÝÝÝÝÝ run out (Ghannam)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0

R. IvanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 45

J. AlliÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. EdÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 5

D DebidalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw FurqanÝ 13

N. SammyÝÝÝÝÝ c. MadhuraÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 9

R. SinghÝÝÝÝÝ c. AsadÝÝÝÝ b. PrabhuÝÝ 5

SanchoÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 35

KenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. EdÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 15

E. HusseinÝÝÝ run out (Venu)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

Extras- (nb1, w8, lb6, b5)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 20

Total (all out in 38.1 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 167

FoW- 1/8, 2/8, 3/28, 4/57, 5/71, 6/83, 7/90

CUCC bowling:

Madhura 8/0/38/0 (w2)

AsadÝÝÝ 8/2/41/2

FurqanÝ 8/1/18/4

EdÝÝÝÝÝ 8/1/29/0 (w5)

PrabhuÝ 4/1/10/1

NasserÝ 1.1/0/15/0

VenuÝÝÝ 1/0/6/0ÝÝ (w1, nb1)

CUCC batting:

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. IvanÝÝÝÝ 4 (20)

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17 (14)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.Ý b. IvanÝÝÝÝ 6 (15)

NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝ b. HusseinÝ 0 (9)

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw IvanÝÝÝ 8 (19)

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝ b. SalaghoÝ 12 (15)

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. S. Singh 4 (14)

JamesÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SinghÝÝÝ 0 (7)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝ b. DebidalÝ 7 (4)

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (2)

PrabhuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ did not bat

Extras (15w, 1lb, 1b)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

Total (all out in 22.4 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 75

FoW- 1/24, 2/29, 3/43, 4/47, 5/63

Rockaway bowling:

HusseinÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/10/1

R. IvanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8/1/29/3

S. SinghÝÝÝÝÝ 5/1/12/2

SalaghoÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/1/6/1

DebidalÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0.4/0/6/1

Rockaway win by 92 runs

Sun LeagueXI vs Empire 5/5/02

Availabilities have been rather poor for the start of the league season. Having completed the eleven at 4pm on Saturday it was rather alarming to get to the ground to find no Lakshmanan and no Michael. Laks eventually arrived half an hour late, Michael never arrived. Not good enough gentlemen.

Firstly - give yourselves plenty of time to get to the ground - you all know what NYC is like, plan on being early not late. Second - you all have my cell phone Number. Use it. If you are unavoidably (rare) late, call.

I donít have the book in front of me so Iíll have to estimate some of the numbers...

So, we went onto the field, having lost the toss, with 9 fielders. Annoying in the extreme. Dhruv opened swinging the ball but very erratic in line and length, Haseeb had good pace at the other end. Their openers werenít great and Haseeb uprooted the stumps after a swing across the line. Dhruv beat the left handers regularly and eventually bowled a slow full toss that had the batsman drooling. Unfortunately he was well through the shot as his stumps were rattled. In his next over the umpire was about to signal a wide, but the batsman managed to just reach the ball to knick it for Edwin to take a nice catch, making his debut with the gloves. At 12 overs we took water and Prabhu had fortunately arrived with whites, and became ìMichael Raoî. Now the nightmare started. I replaced Haseeb and got the edge of the left handers bat to loop an absolute dolly to Venu at point. Unfortunately he nearly caught it at the second attempt. The first ball the right handed #5 faced was just short and he creamed it through point. Oh oh - clearly their best bat. Next over I brought the lefty forward again, got the edge, flying through slip, Raghu getting a finger tip to it. Much later Prabhu put down the righty again a very simple chance. Thatís pretty much the story, the final total I think was 5 dropped catches, 2 missed stumpings, and a couple of didnít-even-get-the-hands-to-its. The worst was with Raghu bowling, he tried to take a return catch and it looks like he dislocated a finger. A little blood and alot of swelling meant he had to go off the field and couldnít grip a bat. So, these batsmen just tried to smack everything in the knowledge that a catch was unlikely to get them. They probably put on 150 taking them from 50-3 to 200-3 at 30 overs. We actually did OK to keep them to only 280-6 after that!

With Uday, Kabir and Faisal out, I would already have opened, but with Raghu gone too it was time to choose a (second) emergency opener. Clearly that would have to be the guy who batted #12 for the PresXI Sat. I have to say Madhura was excellent. We put on a quick 20 for the first wicket before I top edged to 3^rd man, and Laks joined Madhura to keep the rate going (we needed 7/over...). The bowling and fielding was definitely weaker than their batting, so it was looking like an unlikely victory was possible if we could bat the 40 overs - singles were coming at will, there was at least one bad ball an over. Sadly Laks lost his patience and holed out to long off. This did however bring in Edwin who also batted exceptionally well. These two were going great guns until Madhura smacked a half-volley to long off for a beautiful 4. He must have been overly excited by this (apparently he hasnít seen too much bedroom activity recently) because next ball he totally missed a straight full toss. 35 well struck runs, with drives and pulls, at a run a ball - note to Nasser - I would bat him higher than 12 next time! Vishal hit a few before Jay and Edwin shared another good partnership. Edwin classical, Jay not. Jay looks very stiff and awkward trying to defend the straight ones, doing a pretty good impression of a paraplegic crab, but given the width to swing the bat, wave the wand he did to magical effect, the ball racing away to the boundary many times. Edwin scored 38 and Jay top scored with 40, both excellent efforts. We needed about 110 off 12 overs after they had both gone (there were alot of extras I think) and Venu, Haseeb, Prabhu, and Dhruv managed to get us past the 200 and perhaps slight respectability, but the 280 was beyond us. A valiant effort in trying circumstances.

I reckon that the catches cost us about 60 runs or more - both of the guys who put on 150 together were dropped early and their lower order did not look too intimidating. Thatís the difference in the game. Catches win matches. We have work to do...

Empire

Ravi ÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 5

PawanÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32

Shameer ÝÝÝÝÝ c EdwinÝÝÝÝ DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 12

SurajÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ c LaksÝÝÝÝÝ EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 84

SatyaÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ c EdwinÝÝÝÝ VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 58

AnandÝÝ ÝÝÝÝ bowled ÝÝÝÝ HaseebÝÝÝÝÝ 28

Dayanand ÝÝÝÝ bowled ÝÝÝÝ VishalÝÝÝÝÝ 11

RichieÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 17

RavenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 9

ÝÝÝÝÝ #10

ÝÝÝÝÝ #11

Ý ExtrasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 26

TOTALÝÝ (40 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 282 for 7

FoW 6,48,56,212,214,250,257

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 35ÝÝÝ 2

HaseebÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 50ÝÝÝ 2

EdÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 45ÝÝÝ 1

LaksÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 37ÝÝÝ 0

RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 26ÝÝÝ 0

MadGunÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 14ÝÝÝ 0

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 55ÝÝÝ 2

CUCC

EdÝÝÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ Dayan.ÝÝÝÝÝ 12 (1x4)

MadGunÝ bowledÝÝÝÝÝ PawanÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32 (5x4)

LaksÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ RavenÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7 (1x4)

EdwinÝÝ LBWÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RaviÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 38 (4x4 1x6)

VishalÝ bowled ÝÝÝÝ RaviÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 13 (2x4)

JayÝÝÝÝ ct&bÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ AnandÝÝÝÝÝÝ 40 (5x4)

VenuÝÝÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ RaviÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4 (1x4)

HaseebÝ caughtÝÝÝÝÝ Dayan.ÝÝÝÝÝ 29 (1x6)

PrabhuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8

RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ absent hurt

Ý Extras ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 30

TOTAL (34.3 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 216 all out

FoW 26(Ed),53(Laks),70(Mad),97(Vishal),150(Edwin),160(Venu),

183(Jay),190(Prabhu),216(Haseeb)

AnandÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 23ÝÝÝ 1

Dayan.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4.4ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 24ÝÝÝ 2

RavenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 13ÝÝÝ 1

PawanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 15ÝÝÝ 1

SatyaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 34ÝÝÝ 0

RaviÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 8ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 37ÝÝÝ 3

ShamerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 24ÝÝÝ 0

SurajÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝÝ 9ÝÝÝÝ 0

Empire won by 66 runs

PresXI vs Gypsies 4/5/02

Another beautiful day for cricket, as we hosted the Gypsies on Saturday.

They were playing their first game of the season, and it showed. After

struggling to get our matting to the ground, without a van, we won the toss

and decided to bat, sending our senior pair, Prabhu and Ashok. This after we

ended up with a surplus of players, and decided to bat 12 a side. In

contrast to our expectations, Prabhu took the early attack to the bowling,

while Ashok played more of a supporting role. Their cavalier approach was

only enhanced by the fact that Gypsies catching was atrocious, with both

Ashok and Prabhu getting lives. Ultimately though, the full toss paid off,

as Prabhu's stumps were rattled in the 11th over, with the score at 51. From

there, we had steady partnerships, with Prabhu, Ashok, Nasser, Venu and

Ghannam each scoring runs.

The moment of interest came when Malik went to the crease, on a possible hat

trick of ducks; he got off the mark immediately, and then was brushed on the

side of the face by a ball that rose unexpectedly. As he came back to put

some ice on it, he was muttering under his breath about how he would make

the bowler suffer. We all watched with interest when he returned to the

crease, but his aggression was controlled and he kept the runs coming.

Unfortunately, once he was out, Ghannam was growing tired, as was the

bowling. In the last five overs we didn't score as many runs as we should

have (only 20 coming from those 5), as the bowling lacked any pace, and more

than one of our guys were bowled because they had completed their strokes

before the ball had arrived.Ý In the end though, we made 208 for 10 (out of

11), which should have been ample with a strong attack.

Madhura opened from the south end, while I accompanied him from the north

end. Mahesh, their one recognized opener, was driving the ball well from the

beginning. From the other side though, we could see that their batting was

going to be thin, as the other opener had no footwork at all. We had success

in my second over when Mahesh lazily cut a widish ball into a packed offside

field, straight into Malik's waiting hands at backward point. Malik of

course had words for Mahesh, the bowler who had brushed his face earlier,

saying that it was poetic justice that Malik should take his catch, though

not quite in those words! From there, Madhura's tail went up, and he began

rattling stumps from his end. He took the other opener, Sharat, then their

number 4, who also looked somewhat tentative. But his big prize came when he

got their number three, Sukesh, the only other Gypsies player who looked

like he could bat (aside from his physical resemblance to Aravinda de

Silva!). He had hit Madhura for a four, and then a couple, but Madhura

replied with a ball that cut back, and beat him all ends up, for his third

wicket. After a bit of a lull, I struck in my second last over, and then

twice in my last over, with Venu pulling off a superb take in first slip,

his first of three for the day. When Madhura and I were bowled through, 7

Gypsies wickets were down and it was up to Furqan to do the formalities. He

bowled well, and had Ghannam take a beauty, diving to his right, and then a

regulation catch to Venu in the slip. From the other end, Venu bowled well,

generating some pace, and being unlucky as a couple of chances got edges,

but found the gaps, and Malik couldn't hold on to a low chance. Finally

though Ammad was brought on and Venu took another sharp slip chance with

Ammad's first ball to wrap things up.

With the Saturday league beginning from next week, our bowling looks

consistent, and our fielding was also pretty good, with Ghannam and Venu

taking a couple of superb catches. Our batting looked more consistent, but

we still need to turn some of our 20's and 30's into fifties.

CUCC innings:

ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý4'sÝÝ 6's

PrabhuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. SrinivasÝÝÝ 24Ý (32)ÝÝ 1

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. PraveenÝÝÝÝ 23Ý (31)ÝÝ 3

Nasser ÝÝÝc. Sharat b. PraveenÝÝÝÝ 22Ý (30)ÝÝ 2

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw SrinivasÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ (5)

Venu ÝÝ c. keeperÝ b. Suresh ÝÝ ÝÝ33Ý (29)Ý 3ÝÝÝÝ 1

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Sharat Ý ÝÝ38Ý (35)ÝÝ 3

MalikÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Sharat Ý ÝÝ16Ý (16)

FurqanÝÝÝ st.ÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Suresh Ý ÝÝ5 ÝÝÝ(10)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Suresh ÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝ4ÝÝÝ (7)

KishanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ (1)

AmmadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Suresh Ý ÝÝ0ÝÝÝ (1)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7ÝÝÝ (3)ÝÝ 1

Extras- (b4, lb1, w30)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 35

TotalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ý 208/10

Gypsies bowling:

SharatÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/19/2

ArvindÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/22/0

SrinivasÝ ÝÝÝ Ý7/1/32/2

SukeshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2/0/22/0

PraveenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/44/2

MaheshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/29/0

SureshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/35/4

Gypsies batting:

MaheshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. MalikÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

SharatÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝb. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝ 2

SukeshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝ 12

ArvindÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝ 3

AraÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1

DuleepÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw AsadÝ ÝÝÝ ÝÝÝ1

DerinÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3

PravinÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝ Ý ÝÝ13

VenuÝÝÝÝÝ c. VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AmmadÝ ÝÝ ÝÝ13

SureshÝÝÝ c. VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝ Ý ÝÝ6

SrinivasÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ýb. Furqan ÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝ0

WaisÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝ ÝÝ6

Extras- (b4, lb1, w2)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6

TotalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ87 all out

CUCC bowling:

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 7/0/29/3

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/2/17/4

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/17/3

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/11/0

AmmadÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0.1/0/0/1

CUCC win by 121 runs

PresXI vs Westfield 27/4/02

Beautiful day for cricket today, as we were off to Westfield, one of the

better teams that we play against on Saturday, with a particularly

challenging wicket. 120-odd on their pitch is an ample total to defend. They

won the toss and elected to bat. Furqan and Madhura opened the bowling to an

aggressive pair who looked to drive everything, but didnít look too

technically sound. In Furqanís second over, he was driven to long off, and

while he was arguing with the umpire over a short run, my return throw came

in and hit him square on the foot, giving him much discomfort for the rest

of the day. From the other end, Madhura took both their openers and was

bowling well. Furqanís foot and his runup were bothering him enough so that

I took him off after only 3 overs, and brought on Nabil, who was mixing it

up well, and was rewarded with a ball played onto his stumps with the last

ball of his first over. After Madhura finished 5 tidy overs, I brought

Furqan on again, as this end had a smoother runup, albeit slightly uphill.

It clearly suited him, ad he uprooted their number 3ís off stump, and then

in another of those classic Columbia moments, took their number 5, who

looked to be a solid bat. Nabil had been fielding in slips, and then asked

me from across the field if he should stay there, and very loudly I

responded that he should come out, and in front of the wicket. Of course,

very next ball, the batsman tried to guide one through the now vacant slip,

only to get a finer edge than he had hoped to get, and Ghannam held a nice

diving catch to put them in some trouble at 50 odd for 5.

After the drinks break, their troubles only worsened as I took two wickets

in my opening over, replacing Furqan, with Warren holding the first of those

two on his second chance. At this point though, their 8^th wicket pair played

very sensibly. They were aggressive, found the gaps in the field, and ran

very well. As the partnership developed, they took more liberties, and found

the boundaries. The pair was not to be broken up until the 34^th over when I

came back, and Warren took a superb running catch at long on. One more

wicket in that over, and then Madhura finished them 4 balls short of their

35 overs. They made 134, with their number 8 and 9 doing a great recovery

job.

Our chase didnít start well with Chris falling to the second ball. Nabil

joined Ashok and the two watched a fair number of wides go down, and clubbed

a couple of loose ones, with a classic pull shot from Nabil. Our rate was

cruising at around 5.5, but Nabil got a good ball that took his inside edge.

Ashwin consolidated well with Ashok, but with Ashokís wicket going, we slid

from 42/2 to 45/7, as our lack of batting depth was exposed. No great

bowling, but some careless shot selection from our guys. When Furqan joined

Ghannam, victory looked long off, but the two batted well together, playing

patiently and waiting for the loose ones. They were together for 34 runs

before Furqanís concentration finally lapsed, and that was effectively the

end.

We let them score 20-odd runs more than they should have with not the

tightest ground fielding during the 8^th wicket stand, though our catching

was solid. But we lost the match because of not applying ourselves to the

task at hand. With a side of all-rounders, we were all going to have to

price our wicket highly, but in the end gave them up very cheaply.

Westfield innings:

SrikantÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MadhuraÝ 4 (10)

ReniÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. MadhuraÝ 1 (13)

AshishÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 8 (18)

ShyarÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. NabilÝÝÝ 0 (4)

GaneshÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. GhannamÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 14 (34)

SukenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. WarrenÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 4 (13)

RatanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 1 (9)

RaghuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ NOT OUTÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 32 (36)

AnilÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. WarrenÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 41 (41)

KalpeshÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. AsadÝÝÝÝ b. MadhuraÝ 2 (2)

KiritÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AsadÝÝÝÝ 4 (2)

Total (in 34.2 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 134

CUCC bowling:

FurqanÝ 7/1/22/2

Madhura 6.2/1/16/3

NabilÝÝ 7/0/22/1

AsadÝÝÝ 6/1/20/4

WarrenÝ 6/2/28/0

AmmadÝÝ 2/0/16/0

CUCC batting:

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. KalpeshÝ 14 (20)

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AnilÝÝÝÝ 0 (2)

NabilÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AnilÝÝÝÝ 10 (12)

AshwinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. RatanÝÝÝ 5 (20)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. KalpeshÝ 0 (4)

MalikÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. KalpeshÝ 0 (1)

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝ c. RatanÝÝ b. KiritÝÝÝ 18 (34)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1 (3)

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. AshishÝÝ 13 (29)

WarrenÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw Ý KiritÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (2)

AmmadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Not OutÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (3)

Extras- b1, w17, nb3ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 21

Total (in 22.2 overs)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 83

Westfield bowling:

AnilÝÝÝ 4/0/20/2

KiritÝÝ 4.2/0/16/2

RatanÝÝ 4/0/11/1

Kalpesh 6/1/10/3

ShyamÝÝ 2/0/11/0

AshishÝ 2/1/3/1

Westfield win by 51 runs

PresXI vs Germantown 21/4/02

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

> >-------------------------------------------------

>PrabhuÝ - retiredÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝ 23Ý (26)

>Ghannam -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled AjazÝÝÝ - 69Ý (42)

>NabilÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled MarkÝÝÝ - 51Ý (40)

>VishalÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled VinitÝÝ -Ý 1Ý (7)

>JayÝÝÝÝ - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 23Ý (35)

>AjayÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled MarkÝÝÝ -Ý 2Ý (4)

>ChrisÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled AjazÝÝÝ -Ý 0Ý (2)

>MalikÝÝ - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 7Ý (7)

>NainadÝ - DNB -

>Micheal - DNB -

> >

>Total - 188 for 6 in 28 overs

> >

>Germantown CC Bowling:

> >

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

> >----------------------------

> >

>HayesÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 29ÝÝ 0

>Bayliffe -ÝÝ 3ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 25ÝÝ 0

>RollÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 16ÝÝ 0

>AjazÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 6ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 36ÝÝ 2

>VinitÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 18ÝÝ 2

>MarkÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 6ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 34ÝÝ 1

> >

> >

>Germantown CC Batting:

> >

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

> >-------------------------------------------------

>NayeemÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Micheal -Ý 0

>Bayliffe - retiredÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 1

>RollÝÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled NabilÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 7

>BillsonÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled JayÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 32

>Krishnan -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled VishalÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 5

>KhannaÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý ?

>Jarral S.- stumpedÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled VishalÝ ÝÝÝ -Ý 9

>Rice M.Ý -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ LBW JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 2

>HuntÝÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled PrabhuÝ ÝÝÝÝ -Ý 0

>Ackerman - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled PrabhuÝ -Ý 1

>Wishstandloy- caughtÝÝÝÝ bowled ChrisÝ ÝÝ -Ý 2

> >

>Total -Ý 83 all out in 24 overs

> >

>CUCC Bowling:

> >

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

> >----------------------------

> >

>Micheal -ÝÝ 6ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 12ÝÝ 1

>NabilÝÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 13ÝÝ 1

>VishalÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 27ÝÝ 2

>JayÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 6ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 14ÝÝ 2

>PrabhuÝ -ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 1ÝÝÝ 2ÝÝ 2

>NainadÝ -ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0

>ChrisÝÝ -ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ 0ÝÝ 1

>Result: CUCC won by 105 runs

PresXI vs Hyderabad Blues 20/4/02

CUCC

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

>-------------------------------------------------

>EdÝÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SadatÝÝ - 13Ý (23)

>AshokÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SirajÝÝ - 70Ý (60)

>FaisalÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SirajÝÝ - 45Ý (59)

>NasserÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SirajÝÝ -Ý 5Ý (13)

>VenuÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SadatÝÝ - 25Ý (13)

>Ghannam -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbwÝÝÝ SadatÝÝ -Ý 0Ý (2)

>MalikÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SadatÝÝ -Ý 6Ý (7)

>DhruvÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled HadiÝÝÝ - 12Ý (16)

>AsadÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bolwed HadiÝÝÝ -Ý 3Ý (5)

>Madhura - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 1Ý (1)

>AmitÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled HadiÝÝÝ -Ý 0Ý (1)

>

>Total - 208 all out in 33.4 overs

>

>Hyderabad Blues Bowling:

>

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

>----------------------------

>

>HadiÝ -ÝÝ 6.4ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 44ÝÝ 3

>Afzal -ÝÝ 4ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝ 30ÝÝ 0

>Sadat -ÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 1ÝÝ 40ÝÝ 4

>Vijay -ÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝ 32ÝÝ 0

>RiazÝ -ÝÝ 2ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝ 12ÝÝ 0

>Siraj -ÝÝ 7ÝÝÝÝ 0ÝÝ 35ÝÝ 3

>

>

>Hyderabad Blues Batting:

>

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

>-------------------------------------------------

>AfzalÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled AsadÝÝÝ - 23

>Dinesh -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Madhura - 11

>AliÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled AsadÝÝÝ - 18

>PremÝÝ - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 8

>Sadath -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled FaisalÝ -Ý 0

>HadiÝÝ - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 0

>SirajÝ - caught AmitÝÝ bowled NasserÝ - 28

>Hafeez - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 39

>RiyazÝ - caught DhruvÝ bowled AmitÝÝÝ -Ý 5

>JafarÝ - caught VenuÝÝ bowled NasserÝ -Ý 2

>VijayÝ - caught AmitÝÝ bowled NasserÝ -Ý 0

>

>Total - 156 all out in 33.4 overs

>

>CUCC Bowling:

>

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

>----------------------------

>

>DhruvÝÝ -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 25ÝÝ 0

>Madhura -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 17ÝÝ 1

>AsadÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 22ÝÝ 2

>FaisalÝ -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 36ÝÝ 1

>AmitÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 26ÝÝ 1

>NasserÝ -ÝÝ 4.4 0ÝÝ 14ÝÝ 3

>----------------------------

>Result: CUCC won by 52 runs

PresXI vs Cricketing Cavaliers 14/4/02

CUCC Batting:

>

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

>-------------------------------------------------

>PrabhuÝ - retiredÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 29Ý (69)

>Ghannam -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Mahmood - 18Ý (32)

>FaisalÝ - stumpedÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Mahmood -Ý 5Ý (12)

>OmarÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled MohanÝÝ - 27Ý (26)

>AjayÝÝÝ - caught behind bowled NimmuÝÝ - 16Ý (25)

>HassanÝ - stumpedÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Mahmood - 13Ý (9)

>VishalÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bolwed MohanÝÝ - 19Ý (13)

>Madhura - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Mahmood -Ý 0Ý (2)

>Micheal - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 20Ý (17)

>DhruvÝÝ - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 6Ý (5)

>SaadÝÝÝ - DNB -

>

>Total - 188 for 7 in 35 overs

>

>Cricket Cavaliers Bowling:

>

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

>----------------------------

>

>JhontuÝ -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 46ÝÝ 0

>FaisalÝ -ÝÝ 3ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 15ÝÝ 0

>MohanÝÝ - ÝÝ7ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 41ÝÝ 2

>Mahmood -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 29ÝÝ 4

>KhanÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 3ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 15ÝÝ 0

>NimmuÝÝ -ÝÝ 6ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 43ÝÝ 1

>YousafÝ -ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 13ÝÝ 0

>

>

>Cricket Cavaliers Batting:

>

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

>-------------------------------------------------

>LimonÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled DhruvÝÝ -Ý 8

>RajaÝÝ - caughtGhannam bowled Micheal -Ý 0

>AtiarÝ - caughtGhannam bowled Micheal - 16

>Yousuf -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Micheal -Ý 0

>NimmoÝ - caught Faisal bowled DhruvÝÝ -Ý 7

>Faisal -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled VishalÝ -Ý 0

>Jhuntu - caughtGhannam bowled VishalÝ -Ý 4

>MohanÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled SaadÝÝÝ - 10

>DalimÝ - stumpedGhannam bowled Faisal - 31

>Mahmud - stumpedGhannam bowled Faisal - 14

>KhanÝÝ - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 0

>

>Total - 103 all out in 29 overs

>

>CUCC Bowling:

>

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

>----------------------------

>

>DhruvÝÝ -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 20ÝÝ 2

>Micheal -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 21ÝÝ 3

>Mahdura -ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 1ÝÝÝ 2ÝÝ 0

>VishalÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 16ÝÝ 2

>FaisalÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 23ÝÝ 2

>SaadÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 4ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 16ÝÝ 1

>HasanÝÝ -ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0

>

>----------------------------

>Result: CUCC won by 85 runs

PresXI vs Princeton 13/4/02

>CUCC Batting:

>

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

>-------------------------------------------------

>Sridhar - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 26Ý (26)

>EdÝÝÝÝÝ - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 12Ý (23)

>AshokÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Gaurang -Ý 7Ý (8)

>NasserÝ - caught behind bowled RomeshÝ - 28Ý (45)

>BobÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Darshan -Ý 1Ý (5)

>VenuÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled Darshan -Ý 0Ý (3)

>JayÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bowled RajÝÝÝÝ -Ý 5Ý (29)

>MalikÝÝ -ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbwÝÝÝ RomeshÝ -Ý 0Ý (2)

>AsadÝÝÝ - caughtÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bolwed UditÝÝÝ -Ý 9Ý (9)

>Furqan Ý- not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 14Ý (25)

>Madhura - caught andÝÝÝ bowled SachinÝ -Ý 4Ý (4)

>

>Total - 132 all out in 30.1 overs

>

>Princeton Bowling:

>

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

>----------------------------

>

>UditÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 6ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 25ÝÝ 1

>RomeshÝ -Ý Ý7ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 31ÝÝ 2

>Gaurang -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 22ÝÝ 1

>Darshan -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 37ÝÝ 2

>RajÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 5ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 49ÝÝ 1

>Karthik -ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ 4ÝÝ 0

>SachinÝ - 1.1ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ 8ÝÝ 1

>

>

>Princeton Batting:

>

>NameÝÝÝÝÝ How outÝÝÝÝÝÝ BowlerÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ RunsÝ Balls

>-------------------------------------------------

>Gaurang - caught furqan bowled Madhura -Ý 0

>MikeÝÝÝ - caught BobÝÝÝ bowled Sridhar - 20

>RajÝÝÝÝ - caught BobÝÝÝ bowled FurqanÝ - 30

>SachinÝ - caught JayÝÝÝ bowled Sridhar -Ý 0

>RomeshÝ - caught BobÝÝÝ bowled FurqanÝ -Ý 8

>DarshaÝ - caught AsadÝÝ bowled Sridhar -Ý 1

>SachinÝ - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝ MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 6

>Karthik - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝ MahduraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ - 28

>VeersaÝ - caughtMadhura bowled EdÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 4

>Hibbort - not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 0

>UditÝÝÝ - run outÝÝÝÝÝÝ FurqanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ -Ý 5

>

>Total - 115 all out in 33 overs

>

>Princeton Bowling:

>

>BowlerÝÝÝ Overs Mds Runs Wks

>----------------------------

>

>Madhura -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 21ÝÝ 1

>AsadÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 23ÝÝ 0

>FurqanÝ -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 15ÝÝ 2

>Sridhar -ÝÝ 7ÝÝ 0ÝÝ 18ÝÝ 3

>VenuÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 3ÝÝ 1ÝÝ 13ÝÝ 0

>EdÝÝÝÝÝ -ÝÝ 2ÝÝ 0ÝÝÝ 6ÝÝ 1

>

>

>----------------------------

>Result: CUCC won by 17 runs

PresXI vs Holmdel 7/4/02

As much as I am in no mood to send this report out, Iíll fulfill my

obligation. Holdmel is a side that we have played consistently for the last

few years, have close games, and always end up on the losing side, with the

real heartbreaker ending last season with a one run loss.

Though we didnít get the snow flurries that those who played on Saturday

got, Sunday was plenty cold as well. The day started with our skipper

getting a wake up call from his many passengers waiting for him at his

garage, as he didnít account for daylight savings time. So we began at 12

and Nasser was fortunate enough to reverse his 2001 season end form with the

tosses, winning and electing to bat. Ashok and the CUCC returning President

Hassan went out to open. After an 80 run opening stand on Saturday, we saw

the other extreme with Ashok being bowled at 5. Hassan followed soon after

for a duck, bringing Nasser to the crease to join Faisal. In a side light on

batting, this needed to be a big stand. Nasser started where he left off at

season end, playing consecutive shots to the boundary but then got an inside

edge onto his stumps, and when Ali fell to a well taken caught and bowled,

we were reeling at 39 for 4. Venu, who was unceremoniously declared at 44 on

Saturday joined Faisal, and the two set about rebuilding our innings. Both

exercised patience and tested the fielders who put down some very easy

chances. Faisal was in very promising form, waiting for the bad balls, and

pacing his innings, while Venu continued to attack the bowling. This was the

highlight of the game for us with the two putting on a 103 run stand in good

time before Venu tried one too many and was caught for 50. With 94 runs this

weekend, heís off to a flying start. Faisal brought up his 50 as well before

having his stumps rearragned for a very solid 52. At 150 for 6 with plenty

of big hitters coming and about 5 overs to go, we were looking at at least

175, but should have targeted 200. We ended at 180/9, probably 20 runs short

of where we should have been. Great stuff from Faisal and Venu though.

Dhruv and Asad opened the bowling to two very aggressive batsmen. Their

skipper, Zohair, is the kind of bat who looks to pull every ball, even those

well outside off stump. That resulted in some chancy shots, but he managed

to stay safe. Some tight bowling finally put the pressure on them as they

set off for an impossible single which Raj returned perfectly to Ghannam for

a run out. Dhruv followed by trapping their number 3 leg before, but that

was it until almost the very end. Dhruv and Asad bowled 14 overs straight

though with the most positive sign being only 5 extras between the two of

them, however probably two more wickets were needed. Michael replaced Dhruv

and troubled them with his left arm angle, and his bounce, but they were

able to come to terms with some of the shorter balls, hooking them. From the

other end Raj struggled in a first spell before being replaced by Faisal.

Faisal found it too cold for him to be able to grip the ball for spin, so he

bowled medium pace. Though he was hit for a couple of sixes in his first

couple of overs, he was troubling them. Unfortunately, they ran between the

wickets well, we dropped catches and none of our bowlers were really able to

put enough pressure on the bats. Karthik finally lost his battle to Faisal,

but by that point they were at 149. Zohair also went, but the loss of so few

wickets allowed the number 5 and 6 to come out swinging. Though we were in

it to the end, with 29 required from 6 to win, a few big hits kept them

ahead of the asking rate.

In the end, with 5 needed from 3 overs, Hassan was given the ball to see

what he could do, but a waist high fist ball full toss disappeared for a six

to end the match.

Consistent bowling for a first game of the season, but not enough pressure

applied. The fielding was also quite poor, allowing singles when the ball

was hit right at fielders, and putting down a few catches.

CUCC innings:

HassanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbwÝ KarthikÝÝ 0 (4)

AshokÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bÝÝ KarthikÝÝ 2 (3)

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝbÝÝ RameshÝÝ 52 (83)

NasserÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bÝÝ ZakirÝÝÝ 14 (16)

AliÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ caught andÝÝÝÝÝ bÝÝ ZakirÝÝÝÝ 0 (6)

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ c.ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bÝÝ RameshÝÝ 50 (52)

GhannamÝÝÝÝÝÝ caught andÝÝÝÝÝ bÝÝ RameshÝÝÝ 9 (5)

MichaelÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6 (8)

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ bÝÝ RameshÝÝÝ 2 (6)

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6 (9)

RajÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3 (5)

Extras (b9, lb2, w19, nb1)ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 31

TotalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ180/9

Holmdel bolwing:

KarthikÝÝÝ 7/0/25/2

SudhirÝÝÝÝ 7/0/29/0

ZakirÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/22/2

SrikanthÝÝ 3/0/16/0

AsimÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/34/0

ArvindÝÝÝÝ 3/0/18/0

RameshÝÝÝÝ 5/0/16/4

Holmdel innings:

ZohairÝÝÝÝÝ c. HassanÝÝ b. RajÝÝÝ 65

AvaisÝÝÝÝ run outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ12

AsimÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw DhruvÝÝ 4

KarthikÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Faisal 51

KishoreÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

SudhirÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 19

Extras (b6, lb3, w11, nb3)

TOTALÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 181/4

CUCC bowling:

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0 25/1

AsadÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 7/0/26/0

MichaelÝÝÝÝ 7/0/30/0

RajÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/0/36/1

FaisalÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/44/1

HassanÝÝÝÝ 0.1/0/6/0

Holmdel won by 6 wickets

PresXI vs Wesleyan 6/4/02

Wesleyan innings:

JacobÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. VishalÝ 5 (35)

SwarnaÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw KishanÝ 14(33)

KishanÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ Ýb. FurqanÝ 2 (3)

VayaniÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. KishanÝ 1 (4)

EdwinÝÝÝÝ c. VishalÝ b. KishanÝ 4 (3)

ZakiÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Madhura 32 (35)

AshwinÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. VishalÝ 26 (26)

AmitÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 2 (6)

ArnabÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. FurqanÝÝ 0 (1)

SusmithÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. VishalÝÝ 1 (3)

VinodÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 0 (0)

Extras (b2, lb3, w40, nb4)ÝÝÝÝÝ 49

TotalÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 133

CUCC bowling:

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝ 5/1/24/0

MadhuraÝÝÝÝ 6/0/21/1

VishalÝÝÝ 4.1/1/8/3

FurqanÝÝÝÝÝ 4/1/13/3

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/14/0

KishanÝÝÝÝÝ 3/0/26/3

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 2/0/8/0

GokulÝÝÝÝÝÝ 1/0/13/0

CUCC batting:

NabilÝÝÝÝ c ?ÝÝÝÝ b. ZakiÝÝ 49 (52)

VenuÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ retiredÝÝÝÝÝÝ 44 (31)

GokulÝÝÝÝ c ?ÝÝÝÝ b. ZakiÝÝ 1Ý (2)

JayÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ lbw ZakiÝÝ 7Ý (7)

MadhuraÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Vuyani 1Ý (1)

DhruvÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ b. Vuyani 3Ý (3)

VishalÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ 4Ý (4)

GhannamÝÝ c ?ÝÝÝÝ b. ZakiÝÝ 5Ý (12)

FurqanÝÝÝÝ dnb

ChrisÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝ not outÝÝÝÝÝÝ 3Ý (1)

KishanÝÝÝÝ dnb

Extras (b2, w8, nb1)ÝÝÝÝÝÝ 11

Wesleyan bowling:

SwarnaÝÝÝÝ 3/0/19/0

KushanÝ ÝÝÝ4/0/32/0

EdwinÝÝÝÝÝ 4/0/33/0

ZakiÝÝÝÝÝÝ 6/0/32/4

ArnabÝÝÝÝÝ 1/0/7/0

VuyaniÝÝÝÝ 3/0/11/2

CUCC win by 2 wickets.