Monday, May 23, 2011
2011: Match 3: Vs Desi Devils : DRAWN (Due to Rains)
No synopsis written due to the match having ended in a washout midway through the match and the points being equally divided between the two teams.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
2011: Match 2: Vs Churchill Cheetahs: Won: By 7 Wickets
Churchill Cheetahs, a first timer in the MTBC tournament, beat India XI, one of the tough contenders in this tournament, in their first match of the season. But CCH could not carry the intensity from their opening onslaught into their second match, especially one against the Bombay Boys.
After losing the toss to CCH and having to field, BB still seemed to have got off to a good start. The first 10 overs showed tons of promise and a very quick successive FOW made interesting an otherwise very bland match between the two teams. Catches were abundant, runouts precise. Excellent stats from right arm bowlers Nitin 4-0-8-2 and Abhishek 3-0-6-3 ensured that the CCH run scorecard stayed within achievable limits. In all, BB only awarded 10 extras which was pretty neat. A special note about Nitin who had his mind set of taking out the CCH alleged all-rounder KLN, which he did – by taking a well-timed catch and having KLN return to the pavilion on a duck ! An all round bowling-fielding team effort resulted in CCH getting bundled out for a measly 55 at the end of 15 overs. That there were 5 ducks in the CCH batting lineup is another notable statistic indeed !
BB opened their batting innings with Swaroop and Ketan. After losing their left-handed opener Arvind to a work-related transfer, BB now seems to have a found a dependable opener in Swaroop, even though this innings might not give him much to boast about unfortunately. Vijay stepped in when Swaroop was caught behind in the 3rd over and KT and Vijay inched their way to build a 28 run partnership of the required 56. Considering that there were 2 maiden overs and an additional 3rd one where there were no runs made off the bat and even though and the average batting strike rate was quite low, for the BB batsmen it was a slow and steady yet positive battle. After KT was runout in the 12th over, Monty and Paras worked together to finish up the reminder, with Monty hitting a strong four on the legside on a no-ball wrapping it up finally. Bombay Boys won the match by 7 wickets at the end of 14 overs.
We now face Desi Devils on May 22 2011 9:00AM at the University Van Cleve field. BB is now slowly getting into the phase where throughout the season, it will be on and off, missing a few of its seasoned players and the next generation of batsmen/bowlers will now get more opportunities to showcase their talent. It will be interesting to see how that shapes up.
For a history of Bombay Boys in the MTBC tournament: http://bombay-boys.blogspot.com
Cheers,
Deepa Duraisamy
One Team. One Dream.
Deepa Duraisamy
One Team. One Dream.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
2011: Match 1 : Vs V3BD : Won by 30 runs
Close on the heels of India clinching the title in the World Cup 2011 tournament, the new captain Ashish Prabhu, hereby referred to as AP2, and his boys were off to a good start in the 2011 MTBC tournament with Bombay Boys winning against V3Boys Dalakties a.k.a V3BD in their very first match of the season.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat first, openers Saurabh and KT were off to an initial good start when Saurabh fell prey to probably avoidable call-confusion running between the wickets. In stepped Jitesh and the duo then played it steady, taking quick singles and doubles and making the best of the loose balls for about 6 overs taking the total to 41 runs off 9 overs. One over before break time, Monty stepped in when KT’s shot went for a catch and he had to walk back to pavilion.
At the end of 10 overs, the Bombay Boys scorecard read 47 runs. The second half of the innings slowed down the run counter as wickets fell in quick succession starting with Jitesh’s wicket in the 12th over. This was one of 4 wickets taken by the V3BD bowler CVS against the Bombay Boys. In the 14th over Monty joined KT in the pavilion as well when the umpire ruled him caught behind despite protests that the bat did not touch the ball. The batting lineup started to disintegrate with Bombay Boys losing 2 more wickets in the 15th over and 1 in the 16th over. However, Vijay Pahuja stood in steady for a while and played some well timed shots helping take the Bombay Boys total to a 100+ score aided by a couple of runs by Chakra, Satchit and Nitin each. Bombay Boys completed their 20 over innings at 105 all out with Nitin being run out on the last ball.
V3BD started their batting innings playing patiently and steadily. Needless to say, BB bowlers maintained momentum and kept up tight fielding as they tried their level best to secure wickets. Nitin got hit to a couple of strong sixes/fours as he bowled full tosses. Abhishek had a better day as he took the wicket of Satish and Siva, the V3BD openers who were just beginning to settle in after having hit a couple of sixes and fours. But it was the captain AP2 who took centerstage in the bowling attack taking home a 4-wicket haul, aided by Monty and KT taking 2 wickets and 1 wicket respectively. The V3BD batting line-up resembled a crumbling pack of cards with the BB bowlers doing their job well and most of the fielders doing an excellent job and taking precise big-mistake-if-dropped catches like Chakra, Vijay and KT. A quick runout of the last man standing, performed by KT and Abhishek sealed the BB victory winning by 30 runs.
I should not forget to thank and appreciate brilliant sledging efforts by Jitesh, minor profanity by Bhavin – responded in kind by the V3BDs and major cheering by the rest of the supporting team. The Bombay Boys team owner, Venu Nambiar (Siddharth Mallya), goes home a happy man today. Deepika Padukone was missed.
Takeaways from the match:
1. Get the rules straight with the umpires and make sure people stick to it. If a bounce on a tree does not count to a catch, it should not count to a 6 either. Mutual understandings are fine, but we have been burnt by those 1-2 runs before.
2. Need to improve on catches. Captain needs to lead by example. Dropped catches wont work. We got by today but with a mighty opponent, it will prove to be very expensive.
3. All in all, we had 4 wickets due to runouts. Tolerable? Definitely not.
Bombay Boys now move on to face Churchill Cheetahs on May 15 2011 at 9:00AM at the same venue.
Scores as always have been uploaded on http://www.cricketmn.com
Cheers,
Deepa Duraisamy
One Team. One Dream.
After winning the toss and deciding to bat first, openers Saurabh and KT were off to an initial good start when Saurabh fell prey to probably avoidable call-confusion running between the wickets. In stepped Jitesh and the duo then played it steady, taking quick singles and doubles and making the best of the loose balls for about 6 overs taking the total to 41 runs off 9 overs. One over before break time, Monty stepped in when KT’s shot went for a catch and he had to walk back to pavilion.
At the end of 10 overs, the Bombay Boys scorecard read 47 runs. The second half of the innings slowed down the run counter as wickets fell in quick succession starting with Jitesh’s wicket in the 12th over. This was one of 4 wickets taken by the V3BD bowler CVS against the Bombay Boys. In the 14th over Monty joined KT in the pavilion as well when the umpire ruled him caught behind despite protests that the bat did not touch the ball. The batting lineup started to disintegrate with Bombay Boys losing 2 more wickets in the 15th over and 1 in the 16th over. However, Vijay Pahuja stood in steady for a while and played some well timed shots helping take the Bombay Boys total to a 100+ score aided by a couple of runs by Chakra, Satchit and Nitin each. Bombay Boys completed their 20 over innings at 105 all out with Nitin being run out on the last ball.
V3BD started their batting innings playing patiently and steadily. Needless to say, BB bowlers maintained momentum and kept up tight fielding as they tried their level best to secure wickets. Nitin got hit to a couple of strong sixes/fours as he bowled full tosses. Abhishek had a better day as he took the wicket of Satish and Siva, the V3BD openers who were just beginning to settle in after having hit a couple of sixes and fours. But it was the captain AP2 who took centerstage in the bowling attack taking home a 4-wicket haul, aided by Monty and KT taking 2 wickets and 1 wicket respectively. The V3BD batting line-up resembled a crumbling pack of cards with the BB bowlers doing their job well and most of the fielders doing an excellent job and taking precise big-mistake-if-dropped catches like Chakra, Vijay and KT. A quick runout of the last man standing, performed by KT and Abhishek sealed the BB victory winning by 30 runs.
I should not forget to thank and appreciate brilliant sledging efforts by Jitesh, minor profanity by Bhavin – responded in kind by the V3BDs and major cheering by the rest of the supporting team. The Bombay Boys team owner, Venu Nambiar (Siddharth Mallya), goes home a happy man today. Deepika Padukone was missed.
Takeaways from the match:
1. Get the rules straight with the umpires and make sure people stick to it. If a bounce on a tree does not count to a catch, it should not count to a 6 either. Mutual understandings are fine, but we have been burnt by those 1-2 runs before.
2. Need to improve on catches. Captain needs to lead by example. Dropped catches wont work. We got by today but with a mighty opponent, it will prove to be very expensive.
3. All in all, we had 4 wickets due to runouts. Tolerable? Definitely not.
Bombay Boys now move on to face Churchill Cheetahs on May 15 2011 at 9:00AM at the same venue.
Scores as always have been uploaded on http://www.cricketmn.com
For a history on Bombay Boys: http://bombay-boys.blogspot.com
Cheers,
Deepa Duraisamy
One Team. One Dream.
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