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Sox into Finals of NorCal 20/20

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jagat Singh <jagat@santaclaracc.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:01 AM
Subject: [SCCC] Sox Match Report

 

Sox won the toss and elected to bat first. Govind and Chandu opened for Sox.Chandu got out in the 5th overs when the score was 35. Malav joined Govind, both of them played some aggressive shots and had a good partnership of 40 runs.Malav was second to go in the 11th over  when he was caught brillantly at  deep mid wicket.In 11 overs the score read 80 for 2. Prasad joined Govind and could not stay long as he was run out. Kartik Raina joined Govind and both played well and had a quick partnership of 23 runs. In 16th over 

Govind got out. In 16 overs score read 119 for 4.

Hardik Joined Kartik Raina.Hardik played some huge shots and kept the score board moving.This time Kartik Raina got run out in the 17th over.Kunal Joined Hardik and both started playing fast trying to get as many runs in the last overs.Kunal got out in the 19th over. Kartik bhat joined Hardik and trying to give strike to Hardik got run out. Promjot joined Hardik and in the last ball got run out.Sox was able to score147 for 8 in 20 overs.

 

Govind 31, Malav 36 Hardik 17*

4 Run outs, Darshak 2 wickets Arun and Shashank one wicket each.

 

 

Berkeley.

Sox opened the bowling with Kartik Raina and Umar. In the first 3 overs Berkeley lost the opener  Darshak  who was trying to take the third run and a good throw by Umar got him run out.

In the 4th over Umar bowled the second opener and the score read 22 for 2 in 4 overs.

Sox had the first bowling change and in the first over Kunal got Kunal out. In 5 overs the score read 24 for 3.Berkeley 4th wicket partnership start building  Hemang and Tejas had a 42 run partnership.The score at the end of 12 overs read 66 for 3

Berkeley needed 82 runs in 8 overs with 7 wickets in hand.In the 13th over second ball jagat got Hemang out a brillant catch by Malav and in the 5th ball jagat got the new batsmen out stumped by Prumjot.In the 15th over jagat got two back to back wickets  and  was on hatrick.In 15th over the score read 87 for 7. In the 19th over jagat got one more wicket and in the last over Kartik Raina got two wickets, both the catches taken by Kartik bhat.

Finally Berkeley lost all the wickets for 107. Sox won the game by 40 runs.

 

Tejas 41, Hemang 17.

 

Jagat 5  wickets, Kartik Raina 2 wickets, Kunal and Umar 1 wicket each and 1 run out.

Sox will meet Mustangs in Final.

 

 

Jagat

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Bees lost to cardinals by 6 wickets - 08-16-2009 - Match Report

A-div: SCCC-II @ Cardinals
Date: 08/16/2009
Played at: NCCA
Umpires: Abilash / Karthik (Sunnyvale)
Toss: won by SCCC-II and elected to bat

SCCC-II: 165/10in 50 overs(Govind 32 , Arjun 21 , Krishna 22 , Gautam
24 , Extras 31, Sikander 4 for 20 , Saeed 2 for 22 , Abbas J 2 for 24)

lost to

Cardinals: 166/4 in 47 overs(Anwar 44 , Sikander 26 , Abbas J 37 ,
Shahzad 29 NO, Sujesh 10/1/36/1, Govind 1 wicket, Apurva 6/1/19/1, 1
Run out- Prumjot )

Match Report: SCCC-II started the game in a positive fashion with both
Arjun and Govind mixing caution and aggression to put on a healthy 65
run opening wicket partnership in the first session. Cardinals got
back into the game with some excellent bowling from Mushi , Saeed ,
Sikander and Abbas Jaffery. From 65 for no loss , SCCC-II went on to
lose their 10 wickets for just 100 more runs in the next two sessions.

Cardinals started the chase with Anwar playing some big shots out of
the gate. He scored 44 with 3 6's and 4 4's. After his dismissal ,
Cardinal put together partnerships for each wicket that safely took
them home with 6 wickets to spare. Sikander , Abbas J and Shahzad all
played crucial knocks to secure the victory.

Good umpiring from Abilash who umpired from both the ends.

ACES beat Marin by 5 wickets - 07-09-2009 - Match Report

A-div: SCCC I @ Marin-I
Date: 07/09/2009
Played at: Marin
Umpires: Kamaland ??(Cougars-I)

Toss: won Marin and elected to bat

Marin I: 88 All out in 31.2 overs (Faraz 20, Nirosh 16, Gautam 11, Zulkifl 11)
Hamel 3 wickets, Shantanu (7/1/13/3), Vijith 2 wickets, Saad and
Sujesh 1 wicket each.

lost to

Santa Clara I: 89 for 5 in 33 overs(Umesh 20, SHiva.V 16, Saad 11 Not
out, Faraz 2 wickets, Nirosh 1 wicket, Saqib 1 wicket, gautam 1
wicket)

(Marin Can post Exact Scores and Number of Overs)

Slow outfield at Marin but the wicket is a Beauty. Marin started with
Nirosh and Zee. They played well till the 8th over and put almost 30
runs on Board. Nirosh Started with a beatiful inside out shot over
extra covers for a huge six but trying too many shots at one point got
him out and the collapse started from then on. Hamel Bowled
beautifully with amazing outswingers to right handers and removed
Saqib with the help of a brilliant catch by umesh at second slip with
his left hand. Saad removed Shoaib who tried to settle in with some
shots and edged one to keeper. The score suddenly reads 40 for 4. Zee
got out to a soft dismissal after settling down nicely. Shantanu was
on fire from ball one. he was bowling with lively pace and Marin
already on backfoot looking for a special knock from OZair and RD. RD
gloved a ball down the leg from shantanu which could have been a wide.
Great sportsmanship by RD walking as soon as the wicket keeper caught
the ball. Even the umpire was not sure nor anyone in the field about
the glove. (RD always walks so it's not new and always played with
good spirits). Ozair was tryignt or rebuild with Everton but MArin
already 5 down for 49. Ozair got a beauty from shantanu which squared
him up and edged the ball to Wicket keeper. Everton got bowled to
another inswinging yorker from shantanu. Gautam alogn with Faraz put a
small partnership where faraz hit few shots to take the score to 60
for 7. Gautam played Carefully. Faraz gt bowled tryign to pull vijith.
Rishi walked in and hit few shots and got bowled to Sujesh. Last man
to get out was gautam off vijith's bowling.

Innings started immediately. SUjesh and Sunil Opened for SCCC I. Sunil
got out first trying to oull faraz when the score was 15. Umesh and
sujesh Batted together for few overs when marin was givign nothign
away with some good bowling from hamza and faraz. Gautam introduced to
the attack and Sujesh flicked a ball and took elading edge to short
extra covers and got out. 88 was an easy target for a strong SCCC I
battign line up at marin wicket since it's a batting paradise once you
settle in. SCCC I made it interesting when SHiva mistimed a pull
straight to zee of Faraz's Bowling. Shantanu opted to bat low to give
others a chance. In walked Sunil.S the wicket keeper who had a great
day behind stumps. Sunil.S played some good shots and took the score
to 70 runs. Lunch was taken and Just when things looked almost over
SCCC I created soem climax by a soft dismall of Umesh by Nirosh where
he hit a drive straight back at him. Sunil.S tried to play a cut and
got out to saqib caught by RD. Saad and Shantany ensured there is no
more damage and Saad played 2 glorious shots in his short stay. Game
got over soon and an excellent day with a low scoring game.

Excellent Umpiring by Kamal and the other Umpire from Cougars

Seas loose to San Mateo by 5 wickets.

B-div: San Mateo CC @ SCCC III
Date: 07/26/2009
Played at: Wilson Education Center
Umpires: Ganesh S & Saeed (Cardinals)
Toss: won by SCCC III and elected to bat

SCCC III : 206 /10 in 44(Dinesh P 27, Harsh S 22, Malav 26, Nirsarg P 35, Hardik 27,  Govind 4/41, Ganesh 2/43)

lost to

San Mateo CC : 207/5 in 42.3 overs(Raj B 46, Snehal 55, Navneet 33, Govind K 32, Rajesh R 2/38)


After winning the toss seas opened the batting with Dinesh P, playing his last game for SCCC, and Ravi V. In the midst of some tight bowling seas ended the the first session at 57/1. After this Seas lost the way in the second session where the entire middle order got out to soft dismissals against the run of play, which left the seas struggling at 113/6. In the last session Nisarg (Modern day Miandad) and the Hardik had a brilliant partnership, followed by another good innings from Mangesh to push the Seas to 206. These days a score around 200 on our field gives a fighting chance but not necessarily a winning one.

Seas went in to field determined to put up a good display and the opening bowlers Dinesh and Saurabh were tidy to prevent SMCC from getting of to a flier. However several catches were dropped by usually reliable fielders through all three sessions which resulted in a comfortable win for SMCC.

Umpiring from Ganesh S (umpired from both ends) was excellent. Seas hope to come back strongly in the game.

Regards,
Ravi Vellanki

Bees lost to Marin-I by 3 wickets- Match Report - July 18th @ SCCC

A-div: Marin-I @ SCCC II
Date: 07/18/2009
Played at: SCCC
Umpires: Jaggi and Mahesh (Valley I)
Toss: won by SCCC II and elected to bat

SCCC II: 241 for 7 in 50 overs(Shiva 82, Chandru.V 43, Chandrodaya 30,
Sujesh 27, Hamza 3 wickets, Nirosh 1 wicket, Rishi 1 wicket)

defeated/lost to

Marin-I: 242 for 7 in 49.5 overs([red]SAQIB 94 NOT OUT[/red], Ozair
40, Zulfkil 30+, Sujesh 3 wickets, Appu chachcha 1 wicket, krish 1
wicket, Satish 1 wicket, Imran.M 1 wicket)

Game which went to the Wire on a superb outfield where Saqib played
with the maturity to Win games single handedly when Marin required 90
runs in last 13 overs to win. Zee played an amazing knock as opener
playing some splendid cover drives finding gaps. Santa Clara II
started well with 80 for 2 and then gettign to 150 for 3, Chandru
batted sensisibily to score 43. Shiva and Chandrodaya batted
brilliantly to take the score to 220 for 3 in 46 overs. Lost few
wickets to accelerate in the end and hamza came back well in second
spell to capture 3 wickets. Imran Nana bowled well to control runs.
Nirosh had an off day and the score board says it all. Marin were 60
for 5 including shoaib, Zulfkil their new australian left handed
batsman. Ozair and Saqib did a good recovery to settle down and chase
the score. Saqib batted superbly with the lower order to ensure
victory was reached in style. Nirosh and Rishi gave good support to
Saqib. The shot of the day was a switch hit from saqib which went over
covers for a 4. Marin thoroughly deserve to Win this game for the
calmness saqib showed by playing an innings without giving a single
chance. Good Knock Saqib.

I will update accurate scores once i have the score sheet for batsman
and bowlers.

Jaggi and Mahesh did an excellent Job umpiring.

Seas Vs Caribbean, 7/19/09 - Scores and brief match report

B-div: SCCC III @ Caribbean
Date: 07/19/2009
Played at: Lamoine Park
Umpires: Ranveer and Happy (Valley I)
Toss: won by Caribbean and elected to bat

team batting first: 56 a.o in 18.3 overs(Saqib 19, Hiren 3/10, Saurabh 2/25, Mangesh 2/5)

defeated/lost to

team batting second: 57/1 in 11.5 overs(Ravi V 28*, Harsh 19*, Sher 1/12)

Caribbean started the proceedings with Sher and Sami (from Cougars) as Seas started the bowling with Dinesh and Saurabh. Dinesh who was unable to hold on to a return catch of the 4th ball of the innings, had Sami caught behind in the 9th over. At the other end Saurabh bowled good line to pick the crucial wickets of Sher, caught at mid on and Saqib (Marin CC) played on while playing a pull shot. After that the remaining caribbean batsman had no answer to the banana inswing of Hiren and the accuracy of Mangu. Caribbean played with 10 players and were eventually bundled out of 56.

 

Seas started the innings with Chandu and yours truly, and inspite of loosing Chandu early scored the required runs in 11.5 overs. Harsh played some good shots in the end to finish the innings quickly.

 

Seas will look forward to carry the momentum in to the next games.

 

Cheers,

Ravi Vellanki

Bees beat Valley-I @ home - 06-27-2009- Match Report

A-div: Valley-I @ Santa Clara II
Date: 06/27/2009
Played at: Wilson Adult School, SCCC
Umpires: Rohan Chandran and Shashi (Stanford-I)
Toss: won by Valley-I and elected to bat

Valley-I 255 for 8 in 50 overs (Happy 56, Ranveer 54, Jigar 48, Kamal.D 21)
Appu Chacha 10-0-40-3, Imran 8-1-40-2, Sujesh 10-0-47-1

lost to

Santa Clara II 258 for 2 in 41.2 overs (Arjun 121, Shiva.V 107 Not
Out, Ashish.K 7 Not Out)
Kamal.D 8-0-30-1, Raju 4-1-24-1

by 8 wickets

Match Report:

Kamal.D and Jigar Patel gave Valley-I a dream start without giving a
single chance in first 15 overs scoring 81 runs. Shafiq gettign otu
first ball after such a great start reduced atleats 50 runs from
Valley-I's score. Happy with an exceptional knock along with a matured
Ranveer played sensibly for Valley-I. Happy played some nice scoops to
leg side and played within himself. They both had 85 runs partnership
for the 5th wicket. Ranveer started openign up and got caught at point
by shiva of Imran's bowling. Appu Chacha magic man again gave crucial
breakthroughs and broke the opening partnership which was goign steady
with a beauty. Ashok hit some lusty blows int he end to give an extra
boost and Valley-I ended up scoring 255 runs. Prumjot kept wickets
really well for santa clara-II. Saad Bowled well but didn't get any
wickets.

Lunch was served and a super hot day where 130 bottles of water got
emptied a blinder and top notch knock form Arjun and another classy
knock from Shiva gave no hope for valley other than toiling them on a
hot day with long boundaries at SCCC.

Fast outfield and medium pace bowlers didn't help Valley-I restrict
Santa Clara-II on a hot day after putting 255 on board. This is
probabaly the highest winning run chase at SCCC since 1987. Icing on
the cake was the 8 wicket victory. Arjun didn't let any bowlers settle
down and hit only 10 boundaries and a six to get to his hundred, Shiva
hit 11 boundaries. The runnign between wickets was exceptional and
that put a lot of pressure on Valley-I fielders. Sandeep started well
with some good offspinners and leg spinners mixed up but got hit on
his hand to stop a shot form arjun and got hurt badly. The extra cover
drive which went like lightning from shiva's bat to get to hundred was
a treat to watch. Arjun played some shots where the fielders hardly
moved. It took a while for Vally-I fielders to get used to fast
outfield and a Mature batting display proved that anything is
chaseable anywhere. Arjun was due for a big innings and wouldn't have
come at a better stage chasing 255 to perform at his best. Shiva is
batting with so much poise where it shows the hunger and grit to score
big every game.

Excellent umpiring by Rohan and Shashi ended the day beautifully with
a good day of cricket.

Sujesh Pulikkal
Santa Clara Cricket Club

Match Report: Bees beat United by 15 runs @ SCCC - June 7th 2009

Hi all,

A-div: United-I @ SCCC- II
Date: 06/07/2009
Played at: SCCC
Umpires: Jayvel- valley II(Level III), Vijay. G - Valley II (level III)
Toss: won by United-I and elected to Field First

SCCC II 180 All out in 49.2 overs (Harsh 42, krish 32 Not Out, Chandru
18, Kabir 14)
Kenny 10/0/23/1, Sonu 9.2/0/35/4, Deep 7/1/23/1, kaka 6/1/21/1, Tarun
5/1/21/0, Steve 7/0/33/1

beat

United-I 165 All out in 47.3 overs (Deep 78, Ajay 42, Atif 10)
Chandrodaya 10/4/15/0, Apu. Chacha 9/2/32/3, Sujesh 10/1/38/1, Imran
7/1/31/0, Krish.G 8.3/0/25/4 (HATTRICK)

by 15 RUNS.

Good day of cricket where it was a Harsh and little Krish Show.

SCCC Bees Batted first and lost the first wicket due to a mix up in
the middle. Imran Khan started well and had to go back to pavilion due
to this Mix up. Kenny Was bolwing well with the new ball moving the
ball like crazy. Shahbaz bowled well but bowled too many extras. Harsh
Joined chandru and stitched a 32 runs partnership by 15th over and
score was 42 for 2. Chandru got out scoring 18 runs after settling
down. Arjun joined Harsh and looked good but didn't last long. Kenny
got him bowled foxing him on a drive. Score read 56 for 3 in 17 overs.
kenny finsihed an amzaing spell just giving away 23 runs in 10 overs.
Chandrodaya soon followed Arjun and the score read 67 for 4 in 21
overs. Sujesh tried to recover the situation and had a small
partnership of 23 runs with harsh and got out for 13 to kaka's
bowling. Score reached 90 for 5 in 30 overs. In walks 15 year old
krish Goel given a new Role to perform under pressure. He looked good
from ball one and carried his form from central valley after hitting
the winning runs. This was the turning point. Harsh and krish counter
attacked and kept scoring easily. Deep was bowling with lot of fire
and lot of zip. The 6th wicket partnership took the score to 131 runs
in 38 overs. Harsh got out to a soft dismissal playign too early on a
half tracker from Steve. Harsh had a scored a brilliant 42 when he got
out. Appu joined krish and had another 27 runs partnership. Hardki
followed Appu very next ball. Sonu removed both of them in Quick
succession. krish played shots and rotated strike to ensure the score
board kept moving. He batted with purpose and didn't get bogged down.
Score reached 158 for 8 in 44 overs. Krish and kabir played very
sensibly and took the score to 180 runs and kabir tried to accelerate
in the last over and got out scoring 14 runs. Imran got out very next
ball and SCCC Bees scored 180 and got all out in 49.2 overs. ground
was nicely mowed but due to heavy sprinklers since friday evening
outfield was kind of slow. krish remained unbeaten scoring 32 runs.
Sonu took 4 wickets for 35 runs.

Good food served to the visitors to keep them smiling and started the
second session which is crucial since you never know what's up
United's sleeve and what's a good target especially with Deep back in
the team.

SCCC bees started bowling with Hardik and didn't get a good start
since he wasn't able to control the swing as it was super windy at
SCCC ground for a change. Chandrodaya Bowled at the other end with
amazing control and tied down runs. Hardik got Atif out LBW trying to
hit over mid wicket after he got to a flyer with some unconventional
Shots. kenny was nicely settling down at the other end playing with
patience. Magician Appu Chacha bowled his regulation inswinging
yorker and hit kenny low on the pads when he tried to stretch far and
flick the ball. United got to 19 for 2 in 5 overs. Sonu was settling
down and sujesh got him edged off the gloves and a low catch taken
cleanly by harsh. United-I score read 41 runs for 3 wickets in 11
overs. The Match began to swing in United's Favour when Deep Joined
Ajay. Ajay batted beautifully with a straight bat and was finding it
difficult to dislodge him. chandrodaya finsihed a fine spell of 10
overs 4 maidens 15 runs without any luck. Appu, Sujesh, Imran bowled
well but there was not even a half chance which went Bees way. Deep
looked in great touch and he is wlays the danger man since once he
gets to 40 Plus runs the history says he finish games since he hits
clean and have a good defense. SCCC Bees kept the run rate under check
and United always need 4 to 5 runs per over. Rush of blood got into
deep after he hit Apu chacha for a leg side swipe in the 43rd over
when United-I wre right in the chase with an uppe rhand requiring just
37 runs in 8 overs with 7 wickets in hand. Appu got Deep bowled when
he repeated the shot and from then on it's history. Deep scored a
brilliant 78 runs. Ajay was well settled batting with 42 and Sanjay
joined him. United batting was tall and SCCC bees kept their hope
alive since spinners were bowling well and runs weren't easy to come.
Ajay and Steve took the score to 155 in 15 th over and Ajay went
bizzare on a straight ball from krish which hit him below the stump
level. Big wicket at that moment since he never looked like getting
out till then. 5 overs 26 runs with 5 wickets in hand. Tarun Joined
Steve and disaster struck again in the form of run out. Full blooded
drive to Mid off and harsh made no mistake and turned the game with a
direct hit since tarun is normally a busy cricketer who look for
singles which ohters in the team don't. Score read 157 for 6 in 45. 3
overs. Kunal joined Steve. Imran went wicketless after 8 good overs.
krish was bowling with lot of discipline and they were hardly able to
score 2 runs off him. He was gettign into good rhythm after getting
Ajay out. Sanjay was key player at this moment. Kunal played well but
rush off blood to hit Magic chacha man ended up with a brilliant catch
again by harsh right behind bowlers head. Score reads 164 for 7
wickets in 47 overs. United needed 16 runs in 3 overs. Game got
interesting. Now it's run rate and cool head. krish Bowled the 47th
over and ended up with a hattrick. Ball one: Sanjay(Steve) caught
superbly at deep sqaure leg by Harsh Saini again. Steve stood grounds
since he couldn't beleive it. Ball two: Sanket new batsman caught at
short extra cover by sujesh . Equation got interestign now . I wicket
in hand and requires 15 runs in 10 balls. Ball three: Shahbaz one big
shot into the orbit behind the bowlers head and sujesh called for it
and there ends United's hope of winning this game after such a
beautiful partnership between Deep and Ajay. Kaka (Joginder) didn't
get to face a single ball. United were hesitant to take singles and
that digged their own hole in the end. krish Goel 14 year Old's first
hattrick that too in A-div. All smiles from supporters and players.
Men of the Match: krish Goel (32 Not out and 4 wickets including a
hattrick) and Harsh Saini (42 runs 3 catches and a direct hit run
out). Amazing come back to pull this victory from opponents hands.

Thanks,

Sujesh Pulikkal

BEES beat CVCC @ CVCC by 2 wickets - May 31st 2009-Match Report

A-division
Played @ : CVCC ground
Date: 05/31/2009
Umpires: Bilal Rizvi (Level III) and Vibhor (Level IV)
Toss: Won By CVCC and elected to Bat

CVCC 169 in 49.1 overs (Ranvir 36, carmo 35)
Shantanu - 9/0/34/2, Apu chacha 5/0/26/4, Krishna 9/0/33/2,
Krish 7/0/18/0, Sujesh 10/5/12/1, Chandrodaya 5/0/26/1,

Lost to

SCCC II 170 for 8 in 48.2 overs (Shantanu 66 NOT OUT, Chandrodaya 30,
Prumjot 22, Krish 10 NOT OUT, Rony 3 wickets, Prabhjot 2 wickets)

By 2 wickets

Better weather this time. Excellent bowling in the first half of the
day pretty much sealed the game but did make it interesting with SCCC
losing few wickets in the middle to make the game interesting. Kids
have come fo Age and showed how important role they play. Prumjot
batted with purpose and scored a masterful 22 and had a partnership of
35 runs with shantanu who batted from ball 2 to 48.2 overs and carried
the innings with temperament and Class.
Earlier in the day game was controlled in the middle by spinners.
Sujesh and Krish bowled 17 overs among them for a mere 30 runs. They
tried to up the run rate in the last ten overs but Apu chacha again
did the majic by firing yorkers and unplayable balls. CVCC finished
with 169 runs on board and got all out in 49.1 overs. Carmo played
very cautiously but just when he started to accelerate krishna got him
otu at slips via an excellent catch at slips by chandrodaya. Rana was
batting well and was caught by Ashish off Shanatanu's bowling to end
their hopes. Kabir kept well and had 3 dismissals.

Excellent lunch served by CVCC. SCCC II started with Imran Khan and
Chandru. Chandru got out first ball after 3 consecutive wides by their
opening bowler Rony. Shantanu walked in with a purpose and batted
well. krishna got otu early and SCCC II lost 3 wickets within 30 runs.
Chandrodaya joined shantanu and it was a treat since they almost
looked like bringing it home without any more drama. candy called for
a non-existing single and got run out to a brilliant piece of fielding
by Carmo. Apu chacha got caught at deep mid wicket and Sujesh followed
to a soft dismissal. Ashish tried to cut and carmo took a test level
catch at slips when the ball was flying. The game was evenly balanced
at this point. Prumjot joined Shantanu and the partnership took the
score to 150 runs with 7 down. Prumjot got out to a soft dismissal to
prabhjot. The game was still open but these kids are too good to give
anythign away. After an amazing spell of 7 overs 18 runs by krish
bowling in the death he followed it by a brisk 10 not out to finish
the game in 48.2 overs.

Great to see kids winning games in A-div and playing smartly along
senior batsman.

It was a great game with ups and downs

Excellent umpiring by both Bilal and Vibhor

CVCC can update if i missed any point.

Good Game and it's always fun playing against CVCC who have smiling
faces and a good gesture.

-Sujesh Pulikkal

Sujesh Pulikkal
Santa Clara Cricket Club

Seas loose to Ebay I by 6 wickets.

B-div: Ebay I @ SCCC III
Date: 05/10/2009
Played at: Wilson Eduction Center, Santa Clara
Umpires: Srini and Asim (Cougars)
Toss: won by SCCC III and elected to bat

team batting first: 251/9 in 45 overs(Chandra 25, Harsh 23, Malav 69,
Satish 32, Sarabjit 2/50, Prateek 2/31, Sowri 2/42)

lost to

Ebay I: 252/4 in 39.4 overs(Nilesh 58, Amit 27, Raju 58, Kedar 23*,
Akhilesh 24*, Extras 44)

Other than excellent batting performance from Malav, who carriend on
from where he left off last game with good support from Harsh, Satish
and Chandra there is not much to speak of in this game. Missing 3
regular bowlers did not help the Seas cause as the bowling was
inconsistent in the midst of some all out attack by Ebay batsmen. The
fielding lacked spark and several dropped catches made it easy for
Ebay. May be there is a lesson or two to be learnt from this loss and
Seas will look forward to bounce back next game.

- Ravi Vellanki

Bees Match report for the game against Cougars- Sat May 2nd 2009

A-div: Cougars @ Santa Clara II
Date: May 2, 2009, Saturday
Played at: SCCC ground (Wilson Adult School)
Umpires: Sriram and Prashanth (valley-I)
Toss: Santa Clara II won and elected to bat

Santa Clara II 238 for 8 in 50 overs (Umesh 53 not out, Govind 50,
Chandrodaya 32, Vijith.K 22 not out, krishna.P 8/1/35/3, Sunny.S
10/1/35/2)

beat

Cougars I 200 All out in 43.3 Overs(Majid 64, Ayan 25, krishna.P 24,
Govind 10/2/39/4, Sujesh 7.3/2/16/2, Vijith 8/1/20/1)

by 38 runs

A Match started with slight drizzle and wet outfield. Santa Clara II
won the toss and elected to bat to put some pressure on heavy weight
cougars batting chasing the score. Cougars started well with Doane
bowling really well and sunny bowling with fire moving the ball both
ways. Santa Clara II were 81 in 21 overs with 3 wickets down. Govind
scored a steady 50 in 62 balls. Chandrodaya looked good for a fifty
and pushed the score along with krishna. Score reads 103 for 4 in 26
overs. Krishna scored 18 and got out. Arjun joiend Chandrodaya and
they took the score at run a ball to 142 in 32 overs for 5 wickets.
Santa Clara II set nicely to score 250 runs. Arjun got out scoring 18
runs. chandrodaya got out scoring 32 caught and bowled followed by
sujesh and to krishna's bowling put some pressure. umesh was calm and
played a good innings mixing caution and agression along with vijith
and ensured we scored 60 runs in last 10 overs and didn't lose any
more wickets. Ball was heavy and seam had swollen up but still held up
for the whole of 50 overs. Outfield dried up towards 35th over and
conditions were bright.

Cougars started by losing Ankur first ball to a soft dismissal to
Govind who was swinging the kookabura ball like crazy. Ayan was
hitting the ball well but unable to negotiate the swing decided to
take charge. Full blooded shot to mid off and well caught by umesh but
bad luck struck to Santa Clara II and it was a No-ball. Ayan settled
down after that and played a calm innings with some good shots. Sunny
was denied strike for 3 overs and finally came to strike and lost
concentration to hit the first ball to Point where vijith took an
exceptional diving catch where everyone know show valuable sunny's
wicket is. Ayan and Shrini had a 31 runs partnership. Ayan got out
scoring 25 runs. Shrinu tried attacking but one chance too many ended
him giving a catch to slip where Arjun took a very low catch. Majid
didn't score single run in the first 16 balls he faced which showed
his intent to stay and bat long. Score reads 4 for 41 runs. Rayan
Joined Majid and stitched in a good partnership of 34 runs. Rayan
wasn't looking comfortable against govind but he dug out few overs and
gave Majid good company. Umesh took a brilliant catch at mid off to
get rayan out. Cougars were 75 for 5 wickets in 19 overs. Run rate
started getting up to 6 runs per over. With the outfield dried up and
with cougars batting depth you never know till it's over. Majid had a
good partnership of 43 runs with Arka. Arka looked deeply
uncomfortable against Sujesh and vijith but played with grit and
scored 15 runs. Vijith bowled him with a beauty. Majid batting at 40s
and have the match winning ability. But we knew once majid gets out
anything can happen. Saami came to bat and edged to gully off appu
chacha's bowling. Govind finished a lovely spell with 4 wickets to top
off his 50 in the morning. majid got run out to a brilliant throw by
prumjot singh from deep covers who was a substitute for chandrodaya
who had a hamstring pull. 74 runs required in 11 overs with 2 wickets
in hand. krishna came lower down the order to bat due to a small back
ache with the help of bye-runner Shrinu. krishna was middling the ball
like he has been batting for 30 overs at the wicket. Manjit gave
krishna good company and the game was alive at 40 runs required of 42
balls with 2 wickets in hand. Sujesh came back to bowl his 8th over
and game got a twist. First ball krishna didn't stretch enough and got
beaten onto the pads and LBW to a straighter ball. Now interesting
with manjit who already started hitting a big six in the previous
over. Next Doane took a single off an inside edge. third ball of the
43rd over Manjit hit literally into the sky against the wind at benton
end and krish takes a clean catch gettign right under it and complete
the win for santa clara-II. Govind got 4 wickets. Sujesh got 2, vijith
got 1, Appu and satish got 1 wicket each.

Excellent game of cricket with some good trash talking and high
intensity with some good food and tons of spectators.

Majid played a Splendid innings and was a threat all the time he was
at the crease.

Umesh'S clam and composed fifty was the difference towards the end and
Vijith's contribution with the bat and ball.

The Man who stole the day was Govind who scored a crucial 50 and broke
the back bone of Cougars by taking 4 wickets. Man-of-the-Match:
GOVIND. U

Excellent Umpiring by Prashanth and Sriram from valley-I

Seas beat Standford A1 by 66 runs.

B-div: Stanford A1 @ SCCC III
Date: 05/03/2009
Played at: Wilson Adult Eduction Center (SCCC)
Umpires: Raju N & Srinivas A (Valley II)
Toss: won SCCC III and elected to bat

SCCC III: 206/9 in 45 overs(Malav 65, Rajesh R 23, Nisarg 24, Dinesh
20, Sundaram 4/29, Avatar 2/28)

defeated

Stanford A1: 140/10 in 30.1 overs(Gayam 32, Dinesh 3/39, Srinivas K
4/29, Mangesh 2/21)

Match report :

Seas innings : The game started after a 2 min silence from both the
teams for the tragedy that struck Nishant's family. Chandra and Kundam
opened the batting for Seas and by the end of 7th over seas were
reduced to 22/3. Malav and Vicky rebuilt the innings and took the
score to 68 before Vicky got out in the 21st over. Vicky batted with
composure and continued from where he left off in the last game, to
take the Seas out of trouble before he got out trying to up the
scoring rate. While Malav continued his sublime touch with elegant
shots all over the park, Gundan and Nisarg chipped in with cameos to
move the seas along with valuable partnerships. However seas continued
to loose wickets at regular intervals and it was left to Dinesh and
the rest of the tail to bat all 45 overs.The progression of the scores
was, 15 overs- 52/3, 30 overs-127/5.

Stanford A1's innings : Standford A1 were looking for a good start
from Vaibhav and Dhruv however Vaibhav was caught behind chasing a
ball outside the off stump of Kundam. Dhruv continued his wild and
merry ways (batting and talking) but soon Dinesh got in the act by
dismissing the #3 batsman with the ball of the day. The ball swung in
to the left hander from from outside the off stump and straightened
after pitching to uproot the middle stump. Dinesh also picked up
sundaram (lbw) and Dhruv (caught at midoff) after bowling 7 overs on
the trot. In the first session Seas gave away 20 extras (mostly wides)
to allow Stanford A1 reach a scored of 85/4 at the end of 15.Gundon
could not control the swing in the 4 overs he bowled and was replaced
by Hardik. Hardik bowled a superb line at a good pace and with Mangesh
at the other end not only reduced the scoring rate but picked up 3
good wickets to prevent any momemtum in Stanford A1's innings. Kundam
came back for his second spell and picked up a wicket in each of the 3
overs to allow Seas a convincing victory.

Seas will hope to continue the intensity into their future games.

Bees beat United by 2 wickets @ united- April 26th Sunday-match report

Hi all,

Excellent game which had it's own ups and downs.

Finally Bees stole a thriller with the lower order playing positive
and finishing the game.

United 242 for 8 wickets in 50 overs

Lost to

Bees 248 for 8 wickets in 48.5 overs

Bees started the bowling with Govind and Shrish who gave a dream start
@ united by just giving away 30 runs in first 10 overs.United picked
up during last 15 overs and scored 110 in those. United were 132 in 35
overs for 7 wickets. Babby came as a storm and hit some huge sixes and
scored a very valuable 73 not out. Krish got a crucial wicket in the
death overs and Shirish got rid of Kenny who looked dangerous for 20
runs. Satish was unlucky but bowled a controlled agressive spell in
the middle overs. Sujesh got rid of Safdar and Ajay who was holding
one end. Appu Bowled the best for bees by not even giving a single
boundary in his 10 over spell. All charm goes to disciplined start by
Govind and Shirish and good support from Appu, Satish, Krish and
Sujesh. It's never wasy to keep United below 250 at their ground.

Excellent home made lunch provided by kakka from United.

Santa Clara Bees started fluently with chandru settling down and
playing very sensibly with Harsh Saini. Harsh Mixed caution and
agression well to ensure Bees Maintained 5 runs per over. Both of them
took the score to 60 Plus. Harsh got out LBW scoring 25 playing across
the line to a full ball. In walked Appu chachcha and he unsettled
united bowlers with a breezy fifty where once a ball was lost and they
couldn't find it after searching for 20 mins. Match turning point here
as the replacement ball was a Kookabura with lot of shine left.
Chandru and chachcha had a partnership of 60 plus. Chandru got out
caught at mid off, Next over appu got out bowled to a ball which he
missed completely. Govind joined Arjun and got out trying to cut and
Safdar took a sharp chance. Sujesh Joined Arjun requiring 123 runs in
22 overs with 5 wickets in hand. Sujesh and Arjun took the score to
160 and had a 40 runs partnership. Disaster struck again when arjun
mistimed a pull to a ball which kept little low and inside edged to
the stumps. Bees require 83 runs in 15 overs with 4 wickets in hand.
Shirish was Promoted and that worked. Sujesh and Shirish had a 36 runs
partnership. Bees requires 47 runs in 10 overs and shirish got out to
a one-handed catch by Sonu.
In walks Satish and had a partnership with sujesh for 28 runs and got
out to a diving catch by safdar behind the stumps. Match got to little
climax with 14 year old krish walking in requiring 19 runs in 4 overs.
It came down to 9 required in 2 overs. 2 boundaries in first 3 balls
kind of sealed the game with 1 run required in 8 balls. Sujesh sealed
the game with a six over mid wicket to finish the game with 7 balls to
spare. Sujesh Finished on 81 not out with krish Goel to enjoy their
first victory of the season after the loss in the previous game.

Excellent Umpiring by DAN and fellow umpire from Davis

Thanks,

Sujesh Pulikkal

Match Report Bees v/s Sunnyvale-I 2009 season- April 29th

A-Div: Sunnyvale-I @ Santa Clara II
Date: 04/19/2009
Played at: Santa Clara
Umpires: Ladhi & Manish patel
Toss: won by Sunnyvale-I, elected to bat

Sunnyvale-I 279 for 8 in 50 overs(Shashank 71, kedar 62, Abhilash.R
52, Gautam 42, Vivek 21, Sujesh 10/1/38/2, Shirish 10/1/50/2)

beat

Santa Clara II 245 all out in 43.4 overs(Arjun.T 75, Krishna.V 62,
Chandrodaya 18, Appu Chacha 14, Abhilash 10/0/43/4)

Excellent game of cricket with runs flowing all over the place but all
credit to new look sunnyvale-I team in A-div. They did give a surprise
by not giving a wicket in first 10 overs. Second wicket partnership
was killer by scoring 109 runs in next 19 overs. Sheshank played a
gem of an innings of 71 and took the score to 179. Kedar played
fearlessly and with the help of few dropped catches. Abhilash took
chances and got few chances but kept attacking to ensure Sunnyvale-I
scored 250 plus. A surprise batsman in the name of Gautam changed the
whole plan by hitting some shots with the spin and against the spin.
Final score reads 279 which is a big total @ santa clara ground.

Good lunch served by our new caterer Sitara restaurant with soem good
halal chicken. Santa clara started with one batsman less due to an
injury to Ravi shankar on the field durign first session. He couldn't
bat and we went with a new plan. Plan didn't work and all of a sudden
8 for 2 wickets. Kabir and krishna had a valuable 32 runs partnership.
Arjun joined Krishna and then came the best partnership you can
imagien during a chase. Chase looked evenly possible with Arjun and
Krishna playing like live wire finding gaps and hitting boundaries at
will. Krishna and arjun had a 120 runs partnership in 14 overs.
Disaster struck in the form of a low full toss from their part time
bowler shashank where a good catch was taken. Arjun kept trying his
best till 8 wickets fell and got out as the 9th wicket. Ravi shankar
left the team with one batsman less and that could have made a
difference in a loss of 34 runs with 6.2 overs remaining on a fast
outfield. Arjun scored 75 and ran out of partners. Chandrodaya gave
some support along with Appu chacha. But the player of the day was
abhilash who scored a quick fire 52 and took crucial 4 wickets to
award a loss to Santa Clara-II.

Looking forward to the return game.

Good luck to sunnyvale

Excellent umpiring by Manish and Ladhi from Tracy United.

-Sujesh Pulikkal
Santa Clara Cricket Club

Oh-nine - A guest post from Sridhar

my fine friends:

It's that time again - resolutions, wishes, dreams, wants, desires, to do lists, not to do lists - time to renew them all and perhaps for a few lucky ones, life goes on as usual.

As we enter the final year of oh-oh decade, the millennium bug seems so far away and yet, it seems like the last 9 years have made the world stand rather still in terms of any major improvements or lack there-of. In some ways, we probably slid back in time with a rash of violence and vengeance filled acts. Wars, oil prices, more terror, more people employed in the trade that we call "security" than every before.

Let us hope that we see some unexpected positive changes happen in oh-nine to help make this decade a memorable one.

It was a year, where my 4 year old daughter was confused how a Turkey can be a bird, yet a country. Can't blame her, I am still confused about the right adapter plug to take with me when I travel, after traveling for a good 15 years around the world. Strange, yet so alluring, so exciting to get on a plane and not knowing how the far away destination would sound, smell and look. As some would say the world is flat, yet the far end of the table has a different coat of varnish.

A year of Phelps, a year of tragedy in Mumbai, a year where most of the streets seem to develop potholes, none worse than the street named Wall, a year of defeats for the Aussies, a wonderful year for SCCC and oh yes, a year of Oh-bama welcoming Oh-nine from the White House.

A year gone, one that I would remember for the heavenly smiley (see attached) and the first time my daughter was able to draw a smiley, a year that had her spell her name for the first time.

and then I remember and remind you of my favorite quote:

"Nothing meaningful has ever been accomplished without irrational
exuberance".

Don't resist that sudden inner urge every once in a while, learn a new sport, take your family to a far away place, try and recapture at least one moment that made you feel like a million bucks.

Put things in perspective and let us not take things for granted. When you see, think of the blind, when you walk, think of the lame, when you have a choice to make, think of the many who do not get one basic meal - let us not waste and spend away our privileges and don't forget to celebrate every day (or maybe once a week) with at least one kind selfless gesture. The world can certainly do with a bunch of these.

Celebrate every moment with your family as if it were the last, for they are the ones who were there last year and will be there for you the next and the next and the next...

Celebrations do not have to wait a year.

Here's to 2009, and to good things for you and yours. Happy oh-nine!

Cheers,

Sridhar


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